Professor Canada Research Chair in Mechanobiology Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Faculty of Dentistry Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering Joined in 2005.
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Training and Employment
2014-present | Professor, University of Toronto |
2010-2014 | Associate Professor, University of Toronto |
2005-2010 | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
2004-2005 | Senior Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania |
2002-2004 | Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
2000-2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
2000 | Ph.D., University of Toronto |
1994 | S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1991 | B.Sc.(Eng.), University of Guelph |
Recent News
- Congrats to Bahram!
- Congrats to Celia!
- Congrats to Joseph!
- Congrats to Vrushali!
- Congrats to Joseph!
- Congrats to Joseph, Vrushali, Bahram, and Mingyi!
- Congrats to Vrushali!
- Congratulations to Celia!
- Congrats to Tom!
- Congrats to Hayley!
- Joseph awarded the Connaught PhD for Public Impact Fellowship
- Congrats to Daniella on graduating her MASc!
- Congratulations to Bahram on his winning poster!
- Congratulations to Bahram on receiving OGS!
- Alisa wins top prize at the CRAFT Virtual Symposium 2021!
- Congratulations to Neda on the NSERC PDF!
- Congratulations to Mingyi & Daniella!
- Neda selected as a Board Member for CBS!
- Neda selected to BMES Diversity Committee!
- Monica awarded CGS-M!
- Lily awarded NSERC CGS-D!
- Joseph awarded NSERC Vanier CGS!
- Doris passes her qualifying exam!
- Neal wins UofT Student Leadership Award!
- Congratulations to Monica and Doris for being featured on Twitter for #WomenInScienceDay!
- Christian passes his M.A.Sc defense!
- Neda is selected as one of Columbia’s Rising Stars in Engineering in Health!
- Mingyi passes her M.A.Sc. defense!
- Bahram wins UofT BME magazine cover competition
- Joseph passes his PhD qualifying exam!
- Joseph and Neal win top prizes at the CRAFT 2020 Symposium!
- Neda wins Postdoctoral Scholarship!
- Lauren wins her category at UnERD 2020!
- Bahram receives the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement!
- Joseph awarded CGS-M
- Nataly Receives CBS travel award
- Bahram receives CBS travel award
- Joseph awarded CRAFT fellowship
- Bahram recieves Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship
- Joseph wins travel award
- Edwin wins poster award at MIE Research Day
- Eric wins best poster at OOAC
- Alisa & Henrik place 3rd in pitch competition
- Jenna joins UBC
- Bailey accepted to med school
- Neal wins best flash talk at Heart Failure Symposium
- Bahram awarded 3 year NSERC scholarship
- Rachel wins Lorne Phenix award
- Neda receives fellowship
- Bahram awarded 6T6 Industrial Engineering Fellowship
- Alan rewarded a travel award
- Bailey awarded the Canadian Centennial Scholarship
- Agnes wins best poster at iARC 2018
- Craig elected AIMBE Fellow
- CIHR grants for TBEP
- Bowmanville Heart and Stroke rally
- Craig awarded Engineering Medal – Research and Development
- Craig recieves the Connaught Global Challenge Award
- Portrait on Shouka at TRCHR (by Agnes)
- Bailey featured on IBBME news
- Agnes awarded the Stem Cell Network International Travel Award, 2017
- Agnes awarded the Wildcat Voyager Fellowship, 2017
- Agnes awarded the NSERC CREATE TOeP scholarship, 2016
- Agnes awarded the NSERC CREATE MATCH scholarship, 2015
- Henrik recieves 3 year grant from Swedish Research Council
- Craig is named U of T Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology!
- Haijiao awarded the Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS) Travel Award!
- A promising first year of collaboration between U of T and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
- Craig awarded the 2015 CP Has Heart Cardiovascular Award!
- Jenna received a travel award for Women in TERM!
- Craig appointed Scientific Director of Translational Biology and Engineering Program!
- UofT research team led by Craig awarded a grant to develop 3D liver model!
- Mark wins NAVBO Trainee Travel Award to Vascular Biology Gordon Research Conferences
- Mark wins Best Podium Presentation Award at IBBME Scientific Day 2015!
- Agnes awarded a Frank and Barbara Milligan Graduate Fellowship
- Richard successfully defends his MASc thesis
- Jenna wows Cheryl Regehr, U of T Vice President & Provost in lab tour
- Jessica wins 2nd place in the World Congress of Biomechanics Student Paper Competition
- Aleks featured as Techno entrepreneur
- Michele wins third prize for her poster at Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Research Day 2014
- David awarded an OGS for 2014-15
- Jenna awarded an OGS for 2014-15
- Andrea successfully defends her MASc thesis
- Craig appointed as Associate Director, Research of IBBME
- Craig elected as Fellow of CSME
- Team Heart Valve completes the 50-km Ride for Heart!
