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Award winning faculty members
| Neuroscientist Dr. Dale Corbett was awarded a senior Canada Research Chair for Stroke and Neuroplasticity. He will investigate novel combinations of intensive rehabilitation and drug therapy to enhance the repair processes of the brain following stroke. Dr. Corbett is also part of a nationwide team working on ways to help stroke victims. After a stroke, the brain loses function as its blood supply is cut off and oxygen-starved neurons die. The $1.5 million project is linking medical researchers across Canada to learn how the brains of stroke patients may repair themselves with stem cells from their own bodies. |
Dr. Dale Corbett
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| Dr. Vernon Curran, director of academic development with the Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education was awarded the 2003 CAME (Canadian Association for Medical Education) Junior Award for Contribution to Medical Education. This award recognizes individuals in the first phase of their professional career who have made a definite contribution to medical education through teaching, research, scientific presentations, scientific publications in medical education and development or implementation of educational innovations. |
Dr. Vernon Curran
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| Erin Keough, director of the Open Learning and Information Network (OLIN), has received this year's Instructional Telecommunications Council (ITC) Award for Outstanding Canadian Distance Educator. Ms. Keough has worked at Memorial in the field of distance education since 1983. From 1987-95 she was director of Telemedicine and co-director of TETRA, and continues in a part-time role as director of TETRA. Since 1995 she has been executive director of OLIN, responsible for a provincial co-ordinating agency that facilitates partnerships among the many public agencies involved in development and delivery of telehealth and telelearning services. |
| Dr. Christopher Kovacs received the President's Award for Outstanding Research. As an endocrinologist in the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Kovacs has established his own laboratory and independent research career during his six years at Memorial. His main research is on calcium and bone metabolism, in part exploring the regulation of mineral transfer across the placenta in late gestation and the formation of the fetal skeleton. Dr. Kovacs is also the 2003 recipient of the Royal College Gold Medal Award in Medicine for a scientific paper originally published in Endocrinology in 2001. |
Dr. Christopher Kovacs
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| Dr. Patrick Parfrey, University Research Professor, received the Kidney Foundation of Canada 2002 Medal for Research Excellence. This prestigious award is presented each year by the foundation to a Canadian investigator for outstanding research in the area of kidney disease and related conditions. Acknowledged as a leading world expert on the subject of cardiac disease in dialysis patients, Dr. Parfrey has been instrumental in focusing the attention of the research community on discovering ways to prevent it and, ultimately, improve patient outcomes. His recognition of the potential benefit of multidisciplinary research has given rise to important collaborative studies. His latest project, Canadian Prevention of Renal and Cardiovascular Endpoints (CANPREVENT), involves specialists from across the country who will identify and treat individuals with early-state chronic kidney disease, using multiple risk factor intervention. |
Dr. Patrick Parfrey (R) received the Kidney Foundation of Canada 2002 Medal for Research Excellence, presented by Peter Davis, national president of the foundation.
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