2025 Laureate Selection Committee

Inductees are selected by a committee of prominent health and medical professionals from both the national and international communities. Appointed by the CMHF Board of Directors, the committee completes their review at arm's length from the Board.

Robyn
Robyn Tamblyn, CM BScN PhD FCAHS FRSC

Committee Chair - Distinguished James McGill Chair & Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health | Director, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, MUHC | Scientific Director, Cl…

catherine cook
Catherine Cook, MD CCFP FCFP

Retired Vice-President (Indigenous) | University of Manitoba

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Tom Marrie
Tom Marrie, MD FRCPC FRSC

Former Dean of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta | Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University, NS

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Philip Marsden
Philip Marsden, MD

Platform Director, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital | Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON

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meslin
Eric M. Meslin, PhD FRSC FCAHS

Health and Science Policy Consultant, Frederick, MD, USA

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Catherine Mercier
Catherine Mercier, OT PhD

Professor, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Université Laval | Scientific Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (Cirris), Québec, QC

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O'Connor
Annette O'Connor, OC PhD FRSC FCAHS

2020 CMHF Laureate | Emeritus Professor/Distinguished University Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, ON

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Martin Schechter
Martin Schechter CM OBC MD PhD FRCS FCAHS

Professor, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC

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Lori West
Lori West, OC MD PhD FRSC FCAHS FRCPC

Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery, Medical Microbiology/Immunology and Laboratory Medicine/Pathology, University of Alberta | Director, Alberta Transplant Institute | Director, Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Progra…

Jim Woodgett
Jim Woodgett, PhD

Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, ON

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