David Naylor
{{For|the Medal of Honor recipient|David J. Naylor}}
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| name = David Naylor
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| caption = Naylor during a degree ceremony in 2009
| order = 15th
| office = President of the University of Toronto
| term_start = {{start date|2005|10|01}}
| term_end = {{end date|2013|10}}
| predecessor = Vivek Goel (Acting)
Frank Iacobucci (Interim)
Robert Birgeneau
| successor = Meric Gertler
| chancellor = Vivienne Poy
David Peterson
Michael Wilson
| office2 = Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto
| term_start2 = 1999
| term_end2 = 2005
| predecessor2 = Arnold Aberman
| successor2 = Catharine Whiteside
| birth_name = Christopher David Naylor
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|26}}
| birth_place = Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
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| alma_mater = University of Toronto (MD)
Hertford College, Oxford (DPhil)
| residence = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| profession = Professor
| awards = 2018 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research{{Cite web|url=https://www.ices.on.ca/announcements-and-events/ices-scientist-emeritus-dr-david-naylor-awarded-2018-henry-g-friesen-international-prize-in-health-research/|title=ICES | ICES scientist emeritus Dr. David Naylor awarded 2018 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research|website=ICES}}
| website = {{URL|www.president.utoronto.ca/|Office of the President}}
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| discipline = Medicine
| sub_discipline = Public Health
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Christopher David Naylor (born October 26, 1954) is a Canadian physician, medical researcher and former president of the University of Toronto. He is ICES scientist emeritus and founding CEO. In 2016, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
Life and career
Naylor was born in Woodstock, Ontario. A Rhodes Scholar, Naylor received an MD from the University of Toronto in 1978, proceeding to Hertford College, Oxford, where he earned a D.Phil in 1983 in the Department of Social and Administrative Studies. His doctoral thesis was titled "The Canadian medical profession and state medical care insurance: Key developments, 1911-1966".{{cite thesis |last1=Naylor |first1=C. D. |title=The Canadian medical profession and state medical care insurance : Key developments, 1911-1966 |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.347757 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library Board |access-date=14 May 2022 |date=1983|type=Ph.D }}
He completed work in internal medicine and clinical epidemiology at the University of Western Ontario and Toronto and joined the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1987 where his clinical base was at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Naylor developed the proposal for the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in 1991 and served as the Institute's President and Chief Executive Officer from its inception in 1992 until June 1998.
Naylor was appointed Dean of Medicine and Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions of the University of Toronto in 1999. While in this position, he was named Chair of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health, 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Ontario.{{cite book| url=http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/sars-sras/naylor/ |title=Learning from SARS - Renewal of Public Health in Canada. A report of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health October 2003 |date=8 November 2004 |publisher=Public Health Agency of Canada |access-date=2009-06-16}}
The appointment of Naylor as president of the University of Toronto was announced on 26 April 2005. He replaced acting president Vivek Goel who in turn had replaced interim president Frank Iacobucci, who himself took over after the departure of Robert Birgeneau. Naylor officially took office on October 1, 2005.
In 2006 it was announced that Naylor had been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.{{cite web | title=David Naylor | website=ICES | date=2023-06-13 | url=https://www.ices.on.ca/ices-scientists/david-naylor/ | access-date=2024-06-29}} He was appointed on April 6, 2006, and his investiture took place on February 9, 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=9350|title=Order of Canada - C. David Naylor, O.C., M.D., F.R.C.P.C., F.R.S.C.|date=April 6, 2006|work=Office of the Governor General of Canada|access-date=2009-06-16}}{{dead link|date=October 2013}}
On June 24, 2014, Naylor was appointed by Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation. The Panel's report, Unleashing Innovation: Excellence for Healthcare in Canada was delivered in July 2015.{{cite news |url=http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=860909 |title=Minister Ambrose Launches Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation |publisher=Health Canada |access-date=2014-10-15 |archive-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724212429/http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=860909 |url-status=dead }}
In June 2016, Dr. Naylor was appointed the chair of The Advisory panel for the report INVESTING IN CANADA’S FUTURE: Strengthening the Foundations of Canadian Research by the federal Minister of Science, Dr. Kirsty Duncan. The 280 page "Naylor Report" {{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=Canada's Fundamental Science Review |url=https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canada-fundamental-science-review/en |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=ised-isde.canada.ca}} was delivered in April 2017, and finally acted upon in the Canadian government's budget of February 27, 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/basic-science-makes-historic-gains-in-research-friendly-budget/article38143179/ |title=Basic science makes historic gains in research-friendly budget|date=27 February 2018}}
Legacy
In 2015, the erstwhile Tanz Building{{Cite web|url=https://www.acotoronto.ca/show_building.php?BuildingID=10520|title=ACO Toronto - Welcome|website=www.acotoronto.ca}} at the University of Toronto was renamed the C. David Naylor Building.{{Cite web|url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/honouring-accomplishments-david-naylor|title = Honouring the accomplishments of David Naylor}}
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External links
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{{Canadian Medical Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford
Category:Canadian medical researchers
Category:Canadian epidemiologists
Category:Canadian Rhodes Scholars
Category:Canadian university and college chief executives
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:People from Woodstock, Ontario
Category:Presidents of the University of Toronto
Category:University of Toronto alumni