Awards & Recognition

Vice-President/President – World Association of Medical Editors

2012 – 2015: Dr. Lori Ferris has been selected by the Nominating Committee and Executive Board of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) to serve as the incoming Vice-President/President-Elect of WAME. WAME is a non-profit voluntary association with 1710 members representing more than 980 journals for 92 countries. She will serve as Vice-President until December 31, 2013, and President from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2015.

Fellow of The Canadian Academy of Engineering

2012: Dr. Michael Carter elected as Fellow of The Canadian Academy of Engineering. Fellows of the Academy are nominated and elected by their peers, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession.

Read more about Dr. Carter's role as Fellow.

Rural Service Award

2011: Presented to Dr. Ben Chan by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC). The Rural Service Award (RSA) was introduced in 2002 to provide recognition for physicians who have done solid work in rural communities over the years. The award is presented to physicians who have been members of the SRPC for 5 consecutive years and have served rural Canada for 10 years.

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

2011 – 2014: Awarded to Dr. Liz Darling by CIHR for her research project "The impact of the implementation of the Canadian Paediatric Society's guidelines on the detection, management and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia: a population health perspective"

Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow

2011 – 2012: Awarded to Dr. Robert Fowler for "Comparing Intensity of Care Received at the End of Life in the United States and Canada" which looked to quantify differences in intensity and costs of end-of-life care for Americans and Canadians over age 65. His measures included hospital admissions, number of physicians seen, admission to the intensive care unit, provision of mechanical ventilation, and receipt of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. He conducted a population-based cohort study of all decedents in the U.S. and Canada, using a retrospective, 2-year look-back design between 2003 and 2011.

CIHR 2010 Rising Star in Reproductive Health Research

2010: Awarded to Dr. Maria Velez. This award recognizes emerging researchers in reproductive health research.