Mel Silverman Mentorship Award
The Mel Silverman Mentorship Award was established to honour the contributions of former IMS Director Dr. Melvin Silverman. It is presented annually at Scientific Day to an IMS faculty member who has served as an outstanding mentor and role model for graduate students, in addition to making significant contributions to the IMS graduate program.
2025 Award Recipient
Dr. Pascal Tyrrell
Pascal Tyrrell is an accomplished data scientist and the Director of Data Science at U of T’s Department of Medical Imaging, within Temerty Medicine. He also serves as the Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity and Accessibility at IMS and is an associate professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences. His research focuses on applying cutting-edge AI to medical image analysis, driving improved health outcomes globally. Pascal is also a serial entrepreneur with expertise in computer software, medical devices, and agri-tech.
Previous Award Winners
- 2001: Dr. Sandra Black
- 2002: Dr. Katherine Siminovitch
- 2003: Dr. Gregory Downey
- 2004: Dr. Carol Westall
- 2005: Dr. Andras Kapus
- 2006: Dr. Mingyao Liu
- 2007: Dr. Philip Sherman
- 2008: Dr. Derek van der Kooy
- 2009: Dr. Sergio Grinstein
- 2010: Dr. Ren-Ke Li
- 2011: Dr. John Flanagan
- 2012: Dr. Gary Remington
- 2013: Dr. Anne Agur
- 2014: Dr. Karen Davis
- 2015: Dr. Freda Miller
- 2016: Dr. Gary Rodin
- 2017: Dr. Anne Bassett
- 2018: Dr. Robert Levitan
- 2019: Dr. Fei-Fei Liu
- 2020: Dr. Isabelle Boileau
- 2021: Dr. Tarek Rajji
- 2022: Dr. Brian McCrindle
- 2023: Dr. Steven Miller
- 2024: Dr. James L. Kennedy