The Chanchlani Global Health Research Award is a Canadian health sciences award that recognizes a world leading scholar in the area of Global Health. Each year a discipline within Global Health (i.e. Determinants of Health, Policy Development, and Innovative Solutions) is chosen by the internal review committee at

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

. The review committee then selects the leading researcher based on interview and impact in the field. The award recipient receives a monetary prize of $5,000 and opportunity to present their research findings to researchers and students. The award provides opportunities for informal scientific exchanges between the scientist/scholar and faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate medical students. The award was created by the Chanchlani Family through $1 Million endowment along with a $250,000 donation at the

in 2012.

Award recipients

Source
McMaster University
*2019: Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, ''Tools for Achieving Healthy Equity: Allegories on "Race" and Racism'' *2018: Dr.

Dariush Mozaffarian Dariush Mozaffarian (born August 19, 1969) is a cardiologist, Jean Mayer Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Professor of Medicine at Tufts School of Medicine, and an attending physician at Tuf ...

*2017: Dr.

John Ioannidis John P. A. Ioannidis ( ; , ; born August 21, 1965) is a Greek-American physician-scientist, writer and Stanford University professor who has made contributions to evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, and clinical research. Ioannidis studies sc ...

, ''Improving Research Practices: A Global Challenge'' *2016: Dr.

Vikram Patel Vikram Harshad Patel FMedSci (born 5 May 1964) is an Indian psychiatrist and researcher best known for his work on child development and mental disability in low-resource settings. Patel/Brief Biography.pdf He is the Co-Founder and former Dire ...

, ''The Black Dog: Why We Don’t Care'' *2015: Professor Dr.

Ab Osterhaus Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus "Ab" Osterhaus (born 2 June 1948) is a leading Dutch virologist and influenza expert. An Emeritus Professor of Virology at Erasmus University Rotterdam since 1993, Osterhaus is known throughout the world for ...

, Head of the Department of Virology of the Erasmus MC Rotterdam *2014: Dr.

Hans Rosling Hans Rosling (; 27July 19487February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed t ...

, PhD, MD, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute *2012: Dr.

Madhukar Pai Madhukar Pai (also known as Madhu Pai) is a Canadian medical doctor, academic, advocate, writer, and university professor. He is the Associate Director of the McGill International Tuberculosis Centre. Pai's work focuses on global health, specifi ...

MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University, ''The freakonomics of TB control in India'' and Dr. Nikika Pant Pai, MD, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University, ''Point-of-care tests for HIV: innovation, synergy and impact'' (joint awards)

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{{Reflist Medicine awards Research awards Awards established in 2012 Canadian academic awards

Award recipients

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