Harold Johns, PhD
Dr. Harold Elford Johns made a worldwide impact on medicine and, in particular, the fight against cancer. During the 1940s and 1950s, he invented…
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Bernard Belleau, PhD
Dr. Bernard Belleau was a Québec biochemist who made remarkable contributions to the world with his discovery of 3TC, a powerful drug in the…
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The Honourable Sylvia Fedoruk
Sylvia Fedoruk was the only woman conducting medical-physics research in Canada in the 1950's. Her ground-breaking achievements have earned her…
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Robert Noble, MD PhD
An esteemed Canadian investigator and ingenious experimentalist, Dr. Noble made profound contributions to endocrinology, physiology and cancer…
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Charles Beer, PhD
In 1954, Dr. Charles T. Beer joined forces with the revered Dr. Robert Noble to study the impact of periwinkle plants. This research project…
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Ernest McCulloch, MD
Dr. Ernest McCulloch, along with his colleague Dr. James Till, established the existence of stem cells and developed the framework of future stem…
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Anthony Pawson, PhD
Dr. Anthony Pawson was a biotechnologist and medical research investigator whose work has had a profound impact on biomedical research. His…
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Phil Gold, MD PhD
A brilliant mind with a distinguished record of scientific achievement in immunology and cancer, Dr. Phil Gold is known to many as a caring…
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