2018 Canada Gairdner Award Laureates Announced
On Tuesday, March 27, the Gairdner Foundation announced its 2018 Canada Gairdner Award laureates at the Toronto Reference Library.
Joining Gairdner for the announcement were 2017 awardees Dr. Frances Shepherd and Dr. Edward Boyden who both addressed the audience to recount their research and speak about winning the Gairdner. The other awardees participated in the announcement via webcast from around the world.
Special thanks to the Honourable Reza Moridi, Minister, Research, Innovation & Science for sharing his greetings and Dr. Brad Wouters, Executive Vice President, Science & Research at UHN and Dr. Sheena Josselyn, Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health at the Hospital for Sick Children for their help in introducing the awardees.
Congratulations to the 2018 Canada Gairdner Award Laureates!
Read full press release here: EN / FR
Related Winners
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Edward S. Boyden
PhD Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, Professor, Departments of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Media Lab and McGovern Institute, MIT -
Karl Deisseroth
MD, PhD D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry, Stanford University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute -
Peter Hegemann
MD, PhD Hertie Professor for Neurosciences, Experimental Biophysics, Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin -
Alan D. Lopez
AC, PhD, FAHMS Melbourne Laureate Professor, Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement, University of Melbourne -
Christopher J. L. Murray
MD, Dphil Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME); Professor of Global Health, University of Washington -
Frances A. Shepherd
OC, OOnt, MD, FRCPC, FASCO Medical oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto -
Davor Solter
MD, PhD Emeritus Member and Director, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics; Visiting International Professor, Siriraj Center for Excellence in Stem Cell Research, Mahidol University; Visiting Professor, University of Zagreb Medical School -
Azim Surani
PhD, FMedSci, FRS Director of Germline and Epigenetics Research, Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute; Marshall-Walton Professor, University of Cambridge
Guest Speakers
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Sheena Josselyn
Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children -
Bradly Wouters
BEng, PhD Executive VP Science and Research, University Health Network; Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
