Congratulations to all of our Queen’s Jubilee Medal awardees: 

   *Dr. Claire Bombardier 
   *Dr. Gillian Hawker
   *Dr. Robert Inman
   *Dr. Rachel Shupak
   *Dr. J. Carter Thorne
   *Dr. Murray Urowitz
Congratulations! We are very proud of all of you.

Good News for Rheumatology!!!

We are pleased to announce that Toronto was very well represented at the recent CRA meeting in Ottawa:

Please join me in congratulating the following award winners:
• Dr. Pooneh Akhavan, Dr. Philip S. Rosen Endowment Fund
(This award is given to the Fellow or Resident giving the best clinical presentation given at the annual CRA Annual Scientific Meeting)
• Dr. Susa Benseler, Young Investigator Award
(Recognition of a young Canadian investigator who has contributed significant, original research in rheumatology)
• Dr. Nigil Haroon, CRA/ARF Best Clinical Research Award
(This prize is awarded to Young Faculty for Excellence in Research)
• Dr. Peter Lee, Distinguished Rheumatologist Award
(Recognition of a distinguished rheumatologist who had made an outstanding contribution to rheumatology in Canada)
• Dr. Amanda Steiman, Ian Watson Memorial Award
(This prize is awarded for the best paper presented at the CRA Annual Scientific Meeting on the subject of Systemic Lupus Erythemetosus)
• Dr. Marinka Twilt, Best Abstract by a Rheumatology Resident
(This Prize is awarded for the best abstract by a Rheumatology Resident for work done during rheumatology residency)