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Don Stuss 1941-2019

Don Stuss was one of the foremost contemporary neuropsychologists, world leader in the neuroscientific study of the prefrontal cortex, and founding director of two leading neuroscience institutes (the Rotman Research Institute and the Ontario Brain Institute). Don’s science always started with clinical observations and was centered on questions central to humanity, such as how we view ourselves and others and how we successfully function in the world. In the same vein, Don brought his humanity into all of his interactions, leaving many indelible impressions throughout the world in his personal and professional networks.

The purpose of this website is for people touched by Don to share thoughts and memories as we celebrate his life and grieve his loss. To leave a comment on the page please click here. If you have any photos that you would like to share in the gallery please send them in an email to [email protected].
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Stephen Strother

9/6/2019

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Don had a profound influence on my life in many ways, not the least of which was helping to recruit me to Toronto and the Rotman, where a few years later Cheryl Grady and I got married. I know I am just one of countless people that Don has influenced in many ways, and this influence will continue for many years to come despite his sad and untimely passing. Today at the annual workshop for the Database Project of the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance, Sandra Black started with a tribute to Don and his long standing vision of both clinical research embedded in care and his shaping of the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) as a funding and support framework for such projects. I would like to think that Don would have appreciated how the TDRA database project, in collaboration with the OBI's Brain-CODE database, is realising his vision. But beyond research Don also influenced the way I look at and try to manage my life. Something he once said to me in my early days at the Rotman has stuck with me and made me change my behaviour towards work-life balance. We were discussing colleagues and friends who had passed away and I think he had recently had the experience of losing someone without having spoken to them in some time. He said, make time to reach out to people you care about who are important in your life because by the time you get around to doing so it may be to late. His  combination of seminal vision with the capacity to excite and emotionally connect with people made Don very special. I am very grateful to have had my life's course shaped by his vision and to have counted him as a friend.

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    ​Obituaries written by Don's friends and colleagues:

    American Psychologist
    Brian Levine and Gus Craik.
    Read it here


    The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
    Mick Alexander, Terry Picton & Tim Shallice

    Canadian Psychologist
    Gus Craik & Brian Levine
    Read it here. 

    Appreciation of Don in the Globe and Mail. Click here. 

    Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience in honour of Don Stuss
    Click here for details.

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