Henry G. Friesen prize winner meets uOttawa staff

Internationally renowned Canadian, Dr. Joseph B. Martin, dean of the Harvard Faculty of Medicine, is the inaugural winner of The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research. On September 26, he delivered a lecture entitled Brain Disease: Health Research Policy for the Public Good, at the National Gallery. Dr. Martin’s lecture will be broadcast on CBC Radio One (date to be announced).

The Friends of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences are sponsors of this new annual prize, which recognizes exceptional innovation and vision by health leaders from around the world.

On September 27, Dr. Martin met with 30 invited investigators from the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research.