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  • Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert

    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...

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  • Dr. Mathieu Lemaire Appointed New Program Director at KRESCENT

    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...

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  • Dr. Mitchell L. Halperin

    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...

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  • Dr. Norman Rosenblum

    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...

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  • Dr. Patrick Parfrey

    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...

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  • Dr. Paul R. Goodyer

    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...

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  • Dr. Peter Nickerson

    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...

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  • Dr. Philip A. Marsden

    2001 Medal for Research Excellence University of Toronto , a leading investigator in the area of molecular medicine, is this year's recipient of The Kidney Foundation's Medal for Research Excellence. Dr. Marsden is renowned for his study of the cellular and molecular regulation of endothelial gene...

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  • Dr. Philip Halloran

    2000 Medal for Research Excellence University of Alberta Hospital Dr. Halloran is renowned for his contributions in the scientific areas of immunology and immunotherapy. Director of the division of nephrology and immunology at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, he has worked...

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  • Dr. Riazalhosseini's Story

    Right now, kidney cancer rates are growing, and there’s an urgent need to better understand the disease. For many types of cancer, chemotherapy and radiation are typical tools for fighting tumours. But kidney cancer is often resistant to these treatments, and the reasons are still unknown. What we...

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