Christopher David Naylor (born October 26, 1954) is a

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physician, medical researcher and former president of the

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. He is ICES scientist emeritus and founding CEO. In 2016, he was inducted into the

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Life and career

Naylor was born in Woodstock, Ontario. A

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, Naylor received an MD from the

in 1978, proceeding to

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, 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". He completed work in

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and clinical epidemiology at the

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and Toronto and joined the academic staff of the

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at the University of Toronto in 1987 where his clinical base was at

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. 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

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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. 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

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, 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

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. He was appointed on April 6, 2006, and his investiture took place on February 9, 2007. On June 24, 2014, Naylor was appointed by

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, 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. 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.

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. The 280 page "Naylor Report" was delivered in April 2017, and finally acted upon in the Canadian government's budget of February 27, 2018.

Legacy

In 2015, the erstwhile Tanz Building at the University of Toronto was renamed the C. David Naylor Building.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naylor, David 1954 births Living people Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Canadian medical researchers Canadian epidemiologists Canadian Rhodes Scholars Canadian university and college chief executives Officers of the Order of Canada People from Woodstock, Ontario Presidents of the University of Toronto University of Toronto alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto Members of the National Academy of Medicine