Accolades

Dr. Murray Krahn, MD, MSc, FRCPC is the 2019 recipient of the Society for Medical Decision Making Career Achievement Award. The award recognizes distinguished senior investigators who've made significant contributions to the field and acknowledges seminal work in medical decision making. Dr. Krahn was also a recipient of the SMDM Award for Distinguished Service in 2018. The SMDM Award for Distinguished Service recognizes exceptional efforts in support of the Society.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) offered Karen Chung, BHSc (Hon), MD, MSc (student) and Stephen Mac, BSc, MBiotech, PhD (Candidate) a Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) award to continue their research in conjunction with international partners.

THETA team and the collaborating partners from ICES, Ontario First Nations HIV Aids Education Circle (OFNHAEC), Public Health Ontario, University Health Network, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, St. Michaels Hospital and the Department of Indigenous Services Canada, have been awarded a three year project grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
The core idea for this project and the collaborative relationship with the OFNHAEC has been formulated in part as a result of the work and research interests of Andrew Mendlowitz, PhD(c)

Anna Cooper Reed is an MSc/PhD student at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and she is supervised by Dr. Val Rac. Anna was awarded 2019 Helene and George Coward Award for her ongoing project on "Chronic Illness and Aging-in-Place.

Dr. Beate Sander, Director of Health Modeling & Health Economics and Population Health Economics Research (PHER) Division at THETA, examines the economic and social impact of infectious diseases.

Lauren Ramsay, BSc, MSc and Marina Richardson, BSc, MSc, both PhD students in the Health Services Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, U of T, were awarded Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral Award.

Peter Dixon MD, MSc student at IHPME University of Toronto received a Harry Barberian Scholarship Award 2019 and Karen Chung, MD, BHSc (Hon), MSc (student) at IHPME, U of T, was awarded a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.