Marla Shapiro CM, is a

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, best known as a health journalist for CTV News Channel and formerly''

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''. Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on ''

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'' and on CTV's daytime talk show '' Balance: Television for Living Well''. She is seen regularly on CTV News Channel. Born in

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, she is a graduate of

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and a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the

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. Shapiro is also the founding editor of ''ParentsCanada'' magazine. She was diagnosed with

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in 2004 and was featured in a

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about her experience. She is the author of ''Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer'' (HarperCollins Publishers, 2006). She was named a

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in 2015.

Career highlights

2013 – Bayer 150 Outstanding Physician Women's Health and Contraception 2011 – Named a Woman Of Action by Israeli Cancer Research Foundation 2010 – Recipient of the 2010 Peter R. Newman Humanitarian Award 2008 – Recipient of Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada for her lifelong commitment and dedication to family medicine 2008 – Awarded the Excellence in Creative Professional Activity in 2008 by the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine 2006 – Winner of Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Journalism (Run Your Own Race) 2005 – Recipient of the 2005 Media Award from the North American Menopause Society for her work in expanding the understanding of menopause

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External links

CTV website biography
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