Gairdner Science Week 2025
October 23:2025 Laureate Lectures
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The Laureate Lectures offer a rare opportunity to hear directly from the 2025 Canada Gairdner Award recipients as they share the stories and science behind their discoveries. This event will include lectures from Early Career Investigators.
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Location
MaRS Auditorium, 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 0A3
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 Sponsors
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Krembil Foundation
- Presenting Sponsor
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIHR- Platinum
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Telus Health
- Platinum
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University Health Network
UHN- Platinum
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- Platinum
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University of Toronto
- Gold
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McMaster University
- Gold
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Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Gold
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Moderna
- Gold
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Women's College Hospital
- Gold
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SickKids Research Institute
- Gold
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McGill University
- Silver
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The Terry Fox Research Institute
TFRI- Silver
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Queen's University
- Silver
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Kingston Health Sciences Centre Research Institute
- Silver
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Sinai Health Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
- Silver
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The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- Silver
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Stem Cell Network
- Silver
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Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
OICR- Silver
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Life Sciences Ontario
- Silver
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University of Calgary
- Silver
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Unity Health Toronto
- Silver
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University of British Columbia
UBC- Silver
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University of Saskatchewan
- Silver
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Toronto Metropolitan University
TMU- Bronze
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University of Alberta
- Bronze
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Related Partners
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Government of Canada
- Partner
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIHR- Platinum
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Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé
FRQS- Partner
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Government of Alberta
- Partner
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The Globe and Mail
- Media Partner
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2025 Laureate Lectures
The Laureate Lectures offer a rare opportunity to hear directly from the 2025 Canada Gairdner Award recipients as they share the stories and science behind their discoveries. -
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