Léo-Pariseau Prize
Encyclopedia
The Léo-Pariseau Prize is a Québécois
prize which is awarded annually to a distinguished individual working in the field of biological or health sciences. The prize is awarded by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas
), and is named after Léo Pariseau, the first president of Acfas. The award was inaugurated in 1944. It is currently sponsored by Merck Frosst
, a pharmaceutical company.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
prize which is awarded annually to a distinguished individual working in the field of biological or health sciences. The prize is awarded by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas
Acfas
Association francophone pour le savoir is the principal French-language learned society in Canada and, particularly, Quebec.The Acfas was founded in 1923 as the Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences . Its name was changed in 2001 to the Association francophone pour le...
), and is named after Léo Pariseau, the first president of Acfas. The award was inaugurated in 1944. It is currently sponsored by Merck Frosst
Merck & Co.
Merck & Co., Inc. , also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The Merck headquarters is located in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, an unincorporated area in Readington Township...
, a pharmaceutical company.
Winners
- 1947 - Jacques Rousseau
- 1948 - Léon Mario
- 1949 - Jean BruchésiJean BruchésiJean Bruchési was a Quebecois writer and historian. He was the president of the Royal Society of Canada from 1953-4.-Distinctions/Awards:*1949 - Léo-Pariseau Prize*1949 - Ludger-Duvernay Prize...
- 1950 - Louis-Charles Simard
- 1951 - Cyrias Ouellet
- 1952 - Louis-Paul Dugal
- 1953 - Guy Frégault
- 1954 - Pierre Demers
- 1955 - René Pomerleau
- 1956 - Marcel Rioux
- 1958 - Roger GaudryRoger GaudryRoger Gaudry, was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and former rector of the Université de Montréal....
- 1959 - Lionel Daviault
- 1960 - Marcel Trudel
- 1961 - Raymond-U. Lemieux
- 1962 - Charles-Philippe Leblond
- 1963 - Lionel GroulxLionel GroulxLionel-Adolphe Groulx was a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist. -Early life and ordination:Groulx was born at Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and died in Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Valleyfield...
- 1964 - Larkin KerwinLarkin KerwinJohn Larkin Kerwin, was a Canadian physicist.Born in Québec City, he studied physics at Saint Francis Xavier University and obtained his Masters degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His received his D.Sc. from Université Laval. He was Chairman of the Department of...
- 1965 - Pierre DansereauPierre DansereauPierre Dansereau, was a Canadian ecologist known as one of the "fathers of ecology".-Biography:...
- 1966 - Noël Mailloux
- 1967 - Albéric Boivin
- 1968 - Léonard-Francis Bélanger
- 1969 - Fernand DumontFernand DumontFernand Dumont was a québécois sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet.Dumont was born in Montmorency, Quebec.Dumont died in Quebec.-External links:*...
- 1970 - Bernard BelleauBernard BelleauBernard Belleau, OC, FRSC was a Canadian molecular pharmacologist best known for his role in the discovery of Lamivudine, a drug used in the treatment of HIV and Hepatitis B infection....
- 1971 - Édouard Pagé
- 1972 - Louis-Edmond HamelinLouis-Edmond HamelinLouis-Edmond Hamelin, is a Canadian geographer, professor, and author born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, best known for his studies of Northern Canada....
- 1973 - Camille SandorfyCamille SandorfyCamille Sandorfy, was a Canadian quantum chemist.Born in Budapest, Hungary, he received his Bachelor of Science in 1943 and Ph.D. in chemistry in 1946 from the University of Szeged...
- 1974 - Antoine D'Iorio
- 1975 - Pierre Angers
- 1976 - Paul Marmet
- 1977 - Jacques de Repentigny
- 1978 - Vincent Lemieux
- 1979 - Pierre Deslongchamps
- 1980 - André BarbeauAndré BarbeauAndré Barbeau, OC, MSRC was a French Canadian neurologist. He was known for his research into Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's ataxia and taurine research....
- 1981 - Jean-G. Lafontaine
- 1982 - J.-André Fortin
- 1983 - Germain Brisson
- 1984 - Wladimir A. Smirnoff
- 1985 - Louis Legendre
- 1986 - Marc CantinMarc CantinMarc Cantin was a Québécois doctor and professor. His studies were completed at the University of Laval in Quebec and at the University of Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Montreal and at McGill University and worked with the doctor Hans Selye...
- 1987 - Guy Lemieux
- 1988 - Pierre Borgeat
- 1989 - Jules HardyJules HardyJules Hardy, OC, CQ is a Québécois doctor, born in Sorel. He is a professor of neurosurgery, in active practice at the Notre-Dame Hospital and the University of Montreal teaching center. He is the author of over 140 papers and has contributed to several textbooks...
- 1990 - Jacques de ChamplainJacques de ChamplainJacques de Champlain is a scientist, doctor and professor from the Province of Quebec. Born on March 13, 1938, he died on July 15, 2009 of a heart attack. Jacques de Champlain was a graduate of the Université de Montréal and McGill University and a pioneer in research on the nervous system...
- 1991 - Jacques LeblancJacques LeblancJacques Leblanc is a Québécois physiologist and professor, born in Saint-Joachim-de-Montmorency. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary biomedical research in Quebec and Canada.-Honours/Awards:...
- 1992 - Paul JolicoeurPaul JolicoeurPaul Jolicoeur is a Québecois professor and doctor.He has been a teacher since 1976 at the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in infectious and parasitic diseases...
- 1993 - Albert J. Aguayo
- 1994 - Emil SkameneEmil SkameneEmil Skamene, is a Canadian Immunologist and medical researcher.He is the Director of Research for the McGill University Health Centre, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, and a Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Human Genetics, and the Institute...
- 1995 - André ParentAndré ParentAndré Parent is a Quebecois doctor, born October 3, 1944 in Montreal, specializing in neurobiology.He received his doctorate from the University of Laval in 1970 in neuroanatomy. He furthered his postdoctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt...
- 1996 - Domineco Regoli
- 1997 - Rémi Quirion
- 1998 - Serge Rossignol
- 1999 - Guy Armand Rouleau
- 2000 - Rima RozenRima RozenRima Rozen received her PhD from McGill University and pursued postdoctoral training at McGill University and Yale University....
- 2001 - Nabil G. Seidah
- 2002 - Graham BellGraham Bell (biologist)Graham Arthur Charlton Bell is an English academic, writer, and evolutionary biologist with interests in the evolution of sexual reproduction and the maintenance of variation...
- 2003 - Mona NemerMona NemerMona Nemer is a Canadian science professor of Lebanese origin. She is also a scientific researcher, currently working as Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa, and formerly at the University of Montreal and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal.Her research specialism is...
- 2004 - Jacques Montplaisir
- 2005 - Laurent Descarries
- 2006 - Michel Bouvier