Professional Conference

Dr. Jacques Genest Lecturer Award
A speaking honorarium and a plaque are awarded to the individual chosen to deliver the CSEM clinical medicine plenary lecture at the Annual Professional Conference. Formerly known as: The Sandoz/Novartis Lecturer Award from 1975–2003, the Eli Lilly Award from 2004–2009, and the CSEM Lecturer Award from 2010–2012.
Aliya Khan
2024 Dr. Jacques Genest Lecturer Award winner
Past recipients of the Dr. Jacques Genest Lecturer Award:
- 2024: Aliya Khan
- 2023: Shereen Ezzat
- 2022: George J. Kahaly
- 2020: James Nagarajah
- 2019: Yuri Nikiforov
- 2018: Fabio Fernandes-Rosa
- 2017: Fredrik Bäckhed
- 2016: Clifford Rosen
- 2015: Daniel Drucker
- 2014: Nabil Seidah
- 2013: Daniel Bichet
- 2012: Samuel Refetoff
- 2011: Constantine Stratakis
- 2010: Michael Whyte
- 2009: Pavel Hamet
- 2008: Gerard Karsenty
- 2007: Michael Holick
- 2006: Andrew Arnold
- 2005: Harold Juppner
- 2004: Jacques Drouin
- 2003: André Lacroix
- 2002: Henry Kronenberg
- 2001: Daniel Bichet
- 2000: Jeffrey Friedman
- 1999: George Chrousos
- 1998: Reed Larsen
- 1997: Barry Posner
- 1996: Michel Chrétien
- 1995: Harvey Guyda
- 1994: David Goltzman
- 1993: Michel Chrétien
- 1992: Maria New
- 1991: William Chin
- 1990: Wylie Vale
- 1989: Gerald Aurbach
- 1988: Ronald Evans
- 1987: Jean Dussault
- 1986: Marc Cantin
- 1985: Robert Volpé
- 1984: Pierre Chambon
- 1983: Melvin Grumbach
- 1982: Hector Deluca
- 1981: Joseph Larner
- 1980: Seymour Reichlin
- 1979: Bert O’Malley
- 1978: Henry Friesen
- 1977: David Rimoin
- 1976: Robert Unger
- 1975: John Potts, Jr

Dr. Henry Friesen Plenary Lecturer Award
A speaking honorarium and a plaque are awarded to the individual chosen to present the CSEM translational medicine plenary lecture at the Annual Professional Conference. Formerly known as: the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Award from 2008–2009 and the CSEM Plenary Lecturer Award from 2010–2012.
Rochelle Naylor
2024 Dr. Henry Friesen Plenary Lecturer Award winner
Past recipients of the Dr. Henry Friesen Plenary Lecturer Award:
- 2024: Rochelle Naylor
- 2023: Melanie G. Cree
- 2022: André C. Carpentier
- 2020: Andrew Hattersley
- 2019: Vernon Dolinsky
- 2018: Ursula Kaiser
- 2017: Wouter de Herder
- 2016: Karel Pacak
- 2015: Stephen Marx
- 2014: David Clemmons
- 2013: Paolo Sassone–Corsi
- 2012: Albert Beckers
- 2011: John Funder
- 2010: Robert Gagel
- 2009: Martin Matzuk
- 2008: Michael Hastings
- 2007: William Young, Jr.
- 2006: Terry Davies
- 2005: Ursula Kaiser
- 2004: Paul Stewart
- 2003: Daniel Drucker
- 2002: Michael Pollak
- 2001: David Goltzman
- 2000: Terry Davies
- 1999: Robert Casper

Dr. D. Harold Copp Plenary Lecturer Award
Timothy Kieffer
2024 Dr. D. Harold Copp Plenary Lecturer Award winner
Past recipients of the Dr. D. Harold Copp Scientific Basis of Medicine Symposium Speaker Awards:
- 2024: Timothy Kieffer
- 2023: Rhian M. Touyz
- 2022: Gregory Steinberg, André Carpentier
- 2019: Suzanne Jan de Beur, Michael Whyte
- 2018: Isabelle Bourdeau, André Lacroix, Alexandra Lemyre
- 2017: Nick Finer, Jill Hamilton, Philip Schauer
- 2016: Frank Scheer, Tracie A. Barnett, Jonathan Chevrier
- 2015: Ursula B. Kaiser, David Goltzman, André Lacroix
- 2014: Wiebke Arlt, Jérôme Bertherat, Felix Beuschlein
- 2013: Rebecca Simmons, David Abbott, Stephen Matthews
- 2012: Albert Beckers
- 2011: Chantal Mathieu, Glenville Jones, Christopher Kovacs, JoEllen Welsh
- 2010: David Goltzman, Brian R. Walker, Richard E. Gilbert
- 2009: Sylvain Martel, William D. Leslie, Jacques Turgeon
