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 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: Awarded to Dr. Flory Muanda for the project "Preventing medication errors in patients with low kidney function."
2019: Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care awarded to Dr. Chris Booth for research on Achieving Better Outcomes for Patients with Cancer.
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: Article of the Year awarded to Dr. Gina Agarwal. Dr. Agarwal led the winning article: Evaluation of a community paramedicine health promotion and lifestyle risk assessment program for older adults who live in social housing: a cluster randomized trial, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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."
2019: Awarded to Dr. Jennifer Watt for the best paper based on thesis in health services and healthcare research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.
2019 – 2022: Awarded to Dr. Karen Okrainec.