Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Explained

The John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is given by the Gairdner Foundation to recognize the world's top scientists who have made outstanding achievements in Global Health Research. Since its inception, the Global Health Award has grown significantly to become one of the world's most prestigious awards recognizing excellence in global health research.^[1]

Previous winners

• 2009: Nubia Muñoz
• 2010: Nicholas J. White
• 2011: Robert Edward Black
• 2012: Brian M. Greenwood
• 2013: King K. Holmes
• 2014: Satoshi Ōmura, 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner.
• 2015: Peter Piot
• 2016: Anthony Fauci
• 2017: Cesar Victora^[2]
• 2018: Alan Lopez, Christopher J.L. Murray
• 2019: Vikram Patel
  • 2020: Salim S. Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Karim 2021: Yi Guan, Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris
• 2022: Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta^[3]
• 2023: José Belizán^[4]
• 2024: Gagandeep Kang^[5]

References

1. Web site: Gairdner Foundation Global Health Award. gairdner.org. en-US. 2017-05-04.
2. Web site: Gairdner Foundation Index of Winners. gairdner.org. en-US. 2017-05-04.
3. Web site: Report . Recorder . 2022-04-06 . AKU’s Dr Bhutta gets Gairdner Global Health Award . 2022-04-13 . Brecorder . en.
4. https://www.gairdner.org/resource-hub/2023-canada-gairdner-award-winners-announced Canada Gairdner Global Health Award 2023
5. https://www.gairdner.org/winners Canada Gairdner Global Health Award 2024

See also

• Gairdner Foundation International Award
• Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award
• Gairdner Foundation