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.
2013: Presented to Dr. Eva Grunfeld by the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto. The award acknowledges an outstanding contribution to family medicine research which includes research productivity, mentoring, teaching, administration, departmental contributions, and national and international recognition.
2013: Awarded to Dr. Gillian Hawker by the University of Toronto Department of Medicine. The award is designed to recognize a senior faculty member who has served as an outstanding mentor, helping new faculty members develop their professional careers.
2013: Awarded to Dr. Angela Colantonio to study "Gender, work and traumatic brain injury: Addressing the gap in OHS research, policy, and practice." The chair provides $800,000 over 5 years for the research.
2012 – 2017: Awarded to Dr. Astrid Guttmann. Visit the CIHR website for more information.
2013: Awarded to Dr. Anne Rhodes for "Sex and Gender Based Analysis in Suicide Prevention Policy".
2013: Awarded to Dr. Janice Tijssen by the Department of Paediatrics, Western University.
2013: Awarded to Drs. Larry W. Chambers, Lisa Dolovich, Lehana Thabane, Janusz Kaczorowski, Karen Tu; and Michael Paterson and for their work in developing the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP). Designed to increase cardiovascular risk awareness at the community level, CHAP has demonstrated that primary prevention integrated with family physicians, community pharmacists, and community partners and volunteers can significantly reduce the burden of cardiovascular morbidity.
2013: Dr. Stephen Hwang was appointed the inaugural chair for a five-year term. The chair is believed to be the first research chair in the world designated to study the health of homeless and vulnerably housed people.
2012: Awarded to Dr. Kednapa Thavorn.
2012: Awarded to Dr. Andrea Gershon. Presented to a faculty member in their first five years of appointment who has made a contribution to basic science, clinical epidemiology, health services or education research.