2022 CODE LiFE Research Awards

Supporting brilliant medical innovators and changing the face of healthcare.

The CODE LiFE Research Awards recognize deserving researchers by funding their projects with millions of dollars from the Montreal General Hospital Foundation.

Thanks to its philanthropic families and friends, the MGH Foundation provides annual funding to brilliant, dedicated and deserving research candidates, thus allowing the hospital to attract and retain world-class clinicians and researchers.

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The Montreal General Hospital, which recently celebrated its 200th anniversary, has always been a cradle of great innovation. Thanks to visionary donors, our Foundation has continued to build on this legacy over the past few decades by supporting the recruitment, training and retention of top researchers and practitioners.

Philanthropy has always played a vital role in research and the advancement of healthcare. The recent pandemic has clearly showcased its essential role as community mobilizer. This is what CODE LiFE means to us: a call to action and collaboration in supporting LiFE through innovative medical research and the advancement of care for the benefit of all.

CONGRATULATIONS to the recipients of the 2022 CODE LiFE Research Awards! THANK YOU to our great partner, the Research Institute of the MUHC, and to all those who demonstrate their trust by giving generously to enable researchers to develop the medicine of the future!

Jean-Guy Gourdeau, President & CEO
CODE LiFE: Montreal General Hospital Foundation

I sincerely thank the MGH Foundation and its donors for their generous support of our RI-MUHC researchers and their teams. Together, we are making real advances in clinically relevant research and in improving the health of patients across their lifespan.

Dr. Rhian Touyz, Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

$1.4M Annual Funding

80 Awards

53 Recipients

Personalized Cancer Care

Elaine T. & Charles H. Peters Award in Medical Oncology
Awarded to Dr. Fabio Cury

Inez and Willena Beaton Award in Oncology
Awarded to Dr. Fabio Cury

Barbara Bourne Tiffin Award
Awarded to Dr. Fabio Cury

Dr. Gold Fellowship in Cancer Research
Provided by Mr. Norman Zavalkoff
Awarded to Dr. Lawrence Lee

Simone & Morris Fast Award for Oncology
Provided by Mrs. Louise Fast
Awarded to Dr. Alexis Rompre-Brodeur, Dr. Sampath Loganathan, Dr. Justin Sanders, & Dr. Basile Tessier

Honourable Hartland Molson Fellowship
Provided by The Molson Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Alireza Madani

Henry and Margaret Johnson Award in Oncology
Provided by Mr. Robert Johnson
Awarded to Dr. Alireza Madani & Dr. Justin Sanders

Stewart Fellowship in Research/Clinical Haematology & Oncology
Provided by Mrs. Kathryn Stewart
Awarded to Dr. Anna Nikonova

Thelma L. Adams Fellowship
Awarded to Dr. Rameh Saleh & Dr. Basile Tessier

Elizabeth & Arnie Vered Cancer Research Award
Provided by Mrs. Elizabeth Vered
Awarded to Dr. Rameh Saleh

Brigadier-General Herbert Stanley Birkett Memorial Research Award
Awarded to Dr. Basile Tessier

Dr. Ray Chiu Distinguished Scientist in Surgical Research Award
Provided by Dr. Wendy Chiu
Awarded to Dr. Jonathan Spicer

Brain Health and Mental Health

Senator W. David Angus Award for Research into Major Psychiatric Diseases
Provided by Senator W. David Angus
Awarded to Dr. Marie-Josée Brouillette, Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, Dr. Howard Margolese & Dr. Gail Myhr

Albert & Florence Aziz Family Research Award in Neuro-degenerative Diseases
Provided by the Albert & Florence Aziz Family Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Lisa Koski

Fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseases
Provided by Mr. Robert Johnson
Awarded to Dr. Rami Massie

Dr. Joe Stratford Award for the Study Pain
Provided by Mr. Huntly Stratford & Mrs. Leslie Stratford
Awarded to Dr. Leon Tourian

Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation Award in Pain Research
Provided by The Louise & Alan Edwards Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Marc-Olivier Martel

Surgery

Marjorie Cadham Award in Cardiology Research
Awarded to Dr. Ida Derish

Goldberg Tabac Research Award
Awarded to Dr. Ida Derish

Sara Louise King Award in Cardiology Research
Awarded to Dr. Ida Derish

Inez and Willena Beaton Award in Cardiology
Awarded to Dr. Ida Derish

Charles Scriver Award
Provided by Mr. John Blatchford
Awarded to Dr. Samantha Rojas

Robert and Mary Hewitt Horizons Award
Provided by Mr. James W. Hewitt
Awarded to Dr. Derek Rosenzweig

F. Ann Birks Fellowship
Provided by Mrs. F. Ann Birks
Awarded to Dr. Derek Rosenzweig

Gérard R. Douville Award
Provided by Mr. Gérard Douville
Awarded to Dr. Ahmed Aoude

