Awards & Recognition

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.

Heart and Stroke Foundation Career Investigator Award

2011 — Awarded to Dr. Moira Kapral for "Evaluation of stroke care in Canada" for a 5-year term.

Research Award, Brain Injury Association of Canada

2010: Awarded to Dr. Angela Colantonio for her efforts and leadership on a number of research fronts including and not limited to traumatic brain injuries in the construction industry, homelessness and acquired brain injury and women and traumatic brain injury.

The Research Award is granted to an individual, group or organization for their outstanding contribution in research to advance the cause of acquired brain injury in Canada.

CIHR 2010 Rising Star in Reproductive Health Research

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

Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS)

2010: Dr. Moira Stewart was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS) on September 30, 2010. The CAHS recognizes individuals of great accomplishment and achievement in the academic health sciences in Canada.

Sanofi Pasteur Award for Communicable Disease Epidemiology

2010: Awarded to Dr. Beate Sander. This prize is given to the two highest ranked abstracts submitted to the International Society for Infectious Diseases' (ISID) International Congress on Infectious Diseases.