Professor Molly Shoichet holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering and is Professor of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry and Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Professor Shoichet is a world leader in regenerative medicine, tissue engineering and drug delivery, designing innovative polymers which promise to help overcome some of the most daunting challenges faced by medical science. Moreover, she is an outstanding contributor to the profession and to society at large, serving on a number of councils and boards which provide strategic leadership to the Canadian research community.