2025 Canada Gairdner Awards: Celebrating Global Scientific Excellence
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On April 11, 2025, the Gairdner Foundation announced the recipients of the prestigious Canada Gairdner Awards, at an in-person breakfast at MaRS Discovery District.
The event, which was also live streamed, was the first in-person Gairdner Awards Announcement since 2018, prior to COVID-19. The announcement featured videos developed in partnership with Research2Reality and culminated in a live Q&A with all laureates through Zoom, moderated by Janet Rossant, Gairdner President and Scientific Director.
The announcement was presented by Power Corporation of Canada and in partnership with the Government of Canada, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Life Sciences Ontario and our media partner, The Globe and Mail.
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Related Winners
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Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School; Professor Emeritus, Collège de France -
André Briend
MD, Ph.D. Former Senior Scientist, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Adjunct Professor, Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Affiliated Professor, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Demark -
Daniel De Carvalho
Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network; Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Allan Slaight Scientist and Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. -
Iva Greenwald
Ph.D. Da Costa Professor of Biology, Dept of Biological Sciences, Columbia University; Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons -
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Jennifer Stinson
RN-EC, Ph.D, CPNP, FAAN, CAHS Fellow Senior Scientist, SickKids Research Institute; Nurse Practitioner, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids); Co-Director, SickKids Centre for Pain Management, Research and Education; Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto -
Gary Struhl
Ph.D. Herbert and Florence Irving Professor at the Zuckerman Institute; Professor of Genetics and Development, Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons -
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Michael J. Welsh
M.D. Roy J. Carver Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Director, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute; Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
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Related Sponsor
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Power Corporation of Canada
PCC- Gold
Related Partners
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Government of Canada
- Partner
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIHR- Partner
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Life Sciences Ontario
- Silver
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The Globe and Mail
- Media Partner
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2025 Canada Gairdner Awards Announcement
Watch a live Q&A session with our 2025 award winners, moderated by Gairdner Foundation President and Scientific Director, Dr. Janet Rossant.Secure your spot today! Register for the event here...
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