Dr. David Rosenblatt to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. David Rosenblatt, Holder, Dodd Q. Chu and Family Chair in Medical Genetics and Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Biology at 海角社区, has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (CCMG) Founders鈥� Award for Career Achievement.
The award is meant to recognize a CCMG member who has had an outstanding career in medical genetics in Canada or abroad. This award is named in honour of the visionary men and women (known as the 鈥淐ommittee of Seven鈥�) who, along with 17 founding members, established the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists on January 13, 1976. Previously known as the Founders鈥� Award, it was officially renamed in 2017. In announcing his selection for the award, the CCMG noted Dr. Rosenblatt鈥檚 outstanding career across all domains of service, research, teaching, administration, and scholarly activity and highlighted that within the CCMG his presence has been steadfast and ongoing, from its earliest days until now and he remains an enthusiastic advocate for the profession of medical genetics, not only within Quebec but across the Canadian scientific community.
鈥淚n being selected as the 2018 recipient of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticist Founders鈥� Award for Career Achievement, I am walking in the footsteps of 海角社区 legends in Canadian Medical Genetics, Dr. F. Clarke Fraser who received the first award in 1991 and Dr. Charles R. Scriver, who received the award in 2003,鈥� said Dr. Rosenblatt. 鈥淚t is a great honour for me to be counted among 海角社区 colleagues of such high esteem.鈥�
Dr. Rosenblatt is a leader of basic and clinical research and education in human genetics in Canada and internationally. He has made major contributions to our knowledge of inherited metabolic diseases, particularly in the genetics and treatment of defects of the vitamins folic acid and vitamin B12. As Chair of the Department of Human Genetics at 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine from 2001-2013, he built an outstanding department that has achieved international prominence both for research, and also for the education of basic and clinical scientists, clinical and laboratory physicians, and genetic counsellors. He has served as President of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation, and the Association of Medical Geneticists of Quebec. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Correspondant 茅tranger of the Acad茅mie Nationale de M茅decine of France.
The Founders鈥� Award for Career Achievement will be conferred to Dr. Rosenblatt at lunch on June 11 during the 42nd聽CCMG Annual Scientific Conference in Harrison Hot Springs (British Columbia) and will be followed by a presentation on his career in medical genetics.In a nod to his preferred form of neckwear, the lunch will be a bow-tie event.
Congratulations Dr. Rosenblatt!