Sandra Black
Sandra Elizabeth Black, OC OOnt FRSC is a Canadian physician and neurologist known for her work in "contributing to improved diagnosis and treatment of vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease and stroke".[1] She is currently a Senior scientist at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She holds the Brill Chair in Neurology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.[2]
The daughter of Harriet (Peterson) Black, CM, co-founder of the Algoma Fall Festival, and Thomas Black, an obstetrician and gynecologist, Black was raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[3][4] Black received a Bachelor of Science degree in biological and medical sciences in 1969 from the University of Toronto. She received a Master of Arts degree in history and philosophy of science from Oxford University in 1970. She received her MD in 1978 from University of Toronto and a Fellowship in cognitive neurology in 1984 from University of Western Ontario.[5]
Honours
She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012. She is a member of the Order of Ontario and an Officer of the Order of Canada.[5]