Each year, CIHR's Institutes honour and recognize the achievements of their own research communities. The following awards have been presented in the past year:
Barbara Turnbull Award for Spinal Cord Research (CIHR's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Pierre Drapeau, Université de Montréal
CIHR's Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Distinguished Lecture and Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences
Daniel Levy, Framingham Heart Study
Framingham, Massachusetts
CIHR's Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Distinguished Lecture and Prize in Respiratory Sciences
François Maltais, Hôpital Laval
Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Quality of Life Research Award (CIHR's Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis)
Andrew Leask, University of Western Ontario
Marlene Reimer Brain Star of the Year (CIHR's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Marine Duncan and Marja Van Sickle,
University of Calgary
Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes (CIHR's Institute of Genetics)
Biomedical theme:
Daniel Durocher, Mount Sinai Hospital
Finalists:
Martin J. Simard, Université de Sherbrooke
Zhaolei Zhang, University of Toronto
Health services/population health theme:
Jonathan Kimmelman, McGill University
Finalists:
Esteban Parra, University of Toronto
Fiona A. Miller, McMaster University
Outreach Initiative for NGOs (CIHR's Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Canadian Women's Health Network
Parkinson's Society of Southern Alberta
NeuroScience Canada