- Krista, Andrea, and Zahra’s paper is accepted for publication in Cardiovascular Pathology!
- Michele wins Best Poster award at the 2014 Ontario-on-a-Chip/MATCH Symposium
- Alex awarded a commercialization fellowship!
- Congrats to Craig, who was promoted to full Professor today!
- Congrats to Jessica and Mark who both received undergraduate research scholarships for the summer!
- Mark named recipient of the 2013-14 Lorne Phenix Graduate Award
- Haijiao’s paper is published in ACS Nano!
- Ronnie awarded a CIHR CGS-Master’s for 2014-15
- Noam successfully defends his MASc thesis
- Agnes receives Wildcat Graduate Scholarship and Anna Jamieson Award from IBBME
- Justin successfully defends his MASc thesis
- Suthan is now Dr. Srigunapalan!
- Michele awarded a Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Center of Excellence Studentship award for 2013-14
- Kelly is now Dr. Chen!
- Ronnie awarded an OGS for 2013-14
- Jeremy awarded QEII Graduate Scholarship for 2013-14
- Haijiao’s paper is accepted for publication in Journal of Biomechanics!
- Mike awarded an OGS for 2013-14
- Noam awarded a SGS Conference Grant
- Linda, Jessica, Kathak, and Aileen awarded undergraduate research scholarships
- Ross awarded a 3-year CGS Doctoral Award
- Luke’s paper is accepted for publication in Journal of the Royal Society Interface!
- Michelle and Suthan’s paper is accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip!
- Chris, Morakot, and Bogdan’s paper is accepted for publication in Integrated Biology!
- Ruogang’s paper is published in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology!
- Noam received an NSERC MATCH Travel Award
- Mike, Haijiao, and Richard awarded Milligan Fellowships for 2012-13!
- Lab alumnus, Chris Moraes, awarded a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship!
- Kathak wins the OKU Tau Tau Chapter Award at the Dentistry Summer Research Day
- Kathak is runner up in CSChE Oral Presentation Competition at UnERD
- Craig is named a recipient of the McLean Award
- Krista is now Dr. Sider!
- Andrea awarded a CIHR Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Haijiao wins 3rd place at ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference Master’s Student Poster Competition
- Matthew awarded a Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Wing-Yee is now Dr. Cheung!
- Michelle wins 2012 Centennial Thesis Award
- Mark’s research recognized at the CIHR National Research Poster Competition
- Noam, Agnes, Justin, and Andrea awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships for 2012-13
- Mark and Kelly recognized for their research at the Canadian Connective Tissue Conference
- Jenna awarded an NSERC PGS-D scholarship
- Team Heart Valve completes the 50-km Ride for Heart!
- Mark wins 2nd place in Young Investigator competition at the 2012 Heart Valve Biology and Tissue Engineering Meeting
- Michelle, Xiaofan, Moussa, Kathak, and David receive undergraduate research scholarships
- Mark receives a travel award from CIHR to attend the ICRH Young Investigators Forum
- Mark selected for the CIHR Canadian Student Health Research Forum
- Michelle recognized with a 2012 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award!
- Kristine, Cindy, Zahra, Xiaofan, and Jan’s paper is published in Journal of Biomechanics!
- Bogdan successfully defends his MASc thesis
- Aleks, Haijiao, and Richard each awarded an MIE Barbara and Frank Milligan Fellowship for 2011/12!
- Suthan awarded an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship!
- Ruogang’s paper published in Journal of Biomechanics
- NHLBI Aortic Stenosis Working Group report published in Circulation
- Wing-Yee’s paper published in Bone!
- Noam awarded an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship and a Mary H. Beatty Fellowship!
- Justin awarded an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Agnes awarded an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Aleks and Jenna awarded MATCH Scholarships
- Jenna awarded a QEII-GSST Scholarship
- Xiaofan, Meena, Michelle, and Mike win research awards at UnERD
- Jan succesfully defends his Ph.D. thesis
- Chris’ review article is accepted for publication in Integrative Biology
- Krista’s and Mark’s review article published in the International Journal of Inflammation
- Krista awarded a 2011-12 Doctoral Completion Award!
- Kelly and Suthan win Best Poster Awards!
- Team Heart Valve completes the 50 km Ride for Heart!
- Collaborative work with Radisic Lab featured on front cover of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
- Aleks wins Young Investigator Award!
