Administrative Directory

Graduate and Life Sciences Education Graduate and Life Sciences Education
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building, 1 King’s College Circle, Rm. 2360
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Tel: (416) 946-7617 Fax: (416) 946-5963

Prof. Allan Kaplan
Vice Dean, Graduate and Academic Affairs
Professor of Psychiatry
Tel: (416) 946-7617
Email: allan.kaplan@utoronto.ca

Elena Gessas, Administrative Assistant
Tel: (416) 946-7617
Email: glse.vicedean@utoronto.ca

Administrative support for the Vice Dean
Organizing graduate administrator meetings
Graduate award assistance

Natasha Lowe, Administrative Coordinator, Life Sciences Education
Tel: (416) 978-2281
Email: natasha.lowe@utoronto.ca

Undergraduate recruitment to Life Sciences
Undergraduate Faculty Teaching Awards, GLSE Undergraduate Student Leadership Awards
Undergraduate Curriculum Development Fund
Undergraduate Research Opportunities (e.g., UTEA, UROP, GLSE Undergraduate Summer Research Project Studentships)
Renewing postdoctoral fellowship appointments

Debbie Chau, Awards & Data Officer
Email: debbie.chau@utoronto.ca

OSOTF and other endowed Faculty of Medicine graduate student awards, QEII GSST, Doctoral Completion Award, and external studentships
Graduate student services (e.g., ROSI award entries, payment enquiries)
Graduate Education Management System (GEMS)
Graduate faculty teaching and supervision awards

Rita Seto, Business and Awards Officer
Tel: (416) 946-7616
Email: rita.seto@utoronto.ca

Management of GLSE operating budget and award accounts
Graduate student award endowment funds (OSOTF, GSEF, PPEF)
Graduate student services (e.g., ROSI award entries, payment enquiries)
Annual funding allocations for University of Toronto Open Fellowships, the Professional Master’s Bursary; Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships for the clinician-scientists trainee streams; Undergraduate UROP Awards.

Rachel Zulla, Graduate Affairs Officer
Tel: (416) 946-0412
Email: rachel.zulla@utoronto.ca

Graduate academic change, such as introducing new degree programs and graduate courses or changing graduate admission and program requirements
Graduate enrolment, graduate expansion funding, graduate policy and procedures, recruitment