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.
2019: Awarded to Dr. Karen Okrainec for the project "Let's Get you Home: Understanding Patient Experience and Health Outcomes from Hospital to Home." The award is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.
2019 – 2024: Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Palliative Care awarded to Kimberley Widger. The Canada Research Chairs Program aims to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds. Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
2019: Awarded to Dr. Catherine Birken for excellence in post-graduate teaching at the Hospital for Sick Children.
2019: Awarded to Dr. Amy Yu by the Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2019: Awarded to Dr. Keerat Grewal for the project "Venous thromboembolism in patients discharged from the emergency department with ankle fractures requiring lower limb immobilization: a population-based study."
2019: Awarded to Kimberley Widger by the Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA). The award recognizes the outstanding national contribution of a CHPCA member who exemplifies professional and personal commitment and achievement in the field of pediatric hospice palliative care within Canada.
2019: Awarded to Dr. Angela Jerath by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society for the project "Postoperative complications in adult cardiac surgery: Impact on patient and health system outcomes".
2019: Canada Research Chair in Drug Policy Research and Evaluation awarded to Dr. Tara Gomes by CIHR.
2019: Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw was awarded the CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award for "Death and readmissions after hospital discharge during the December holiday period: cohort study" published in the BMJ.
2019: Awarded to Dr. Jennifer Watt for the paper "Comparative risk of harm associated with trazodone or atypical antipsychotic use in older adults with dementia: a retrospective cohort study."