- Suthan cleans up at MMB 2011!
- Mark awarded a CIHR CGS Doctoral scholarship!
- Wing-Yee awarded an NSERC Postgraduate scholarship!
- Chris receives the 2010 John Leyerle-CIFAR Prize for Interdisciplinary Research!
- Jan awarded an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship!
- Suthan awarded an NSERC Postgraduate scholarship
- Chris awarded an Engineering Science Teaching Assistant Award!
- Congratulations to Chris! His paper was accepted for publication in Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
- Ruogang is now Dr. Zhao!
- Congratulations to Suthan. His paper was accepted for publication in Biomicrofluidics!
- Congratulations to Jan. His paper is accepted for publication in ATVB!
- Mark is an official Ph.D candidate!
- Congratulations to Ruogang and Krista: their paper is accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia!
- Congratulations to Chris, who received the Norman F. Moody Award!
- Aleks wins a MATCH Scholarship!
- Congratulations to Wing-Yee. Her paper is accepted for publication in the Journal of Orthopedic Research!
- Chien wins Best Podium Presentation at UnERD!
- Wing-Yee awarded an ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Grant!
- Kelly awarded an ASBMR Travel Award to attend the ECTS PhD Training Course in Berlin!
- TENURE!!! Congratulations, Craig!
- Congratulations to Suthan for being awarded an OGSST for 2010-11!
- Congratulations to Kelly who received travel grants from the World Congress of Biomechanics and CIHR!
- Congratulations to Wing-Yee, who was awarded an OGS for 2010-11!
- Congratulations to Chris, who the best oral presentation award at the Ontario-on-a-Chip/MATCH 2010 symposium!
- Congratulations to Kristine for getting into Med school at U of T!
- Rachel, Chien, and Cam receive summer research awards!
- Congratulations to Ruogang, who won the best poster presentation at the MIE Research Symposium! Congratulations to Chris, who received Honourable Mention for his oral presentation
- Congratulations to Craig! He is the recipient of the McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction!
- Congratulations to Mark and Kelly, who were awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships!
- Congratulations to Derek who welcomed his first baby on April 16, 2010!
- Congratulations to Krista for being awarded the Doctoral Research Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for 2010-2012!
- Congratulations to Chris who received a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship!
- Congratulations to Cindy who received a NSERC Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowship!
- Congratulations to Kelly who received a NSERC PGS-D scholarship for 2010-2013!
- Congratulations to Suthan who received a Travel Award to the CIHR ICRH 2010 Young Investigators Forum!
- Congratulations to Mark for being awarded a Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship for 2009-2010!
- Edmond’s review paper is featured on the front page of Lab on a Chip
- Krista and Jan have been awarded the Young Investigator Award at the 4th Biennial Heart Valve Biology and Tissue Engineering meeting
- The newest addition to the Simmonslab – Natalie Yuan-Bi!
- Cindy is now Dr. Yip!
- Congratulations to Kelly! Her paper was accepted for publication in Biomaterials!
- Congratulations to Edmond! His paper was accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry
- Congratulations to Chris! His paper was accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip
- Congratulations to Edmond, who received the Norman F. Moody Award!
- Congratulations to Chris! Another of his papers was accepted for publication in Biomaterials!
- Congratulations to Edmond! His review of microfluidics for endothelial cell biology was published in Lab on a Chip!
- Congratulations to Joyce, who received 2nd place in the IBBME Summer Student Poster Competition!
- Congratulations to Ruogang! His paper was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biomechanics!
- Congratulations to Andrea, who successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis
- Congratulations to Edmond! His paper was accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Education
- Team Heart Valve raises $2,620 for heart and stroke research!
- Congratulations to Chris! His paper was accepted for publication in Biomaterials
- Congratulations to Bogdan, Jennifer, Lina, and Joyce! All were awarded summer student scholarships!
- Congratulations to Ruogang and Jan! Both were awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships!
- Craig’s Invited commentary published in J Am College Cardiology
- Congratulations to Chris! His paper was accepted in J Micromech Microeng!
- Congratulations to Suthan! He was awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship!
- Congratulations to Ruogang! He was awarded a Doctoral Research Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada!
- Congratulations to Jan! He was awarded a prestigious NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship!
- Congratulations to Craig! He has been awarded the Early Career Teaching Award!
- Congratulations to Cindy! Her paper was accepted in ATVB!
- Edmond is now Dr. Young!
- Jan gets an early Xmas present: paper is accepted in AJP!
- Suthan awarded an MIE Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship for 2008/09!
