2010
Dr. Maala Bhatt received the Terry
Klassen Young Investigator Award from the Pediatric Emergency Research Group of Canada.
Dr. Jean-Pierre Farmer received the 2010 Pfizer Award of Excellence in Leadership from the
Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation.
Dr. Jean-Martin Laberge received the 2010 Jean Coutu Medical Award of Excellence
from the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation.
Dr. Annette Majnemer gave the 2010 Muriel Driver Lecture at the annual meeting of the Canadian
Association of Occupational Therapy. The lectureship and accompanying prize represent
the most prestigious Canadian award for a body of research in this field.
Dr. Nada Jabado's recent research breakthrough with Dr. Jacek Majewski was identified in the
December 15 issue of L'Actualité as one of 35 inventions that will "change everything." This
research, published in Human Mutation in July, demonstrated that the sequencing of one person's
exome can permit effective research into mutations indicating a genetic disease, without the
need to sequence an entire genome.
Dr. Michael S. Kramer was the 2010 recipient of the Paediatric Academic
Leadership-Clinical Investigator Award from the Pediatric Chairs of Canada in October,
in recognition of his administrative leadership in the child health research community
in Canada and his prominent role in influencing child health globally.
Mr. Brian Meehan was selected as the inaugural Research Institute
awardee at the MUHC Director General's Awards Gala in November. Brian has worked as a
research assistant in Dr. Janusz Rak's cancer and angiogenesis laboratory at the Children's
for the past four years. Prior to that, he worked in pulmonary research for seventeen years,
also at the Children's.
Dr. Gary Pekeles was invited to participate on the Scientific Committee for the 26th
International Pediatric Association (IPA) Congress of Pediatrics, Johannesburg, South
Africa, in August 2010.
Dr. I. Barry Pless was the recipient of the 2010 Emeritus Researcher Award from the Quebec
Population Health Research Network for his exceptional contribution to the field, not only in
Quebec, but nationally and internationally.
Dr. Janusz Rak received the 2010 Aldo Award of Excellence in Research from the Montreal
Children's Hospital Foundation.
Dr. Rima Rozen was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Rozen is
internationally recognized for her work on the genetics of several disorders,
including birth defects, heart disease and inborn errors of metabolism.
Dr. Charles R. Scriver received the Pollin Prize, the highest international distinction in
pediatric research. He also received the 2010 Howland Medal, the highest award of
the American Pediatric Society; the Folling Award from the European Phenylketonuria
Group in Munich, Germany; and the PKU Hero Award at the National PKU Alliance inaugural
meeting in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Bruce Williams was honoured during the 1st Annual H. Bruce Williams Pediatric Surgical
Research Day at the MCH. The day culminated with the official naming of the MCH Craniofacial
and Cleft Palate Unit as the Dr. H. Bruce Williams Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Unit.