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My relentless curiosity about kidney disease has the power to change lives. I’ve received many humbling accolades during my career as a professor and kidney researcher, but these aren’t what motivates me to continue my work. I’ve been inspired for the last 27 years because I know that my relentless...

Image courtesy of the University of Toronto The Kidney Foundation of Canada would like to congratulate Dr Lisa Robinson on her appointment as the Dean of the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Dr Robinson is a clinician-scientist and paediatric nephrologist, as well as a staff...

2013 Medal for Research Excellence University of Alberta “Dr. Tonelli’s work has shaped national and international clinical practice guidelines for the management of lipid abnormalities in kidney patients.” - Dr. Barbara Ballermann, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Professor of Medicine at...

2016 Medal for Research Excellence Canadian National Transplant Research Program “Everyone at the Quebec branch of The Kidney Foundation is delighted that Dr. Hébert received this well-deserved award. Dr. Hébert has always been a strong supporter of The Kidney Foundation and our cause. This award...

On behalf of The Kidney Foundation of Canada (KFoC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD) and the Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN), we are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mathieu Lemaire to the position of Program...

1999 Medal for Research Excellence St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto is head of the Division of Nephrology at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. One of Canada's leading renal physiologists, he has been an active investigator of kidney disease for more than 30 years. His most recent work has...

2011 Medal for Research Excellence University of Toronto “Dr. Rosenblum’s launching of the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program was instrumental in helping to shape the Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program founded by The Kidney Foundation and multiple...

2002 Medal for Research Excellence Canadian Prevention of Renal and Cardiovascular Endpoints Described by peers as "phenomenally productive", Dr. Parfrey has been investigating the causes, risk factors and treatment of kidney disease for more than two decades. Dr. Parfrey's early research was in...

2008 Medal for Research Excellence Montreal Children’s Hospital For his world-renowned body of work on the genetic basis for renal disease, Dr. Paul Rowland Goodyer has been awarded The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s 2008 Medal for Research Excellence. A graduate of Harvard University, Dr. Goodyer...

2018 Medal for Research Excellence University of Manitoba is recognized as a leader in transplantation medicine both in Canada and around the world. His innovative research and contributions to health policy are helping to improve access to – and quality of – organ transplantation in Canada. As...