- Wing-Yee and Edmond’s paper on valve endothelial cell isolation techniques is published in the Journal of Heart Valve Disease
- Cindy wins the 2008 CSATVB Young Investigator Award!
- Chris presents at Tas 2008 in San Diego
- Edmond, Kristine, and Chris give oral presentations at the 2008 BMES meeting
- Kelly wins a University of Toronto Bone and Mineral Group Scholarship!
- Edmond, Kristine, and Chris awarded 2008 BMES Student Travel Awards!
- Jan, Chris and Wing-Yee awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology!
- Cindy awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship!
- Ali awarded a CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Studentship!
- Congratulations to Ali, Billy, Bogdan, Catherine, Ian, Rachel, and Suthan, who all received summer research fellowships!
- Edmond awarded an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship!
- Krista awarded a prestigious NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship!
- Congratulations to Jan, who received a Young Investigator Award from the European Calcified Tissue Society
- Zahra is profiled in this month’s Engineering Newsletter!
- George is featured on the Golden Key Website!
- Congratulations to Chris who received a Student Travel Award to give an oral presentation at the 8th World Biomaterials Conference in Amsterdam in June
- Congratulations to Jan and Cindy for their awards to support their travel to present at the Experimental Biology 2008 Meeting!
- Happy New Year! Congratulations to Chris, Cindy and Edmond who received student travel awards to present at the SPRBM Annual Meeting in Miami, FL on January 10 2008!
- Congratulations to Krista, Ruogang, Wing-Yee, Jan, and Chris for being awarded Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowships for 2007-08!
- Congratulations to George, who was awarded a research grant!
- Congratulations to Cindy for her recent publication in the Journal of Bacteriology!
- Congratulations to Edmond for his recent publication in Soft Matter!
- A big congratulations to Derek (a.k.a. Master D) for passing his Master’s thesis defense!
- Craig and Edmond participated in the 2007 BMES conference in Los Angeles
- Hello’s and goodbyes were made at the party held in Craig and Deb’s house
- We are pleased to welcome Zahra, our new research associate/technician, to the lab!
- The Simmons Lab had their annual BBQ on Centre Island, and it was a blast!
- Congratulations to Cindy, Jan and Kristine!
- Featured poster from UTCML was presented by Ruogang, Emily, and Kristine!
- Cindy discusses matrix stiffness to Dr. Gottlieb’s students!
- Baosen presents his work at Ryerson University
- Congratulations to Ian, Suthan, George, and Xiao who were awarded summer research scholarships!
- Congratulations to Wing-Yee who was awarded a science student scholarship!
- Congratulations to Prof. Craig Simmons who has been appointed the Division of Engineering Science Biomedical Option Chair, effective July 1, 2007!
- Congratulations to Kristine Wyss who was awarded an NSERC PGS M award for 2007-08!
- Congratulations to Stephanie Ting and Emily Won who were both awarded an NSERC USRA for 2007!
- Derek and Cindy were accepted for oral presentations for heart valve disease!
- Congratulations to Chris Moraes who passed his Ph.D. qualification exam!
- Congratulations to Chris for being invited to speak on BioMEMS!
- Congratulations to Edmond and Cindy who received travel awards to present their research!
- Stephanie Ting awarded a prestigious graduate scholarship to study at the University of Tokyo.
- Congratulations to Chong who published his work in J Biol Chem!
- Chris published his publication to the CSME Bulletin!
- Congratulations to Jan for his appointment as the new UTCML social Coordinator!
- Congratulations to Cindy on her success in her qualifying exam before the Christmas holidays!
- UTCML wishes everyone a Happy and productive New Year!
- Congratulations to Craig who received the Early Researcher award!
- The website will be undergoing some changes
- Goodbye students!
- The 1st annual Simmons Lab Day at Centre Island
- Congratulations to Jan, Liwen, Alice, Kevin, and Kristine!
- Congratulations to Edmond and Alice who are representing UTCML!
- The new and improved UTLCM website was launched
- Hello Rosebrugh!
- Several of our members attended the Centre for Clinical Technologies and Medical Devices!
- The Simmons BioLab in Rosebrugh just received a new shipment of equipment. Please check back later for photo
- Congratulations to Cindy!
- Good job Cindy for organizing the Christmas Dinner!
- Get ready for the Christmas Dinner which will be organized by Cindy!
- The new office space in MC64 just got a boost!
- Congratulations Cindy for being appointed the social coordinator!
- Dr. Lorna Gibson from MIT to present seminar on November 14, 2005
- Get ready, because soon we shall move into a new building!