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
Tel: (416) 946-7317
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