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Friday, May 29, 2009 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)
Join us for a discussion with this year's Premier's Summit Award winners on the practice - and promise - of building on breakthrough discoveries to better diagnose, treat and prevent disease.
PREMIER'S SUMMIT AWARD WINNERS
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Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD Director, The Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital Director, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics Canada Research Chair, Signal Transduction and Disease |
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John L. Wallace, PhD, MBA, FRSC Farncombe Family Chair in Digestive Health Research Scientific Director, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute Professor of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine McMaster University |
Thanks to their hard work and dedication, these investigators have earned the recognition and financial support that comes with one of the largest prizes in Canadian medical research: $5 million over five years from the Province of Ontario and the scientists' sponsoring institutions, McMaster University and University Health Network. This support will help these international leaders continue the search for answers to the most challenging medical questions
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For more information about this award, please visit: www.marsdd.com/premierssummit
MaRS (www.marsdd.com) is a non-profit organization focused on maximizing the economic and social impact of Canadian innovation. MaRS was founded in 2000 by leaders from the private and public sectors in order to improve commercial outcomes from Canada’s strong foundation of science and technology innovation. MaRS connects and fosters collaboration between the communities of science, business and capital through co-location in the MaRS Centre and more broadly through catalytic programs, structured networks and the MaRS web portal. The MaRS Centre opened in 2005.
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