Professor Lisa Robinson is the Dean of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. She is in the Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto, former Head of the Division of Nephrology at SickKids, and a Senior Scientist in the Cell Biology program at the SickKids Research Institute.

Professor Robinson currently holds a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in vascular inflammation and kidney injury. Her specialization is in caring for children with kidney disease, with a focus on renal transplantation. Her research program is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and has previously been supported by the National Institutes of Health (USA), Heart and Stroke Foundation, Kidney Foundation of Canada, and a Canada Research Chair Tier 2.

Professor Robinson received her MD degree from the University of Toronto and trained in Internal Medicine at The Toronto Hospital. She completed her residency in Paediatrics at Western University and completed her Paediatric Nephrology and research training at Duke University, where she also served as faculty.

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