Millennium Research Award
Awarded to Dr. Ahmed Aoude

Dr Harvey C. Brown Award
Provided by Mrs. Nancy Brown
Awarded to Dr. Aslan Baradaran

Herbert S. Lang Award in Oncology and Surgery
Provided by Elizabeth, Kim & Robin Lang
Awarded to Ms. Iqraa Dhoparee-Doomah & Ms. Mingyang Kong

Ian Greenberg Bell Media Fellowship
Provided by Mrs. Linda Greenberg
Awarded to Dr. Rahul Gawri

L. Edmond Ricard Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Awarded to Dr. Adam Hart

T.H.P Molson Fellowship
Provided by Mr. Eric H. Molson, CM OQ
Awarded to Dr. Kosar Khwaja

Auxiliary of the MGH Research Award
Provided by Mr. Bob Gaudreau
Awarded to Dr. Kosar Khwaja

Dr Douglas Avrith Scholarship
Provided by Dr. Douglas Avrith
Awarded to Dr. Kosar Khwaja

Tom Hum & Eileen Hum Chang Research Award
Provided by The Chang and Hum Families
Awarded to Ms. Mingyang Kong

T.H.P Molson Fellowship
Provided by The Molson Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Amir Sayadi & Ms. Mingyang Kong

MGHF Board Emeritus Research Award
Provided by The Board Emeritus
Awarded to Ms. Mingyang Kong

Dr Mostafa Elhilali Fellowship
Provided by Mrs. Cynthia Gordon, Elhilali Family & Jarislowsky Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Fadl Hamouche & Dr. Hadi Radfar

Aaron & Susan Lieberman & Family Award in Urology Research
Provided by Mr. Lorne Lieberman
Awarded to Dr. Eva Michaud

Molson Brothers Award in Trauma
Trauma Surgery
Provided by The Molson Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Evan Wong

Frank McGill Travel Fellowship
Trauma Surgery
Provided by Dr. Sandra McGill
Awarded to Dr. Evan Wong

Medicine

Anita Garbarino Girard/Anna Maria Solinas/Dr Phil Gold Award of Distinction
Provided by Ms. Anna Maria Solinas Laroche
Awarded to Dr. Ana Copaescu & Dr. Geneviève Genest

Dr. Phil Gold Fellowship
Provided by Mr. Norm Zavalkoff
Awarded to Dr. Michael Fein

Anna Maria Solinas Laroche Career Award in Immunology
Provided by Mrs. Anna Maria Solinas Laroche
Awarded to Dr. Michael Fein

Dr. Joseph Shuster Award
Awarded to Dr. Ghislaine Isabwe

Catherine & Stuart Townsend Fellowship in Haematology Award
Provided by Mrs. Ann-Marie Townsend
Awarded to Dr. Kathia Mendelew

Stewart Fellowship in Research/Clinical Haematology & Oncology
Provided by Mrs. Kathryn Stewart
Awarded to Dr. John Storring & Dr. Véronique Naessens

Ian & Helgi Soutar Award
Provided by Mrs. Helgi Soutar
Awarded to Dr. Chantal Séguin

Dr. Michael Libman – Tropical Diseases Award
Awarded to Dr. Sapha Barkati

Honourable Hartland Molson Fellowship
Provided by The Molson Foundation
Awarded to Dr. Amine Benmassaoud, Dr. Arielle Mendel, Dr. Elena Netchiporouk & Dr. Shaifali Sandal

Mimi Dupuis Benjamin Award
Awarded to Dr. Amine Benmassaoud & Dr. Matthew Cheng

Brigadier-General Herbert Stanley Birkett Memorial Research Award
Awarded to Dr. Matthew Cheng & Dr. Shaifali Sandal

Strauss Chair in Respiratory Medicine
Provided by Mr.Richard & Mrs. Edith Strauss
Awarded to Dr. Maziar Divangahi

Nesbitt-McMaster Award for Excellence in Medicine and Surgery
Provided by Mr. A.R. Deane Nesbitt & Mrs. Elise Nesbitt
Awarded to Dr. Matthew Cheng, Dr. Chan Gao, Dr. Arielle Mendel & Dr. Romina Pace

Grete Roggenburg Research Award
Awarded to Dr. Arielle Mendel

Deane Nesbitt Award
Provided by Mr. A.R. Deane Nesbitt & Mrs. Elise Nesbitt
Awarded to Dr. Shaifali Sandal

The Owen Catchpaugh Grant for Innovative IBD Research
Provided by Mr. Brian Catchpaugh
Awarded to Dr. Jose Teodoro

Healthy Aging

Helen McCall Hutchison Award in Geriatric Medicine
Provided by Mrs. Ann Hutchison
Awarded to Dr. Claire Godard-Sebillotte & Dr. Tevy Chan