Awards

Eligibility:

All researchers presenting military health research at Forum 2017

Adjudication Process:

The award is adjudicated by the Surgeon General of the Canadian Forces

Past Winners:

2017 Recipient:

Dr. Benjamin Dunkley, The Hospital for Sick Kids & University of Toronto, for his research Perception of Emotional Faces Induces Fear Circuit Hyper Connectivity in Soldiers with PTSD with Taylor, M.J., PhD; Wong, S., BSc ; Shah-Basak, P., PhD; Jetly, R., MD3 ; and Pang, E.W., PhD.

2016 Recipient:

Dr. Christian Kastrup, University of British Columbia, for his research titled “Self-Propelling Particles that Stop Severe Haemorrhage in Swine by Transporting Tranexamic Acid and Thrombin through Flowing Blood.”

2015 Recipient:

Dr. Deniz Fikretoglu, DRDC, for her research presentation titled “Perceived Need for Mental Health Care in Canadian Military and Civilian Populations: Implications for Workplace Mental Health”

2014 Recipient:

Dr. Steven L. Fischer, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University for his research “Near Term Solution to Address Aircrew Neck Pain”

2013 Recipient:

Dr. Mark Zamorski, DND Directorate of Mental Health, for his research “Sitting on a Gold Mine: The 2013 Canadian Armed Forces Cross-sectional Mental Health Survey Dataset”.

2012 Recipient:

Dr. Jacqueline Hebert, Associate Research Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation, for her research “A Novel Method to Provide Sensory Feedback and Improve Function of Myoelectric Prostheses after Upper Limb Amputation”.

2011 Recipient:

Dr. Jitender Sareen, University of Manitoba for his paper “Adverse Childhood Experiences in Relation to Mood and Anxiety Disorders in a Population-Based Sample of Active Military Personnel”.

Award:

The winner is presented with the Major Sir Frederick Banting MC, RCAMC Medal by the Surgeon General, and invited to Forum 2018 as the research keynote speaker.