PRiME was established at the University of Toronto to align research efforts in the area of Precision Medicine.
PRiME brings together multi-disciplinary talent to face and answer emerging challenges in Precision Medicine by understanding the biology of disease, creating new tools for disease diagnosis, and developing novel therapeutic strategies.
To achieve these goals, PRiME aims to:
Elevate Research in Drug Discovery, Diagnostics and Disease Biology
PRiME advances breakthroughs in the identification of new therapeutic targets and agents, the molecular mechanisms of disease, and the development of next-generation diagnostic technologies.
Empower collaborations
New interdisciplinary teams are integral to PRiME’s approach to advance innovative research solutions in Precision Medicine.
Train Multidisciplinary, Translational Leaders
PRiME aims to provide programming for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and a cutting-edge curriculum to nurture the leading scientists and entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
Create community
PRiME brings together student trainees and scientists at all career stages within the Toronto research ecosystem to spark collaborative research.
Build a Biotech Ecosystem
Through industry partnerships and entrepreneurship, PRiME aims to mobilize the great economic potential that resides within our community to nurture the creation of a robust biotech ecosystem in Toronto and create local opportunities for our trainees post-graduation.
[PRiME is] an ambitious and groundbreaking collaborative initiative at the frontiers of medical research and innovation. It is the kind of initiative needed to tackle complex research problems and to undertake the clinical translation and commercialization that are so criticial to have lasting impact.
Meric Gertler
President of the University of Toronto.