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CBS Award Winners - 2016

CBS is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the CBS Lifetime Achievement Award, the Early Career Investigator Award, and the CBS Service Award.  Please join us at the World Biomaterials Congress in Montreal (May 17-22), where these awards will be formally presented during a CBS Awards Special Session (Friday, May 20, 4:30-5:30PM in Congress Room 520ABDE) featuring presentations the research award winners.

2016 CBS Lifetime Achievement Award:

DR. JOHN L. BRASH (McMaster University)

Dr. John L. Brash, a Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, is the inaugural winner of the CBS Lifetime Achievement Award.  John has been conducting pioneering research in the fields of polymeric biomaterials and protein-surface interactions for more than 45 years. More specifically, John is internationally recognized for his landmark contributions in the areas of protein adsorption and blood compatibility, the development of biomedical polyurethanes, and the application of surface modification techniques to control cell adhesion. His seminal research in these areas has shaped our current understanding of cell-biomaterial interfaces, and has also helped to revolutionize the use of polymers in the medical device industry. With more than 300 lifetime publications, he has received numerous awards recognizing his research excellence in the biomaterials field, including the Clemson (1994) and Founders (2009) Awards from the Society for Biomaterials. Further, John has been a leader in the Canadian biomaterials community, and an outstanding mentor to many young scientists and engineers who have gone on to successful careers in academia and industry.

 

2016 CBS Early Career Investigator Award:

DR. TODD HOARE (McMaster University)

Dr. Todd R. Hoare, an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University, is the inaugural winner of the CBS Early Career Investigator Award.  Todd has rapidly gained world-wide recognition for his work on environmentally-responsive hydrogels for both controlled drug delivery and tissue regeneration applications.  In this context, his lab has made seminal contributions to the field of “smart” materials-based technologies, including remote-controlled drug release and hydrogels that can elicit tunable cellular responses.  For his outstanding research achievements, Todd was recently named a McMaster University Scholar and has received, among others, the John Charles Polanyi Prize in Chemistry and an NSERC Innovation Challenge Prize.

 

2016 CBS Service Award:

DR. PAUL SANTERRE (University of Toronto)

Dr. Paul Santerre is the 2016 recipient of the CBS Service Award. Paul has been a highly active member of the CBS for many years, and is always an engaged participant in the CBS Annual Meetings. He has been a strong advocate for the Canadian biomaterials research community and has served as both a CBS Board Member and the President. As the President and Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee, Paul is playing a major role in organizing the WBC 2016 in Montreal, which will help to showcase Canadian biomaterials research to the world. He was also the lead organizer for two previous CBS meetings in Toronto, as well as being involved in the organization of the WBC 1996 in Toronto. As an elected Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Paul is actively engaged as a Canadian representative in the international community. Further, he has been an outstanding mentor to a large number of trainees, and is highly supportive of young researchers. In addition to his academic roles, Paul has been contributing to the advancement of commercialization of biomedical technologies in Canada through his involvement with his spin-off company Interface Biologics. His success in this area helps to promote awareness and foster an environment within the Canadian community that is more supportive of IP development and commercialization activities.