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2008TTED0050-001817 Nov. 27, 2008	Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development
MAJOR AWARDS TO RESEARCHERS AT TWO B.C. INSTITUTES

Here are some of the top awards received by doctors and researchers connected with the Child & Family Research Institute and the B.C. Mental Health & Addictions Research Institute in 2008:

 

·        Dr. Michael Hayden, medical genetics – Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year in biomedical and clinical research, named by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The honour includes a $500,000 Michael Smith Prize in Health Research.

·        Dr. Kishore Mulpuri, orthopedic surgery – the Angela S.M. Kuo Memorial Award from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.

·        Dr. Diane Finegood, diabetes and obesity research and member of the board of directors of the Child & Family Research Institute – the Frederick G. Banting Award, the Canadian Diabetes Association’s highest award for research.

·        Dr. Robert Peterson, head of Child Health BC – newly appointed as chair of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee.

·        Dr. Jan Friedman, medical genetics – the Bock Prize and Lectureship in Developmental Biology and Genetics, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children. He was also named Robert L. Brent Lecturer by the international Teratology Society.

·        Dr. Bill Honer, neurobiology and mechanisms of illness in schizophrenia – the Heinz Lehmann Award, from the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

·        Dr. Jehannine Austin, genetic counselling for families affected by major mental illness – Maud Menten New Investigator Prize, from the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

 

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