About Leah Cowen

Leah Cowen appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $441,500 plus $12,251 in taxable benefits (total $453,751). Leah is listed as Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives; Professor, Molecular Genetics at University Of Toronto, in the Universities sector.

Leah has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2007 through 2025 — 19 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $110,000 in 2007 to $441,500 in 2025 — a 301.4% change over 18 years.

Within the Universities sector that year, Leah's $441,500 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year. Over their time on the list, Leah has had several role or employer changes: took on the role of Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics in 2010; took on the role of Professor, Molecular Genetics in 2016; took on the role of Professor and Chair, Molecular Genetics in 2017; took on the role of Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives; Professor, Molecular Genetics in 2021.

The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year Leah has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.