ICES brings together the best and brightest scientific talent. Many of our scientists are internationally recognized in their fields and receive national and international awards and recognition for their important work.
2025: Dr. Sahar Saeed was awarded the Mihran and Mary Basmajian Award for Excellence in Health Research, which was established by Dr. J.V. Basmajian in memory of his parents. It celebrates outstanding research contributions from early-career faculty at Queen’s Health Sciences.
2025: Awarded to Dr. Diane Lougheed by the Office of the Secretary for the Governor General of Canada.
2023: Awarded to Dr. Kristel Leung. The annual award is given to the top graduating gastroenterology resident at the University of Toronto who best exemplifies the qualities of a clinician-researcher.
2023, 2024, 2025: Awarded to Dr. Kristel Leung. The award recognizes the top abstracts amongst investigators below the age of 35 submitted to the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases International Liver Conference.
2023: Awarded to Dr. Kristel Leung, who ranked top 17 per cent nationwide. Dr. Leung was also awarded the CIHR Fellowship in the same year, but turned it down for the CIHR Vanier scholarship.
2022: Awarded to Dr. Imaan Bayoumi by the PSI Foundation. This fellowship provides salary support for a new investigator who has demonstrated the ability to successfully complete high impact knowledge translation research. Read more.
2019: Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care awarded to Dr. Chris Booth for research on Achieving Better Outcomes for Patients with Cancer.
2018: Awarded to Dr. Maria Velez. The award honours health professionals who are innovative in their approaches to patient care and who consistently demonstrate patient and family-centred care in their practice by being approachable, empathetic, collaborative and respectful. Read more.
2018: Awarded to Dr. Jennifer Flemming by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease for "The Epidemiology, Natural History, and Healthcare Utilization of Young Adults with Cirrhosis – ENHAnCe Study."
2017-2019: Awarded to Dr. Morgan Slater by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the project "Managing chronic pain in primary care – linking clinical and administrative data to identify opportunities for quality improvement."