Peter A. Singer

Peter Alexander Singer, OC, FRSC, is adjunct professor of medicine at University of Toronto.

From 2008-2018 Singer was chief executive officer of Grand Challenges Canada From 1996-2006 Singer was director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.

In 2011, Singer was appointed officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to health research and bioethics, and for his dedication to improving the health of people in developing countries. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. He was formerspecial advisor to the director general of the World Health Organization, He co-authored, along with Abdallah Daar, The Grandest Challenge: Taking Life-Saving Science from Lab to Village.thumb

He studied internal medicine at University of Toronto, medical ethics at University of Chicago, public health at Yale University, and management at Harvard Business School.