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Rachel Harding

Assistant Professor

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

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  • Assistant Professor
    Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

BIO

Dr. Harding is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, is a Principal Investigator at the Structural Genomics Consortium and is also cross-appointed to the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, all at the University of Toronto. Dr. Harding completed both her undergraduate (MBiochem) and graduate (DPhil) studies at the University of Oxford, the latter training in the lab of Dr. Susan Lea. Dr. Harding moved to the University of Toronto for her postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Cheryl Arrowsmith. Dr. Harding was awarded the prestigious Huntington’s Disease Society of America Berman-Topper Family Career Development Fellowship for her research on the structure-function of the Huntington’s disease protein, huntingtin, work that has continued into her independent research career. Her contributions to the field of Huntington’s were further recognised with her award of the 2024 Nancy Wexler Young Investigator Prize, an honour bestowed upon a researcher whose work reflects the highest calibre of excellence, diligence and creative thinking.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Canada1 Aug 2024 - present
  • Principal Investigator
    Structural Genomics Consortium, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2022 - present
  • Assistant Professor - Cross-appointment
    University of Toronto, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Toronto, Canada1 Oct 2022 - present
  • Affiliate Scientist
    Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada1 Apr 2025 - present

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • MITO2i (Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative)
  • Data Sciences Institute (DSI)
  • PRiME (Precision Medicine Initiative)