The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research
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2013 CAHS Luncheon – September 19 – Ottawa
2013 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)
2013 Joint Symposium of CSCI-CITAC-FCIHR
2014 CAHS Luncheon – September 18 – Ottawa
2014 Joint Symposium of CSCI-CITAC-FCIHR
2014 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2012 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2008 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2009 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2010 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2011 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
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2015 Friesen Prize – Personalities
2015 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2016 Friesen Prize Program
2016 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2017 Friesen Prize Program
2017 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2018 Friesen Prize Program
2018 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2019 Friesen Prize Program
2019 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2020 Friesen Prize Program
2020/21 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2022 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2023 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2024 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
2025 SPONSORS / COMMANDITAIRES
About Henry G. Friesen
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – 2025 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research
Governance
OVERVIEW with vignettes
April 8, 2022 – “A Post-pandemic Future: Sir Mark Walport”
CBC Radio One – “Ideas”
December 6, 2018 – “Talking with Doctor David Naylor: Winner of the 2018 Friesen Prize”
Dr. John R. Evans – CBC Radio One “Ideas” – 2007 Friesen Prize
Dr. Joseph B. Martin – CBC Radio One “Ideas” – 2006 Friesen Prize
February 17, 2016 – “The Eminent Dr. Nurse”
January 14, 2013 – “Building Brains”
January 15, 2009 – “Getting to MaRS”
January 24, 2012 – “Levelling the Playing Field”
January 26, 2011 – “Of Mice and Men”
January 30, 2017 – “The importance of being ethical with Dr. Janet Rossant”
March 4, 2010 – “Edmonton to Oxford”
November 17, 2017 – “Friesen Prize winner Dr. Alan Bernstein: Team science will save the world!”
October 11, 2013 – “Planning the Unpredictable”
Sept. 24, 2009 – “Personalized Genomics: Hope or Hype”
September 17, 2009 – “The Art and Politics of Science”
September 25, 2014 – “Genetic Genius”
September 4, 2007 – “The Ideas of Joseph Martin”
Contact Us / Nous Contacter
Detailed Program – 2012 Friesen Prize – Ottawa – Sept. 19-20
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Dr. Brenda Andrews, 2025 Friesen Prize
Dr. Gordon Guyatt, 2024 Friesen Prize
Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, 2014 Friesen Prizewinner and Head Table – CAHS Luncheon – September 18, 2014 – Ottawa
Dr. Lorne Tyrrell, 2021 Friesen Prize
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta – 2023 Friesen Prize Program Events
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, 2023 Friesen Prize
Friesen Prize Books
Friesen Prize Lectures
Friesen Prize Program Events in 2022
Dr. Lorne Tyrrell – Friesen Prize Events in 2022
Front Page
Gifts to the Prize
Institutional visits
2012 Friesen Prize Institutional Visit – University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute Lecture
DR. LAP-CHEE TSUI – INSTITUTIONAL VISITS – NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
Institutional visit – Dr. Harold Varmus
Institutional visit – Dr. John R. Evans
Institutional visit – Dr. Joseph B. Martin
Institutional visit – Dr. Shirley M. Tilghman
Institutional visit – Dr. Victor Dzau
Institutional visit – Prof. Sir John Bell
McGill – Dr. Alan Bernstein – January 18, 2018
McGill – Dr. David Naylor – January 24, 2019
McGill – Dr. Janet Rossant – November 9, 2016
McGill – Sir Paul Nurse – December 8, 2015
McGill – Zulfiqar Bhutta – November 9, 2023
McGill University – Sir Mark Walport – December 10, 2021
McGill University – Dr. Lorne Tyrrell – September 8, 2022
McMaster – Gordon Guyatt – May 1, 2025
McMaster – Zulfiqar Bhutta – February 27, 2024
McMaster University – Dr. John R. Evans February 4, 2008
Sir John Bell – 2009 McGill / MNI – Wilder Penfield Lecture
U Alberta – Dr. Alan Bernstein – May 16-17, 2018
U Alberta – Dr. David Naylor – May 29-30, 2019
U Alberta – Dr. Janet Rossant – May 18-19, 2017
U Alberta – Gordon Guyatt – March 10-11, 2025
U Calgary & U Alberta – Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg – March 11-14, 2014
U Calgary & U Alberta – Sir Paul Nurse – May 3-6, 2016
U Calgary – Dr. Alan Bernstein – May 14-15, 2018
U Calgary – Dr. David Naylor – May 27-28, 2019
U Calgary – Dr. Janet Rossant – May 17, 2017
U Calgary – Gordon Guyatt – March 12, 2025
U Calgary – Lorne Tyrrell – February 27, 2023
U Calgary – Zulfiqar Bhutta – May 24, 2024
U Manitoba – Dr. Alan Bernstein – January 22-23, 2018
U Manitoba – Dr. David Naylor – April 8, 2019
U Manitoba – Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg – January 13-14, 2014
U Manitoba – Dr. Janet Rossant – January 23-24, 2017
U Manitoba – Gordon Guyatt – June 2, 2025
U Manitoba – Lorne Tyrrell – November 18, 2022
U Manitoba – Zulfiqar Bhutta – June 26, 2024
U of T & Munk School of Global Affairs (Asian Institute) – Institutional visit – Sept. 16, 2014
U of T – Brenda Andrews – September 23, 2025
U of T – Gordon Guyatt – October 31, 2024
U of T – Prof. Bartha Knoppers – October 16-17, 2019
U of T – Sick Kids – Lorne Tyrrell – November 16, 2022
U of T Oliver Smithies Lecture – Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne – April 23, 2013
U of T-Sick Kids – Zulfiqar Bhutta – November 8, 2023
U Ottawa – Brenda Andrews – November 18, 2025
U Ottawa – Dr. Janet Rossant – November 7, 2016
U Ottawa – Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui – September 17, 2014
U Ottawa – Sir Paul Nurse – December 7, 2015
U Ottawa Institutional visit – September 18, 2013
U Waterloo – Gordon Guyatt – February 5, 2025
U Waterloo – Lorne Tyrrell – November 17, 2022
U Waterloo – Sir Mark Walport – December 8, 2021
U Waterloo – Zulfiqar Bhutta – January 16, 2024
UBC – Dr. Alan Bernstein – January 24-25, 2018
UBC – Dr. David Naylor – April 9-10, 2019
UBC – Dr. Janet Rossant – May 10, 2017
UBC – Gordon Guyatt – July 24-25, 2025
UBC – Lorne Tyrrell – February 28, 2023
UBC, U Calgary & U Alberta – March 22-27, 2015
June 27, 2012 – New York Reception – In Honour of Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, President of Rockefeller
October 30, 2019 – “‘Shouldn’t there be a law against that?’: Facing our fear of genetic innovation”
Prizewinners
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Dr. Alan Bernstein, 2017 Friesen Prize
Dr. David Naylor, 2018 Friesen Prize
Dr. Janet Rossant, 2016 Friesen Prize
Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, 2014 Friesen Prizewinner
Prof. Bartha Knoppers – 2019 Friesen Prize
Sir Paul Nurse, 2015 Friesen Prizewinner
September 19, 2012 – Ottawa Program
Shirley M. Tilghman
Sir Mark Walport, 2020 Friesen Prize
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Friesen Prize Program Events in 2022
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