Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award

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The Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award is annually awarded to a Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of medicine and medical science. Since 2009 it has been renamed the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award.

The Gairdner Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to the recognition of outstanding achievements in biomedical research worldwide. It was created in 1957 by James Arthur Gairdner to recognize and reward the achievements of medical researchers whose work contributes significantly to improving the quality of human life. Since the first awards were made in 1959, the Gairdner Awards have become Canada's most prestigious medical awards, recognizing and celebrating the research of the world’s best and brightest biomedical researchers. Each year, Gairdner honors seven awardees in three different categories: Canada Gairdner International Awards, Canada Gairdner Wightman Award and the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award.

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Canadians are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, several of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian.

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Award winners

Source: Gairdner- Past Recipients

Claude Fortier, was a Canadian physiologist and expert on the pituitary gland.

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John Robert Evans, was a Canadian cardiologist, academic, businessperson, and civic leader.

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The Canada Gairdner International Award is given annually at a special dinner to five individuals for outstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science. Receipt of the Gairdner is traditionally considered a precursor to winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine; as of 2018, 86 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to prior Gairdner recipients.

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