Research Report and Salute to our Canada Research Chairs

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M.D. Rutherford Has discovered that eye tracking can detect autism in children as young as 9 months, speeding diagnosis and treatment

Microwave Imaging Facility Natalia Nikolova Uses microwave imaging to better, & non-invasively, detect tumors such as breast cancer

Deborah Cook is recognized for lifesaving discoveries in critical care medicine with election to the Royal Society of Canada, joining Walter Craig, Jamal Deen, Adam Hitchcock, Geoff Norman, Max Wong & Chris Wood

2008

Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy Research Gianluigi Botton Heads one of the world’s most advanced facilities in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology

2009

Paul Ayers Is awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, the most prestigious recognition accorded to an early career scientist in North America

Philip DeCicca joins other McMaster Polanyi Prize winners Cécile Fradin (2003), Daniel Coleman (1998), Catherine Hayward (1997) & Gerry Wright (1993) honoured for outstanding research at early stages in their careers

Offord Centre for Child Studies Michael Boyle is named CIHR Researcher of the Year for his pioneering work in children’s mental health

Laboratory for Advanced Photovoltaic Research Rafael Kleiman Provides solutions for the direct conversion of solar energy to electricity

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