The Canadian Association for Neuroscience wishes to congratulate the following neuroscientists who received important national or international awards or distinctions in 2012 (follow the included links for more details):
| Frédéric Charron Université de Montréal |
CAN Young Investigator |
| Judy Illes University of British Columbia, |
Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Brenda Milner McGill University |
inducted in the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame |
| Freda Miller University of Toronto |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Senior International Research Scholar |
| Michael Petrides McGill University | Fellow of the Royal Society of London |
| Todd Woodward University of British Columbia |
Graham Boeckh Foundation Smarthji Lal Award |
| Marc Tessier-Lavigne Rockefeller University |
Henry Friesen International Prize |
| Michael Meaney McGill University | IPSEN foundation Neuronal Plasticity Prize (with David Sweat and Catherine Dulac) |
| Guy Rouleau Université de Montréal |
Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize from UBC (becomes director of the MNI (McGill) in January 2013) |
| Maryse Lassonde Université de Montréal |
Officer of the Order of Canada |
| Alain Beaudet, CIHR Sandra Black University of Toronto James Kennedy University of Toronto David Park University of Ottawa |
New Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada |
Do you know of other Canadian Neuroscientists who received National or international prizes in 2012? We would love to include them in this list. Please send an email to Julie.