Aubrey J. Tingle Prize nominations now open

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research is pleased to open nominations for the third annual Aubrey J. Tingle Prize and Lecture.

This prize is given to a British Columbia clinician scientist or scholar practitioner whose work in health research is internationally recognized and has significant impact on advancing clinical or health services and policy research – as well as its uptake – to improve health and the health system in BC and globally. The prize winner will present at an MSFHR event to be scheduled later in 2012.

The award is valued at $10,000. Deadline for nominations is March 15. Review and selection of the candidates will be made by a volunteer external senior panel, and their recommendation will be forwarded to the MSFHR Board of Directors for ratification.

The Aubrey J. Tingle Prize was created to honour the important role that Dr. Tingle played as founding President and CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research from 2001 to his retirement in June 2008. A pediatrician and immunologist, Dr. Tingle has maintained a lifelong interest in the role of viruses in disease, with particular interest in rubella arthritis and juvenile diabetes.

Past winners include Dr. Julio Montaner (2010) and Dr. Michael Hayden (2011).

For more information or to nominate a candidate, please see further details in the Funding section.