Karen Campbell Award for Research Excellence

The Karen Campbell Award for Research Excellence recognizes Canadian research that has had a significant impact on the understanding, future research and treatment of ovarian cancer.

Award recipients include the following Canadian researchers:

2017 – Dr. Patricia Tonin, Full Professor at McGill University, Senior Scientist and Associate Leader of the Cancer Research Program at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. To learn more, read Karen Campbell Award presented to researcher focused on genetics.
2015 – Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden, Corinne Boyer Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research at the University of Ottawa, and Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. To learn more, read Galvanizing the research community.
2014 - Dr. Steven Narod, director of the Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, a group that focuses on hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. To learn more, read Co-discoverer of BRCA 1&2 genes, Dr Steven Narod, wins national research award.
2013 - Dr. Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, scientific director of the Institut du cancer de Montréal and director of cancer research at the Centre de recherché du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. To learn more, read Dr. Anne-Marie Mes-Masson to receive national research award.
2012 - Dr. David Huntsman, director of the Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OvCare) at the BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver General Hospital.