Anthony O. Gramolini, PhD

Graduate Teaching Award – Early Career Excellence

Affiliation(s):
Department of Physiology
Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Proteomics and Molecular Therapeutics

Context(s) for Award:
Graduate student supervision in the Graduate Department of Physiology

Anthony Gramolini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto and a Scientist with the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. He received his PhD from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Institute at Duke University and a second Fellowship at the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research at the University of Toronto. His research and teaching focus on cardiovascular health and disease.  His primary research interests are to investigate the cellular mechanisms involved in the regulation of calcium cycling at the level of sarcoplasmic reticulum and its role in cardiac disease. He is the Cardiovascular Platform Head for the Department of Physiology and he holds a Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Proteomics and Molecular Therapeutics.

Reflection
“High expectations are the key to everything.”
-Sam Walton

“I have high expectations of all students. But I make significant efforts to aid them in achieving their maximum potential.”