Awards & Centers of Excellence

2011

Chaim Roifman Scholar Award

Eyal Grunebaum, MD 

Presented to Dr. Eyal Grunebaum, of the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, for his research proposal entitled “Improving the management of patients with severe inherited immune deficiencies”.

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Chaim Roifman Scholar Award

Elie Haddad, MD, PhD

Presented to Dr. Elie Haddad of Sainte Justine Hospital, Montreal, for his research proposal entitled “Development of a new humanized mouse model of  WAS”.

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2010

Canada Israel Immunodeficiency Research Alliance

Presented to Toronto Hospital for Sick Children & E. Wolfson Medical Centre, Israel

Dr. Chaim Roifman, Chair, CI Society joined Dr. Ilan Dalal, Head of Pediatric Emergecy Unit and Dr. Yitzhak Berlovitz, Director Edith Wolfson Medical Center for the unveilingof the Canada Israel Immunodeficiency Research Alliance plaque at the entrance to the pediatric ward. The CI Society is honoured to have the support of Talecris Biotherapeutic in building international collaborations for research in Primary Immunodeficiency. Dr. Dalal's research is focused in the area of Pediatric Immunodeficiency.

2009

Chaim Roifman Scholar Award for Young Investigators

Stuart Turvey, MB BS, DPhil, FRCPC

Presented to Dr. Stuart Turvey of the University of British Columbia, for his research proposal entitled “From rare severe primary immunodeficiencies to common subtle immune defects”.

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2008

Chaim Roifman Scholar Award

Françoise Le Deist, MD, PhD

Presented to Dr. Françoise Le Deist of Sainte Justine Hospital, Montreal for her research proposal entitled “Are defect in innate immunity associated with invasive group A streptococcal infections in children?”

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2007

The Canadian Immunodeficiency Society Award for outstanding achievement

Presented to E. Richard Stiehm MD

For his life-long work and dedication in the field of Primary Immunodeficiency this award was presented to Dr. E. Richard Stiehm, professor of Pediatrics in the Divison of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at Matell Children’s Hospital at UCLA at the second conference on Host Defense in Edmonton, September 2007.

2006

The Canadian Immunodeficiency Society Award for outstanding achievement

Presented to Fred and Vicki Modell,
The Jeffrey Modell Foundation

Fred  and Vicki Modell are founders of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation who tragically lost their son to a Primary Immunodeficiency (PI). The award is to honour their incredible commitment to finding a cure and their contributions towards PI research and education globally.