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.
2024: Awarded to Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw for her article Virtual visits with own family physician vs outside family physician and emergency department use published in JAMA Netw Open. The award recognizes ground-breaking health services and policy research (HSPR) that has significantly contributed to the field of HSPR in Canada.
2024: Awarded to Dr. Vasily Giannakeas by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Breast Cancer Congress for “Bilateral Mastectomy and Breast Cancer Mortality”.
2024: Awarded to Dr. Andrea Gershon. The award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding scientific contributions in research methodologies that can be applied to lung diseases, critical illness, or sleep disorders.
2024: Awarded to Dr. Julio Furlan by the American Spinal Injury Association. Fellowship in the American Spinal Injury Association (FASIA) recognizes distinguished accomplishments in spinal cord injury research, clinical practice, education, and advocacy, and for a longstanding membership and service to the society.
2024: Awarded to Dr. Jonathan Persitz by the University Health Network (UHN), for Predicting surgical versus nonsurgical management of acute isolated distal radius fractures in patients under age 60 using a convolutional neural network
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2024: Awarded to Dr. Peter Gill. IMPaCT is a clinical trials training platform funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
2023: Awarded to Dr. Lee Fidler for his contributions of notable merit to the advancement of healthcare quality.
2023: Dr. Peter Austin was selected by Clarivate Analytics as one the most highly cited researchers of 2023. In 2023, 7,125, or 0.1%, of the world’s researchers earned this distinction. This is the ninth consecutive year for Dr. Austin to be honoured.
2022: Dr. Frank Silver appointed to Order of Ontario for his work on stroke care and the development of the Ontario Telestroke Program. Read more.
The Foundation awarded $42,500 to Dr. Ivers to study physician burnout. Dr. Ivers work will look at training family physicians to act as peer guides for their colleagues to help them address practice issues.