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Featured Laureates


Emily Stowe, MD
The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers , Health and Medical Education & Training , Women in Medicine
Dr. Emily Stowe ranks as a true pioneer. She was the first female public school principal in Ontario, the first female physician to practise medicine in Canada and a lifelong champion of women's rights, who helped to found the Canadian Women’s…
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D. Lorne Tyrrell, MD PhD
Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunity , Leadership in Organizational Development
Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell spent his youth helping on the family farm before pursuing a career in medicine where he has saved the lives of thousands of patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV).
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Nominate a Health Hero
CMHF Laureates are Canadian citizens whose outstanding leadership and contributions to medicine and the health sciences, in Canada or abroad, have led to extraordinary improvements in human healt…
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Honouring Excellence
Recognizing and celebrating Canadian heroes whose work has advanced health, thereby inspiring the pursuit of careers in the health sciences.

