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<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canada</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Gairdner Global Health Award</span></font></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a href="http://www.gairdner.org/awards/nominati/thegaird" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.gairdner.org/awards/nominati/thegaird</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nominations for 2009 should be received no later than December 31, 2008</span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is directed at health issues pertaining to developing countries. It recognizes those who have made major scientific advances in any one of four areas:<br>
- basic science, <br>- clinical science or <br>- population health or <br>- environmental health. <br><br>These advances must have, or have potential to make a significant impact on health outcomes in the developing world. Nominations for leadership and administration, however outstanding, do not fall within the parameters of this award.<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br>
<br></span></b>The long-term goal of this prize is to reward and stimulate members of the global scientific and medical community to undertake research that will lead to advances valuable to the health of nations.<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br>
<br></span></b>The Global Health Award consists of $100,000 (CDN), a framed certificate with appropriate citation and a specially designed sculpture.<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></b></span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Purpose and Conditions<br>
</span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The purpose for the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is the recognition of individual whose seminal scientific work constitutes a discovery or a highly tangible achievement toward improving our knowledge of and application to global health, and also to generate scientific momentum in the field as well as augmenting public awareness.<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></b></span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>1.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Prize will be valued at $100,000 each. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>2.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Prize is to be used by the recipient for personal use. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>3.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Global Health Advisory Committee will be responsible for selecting a short list of candidates for presentation to the Medical Advisory Board. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>4.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Board of Directors of the Gairdner Foundation will approve the selection of the winner. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>5.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Awards are made to residents of any country without restriction of gender, race, religion, creed or nationality. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>6.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Prize may be presented either at the time of Canada Gairdner International Awards in October or at a special event in Ottawa in the spring. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 71.45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17.85pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>7.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The first Prize will be given on October 29, 2009, on the occasion of the Foundation's 50th Anniversary Awards Dinner in Toronto. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nominations</span></font></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>1.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Gairdner Foundation will invite those in the international scientific health and medical community to nominate candidates for the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>2.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Nomination letters should describe the key role of the nominee (s) in relevant successful advances and should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae with a complete mailing address and at least two supporting letters that detail a major discovery or sustained advance. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>3.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The work of the nominee should be compared with that of others in the field, together with clearly articulated reasons why this work distinguishes the nominee's work from others in the same scientific topic. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>4.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If two or three are nominated to share the Prize, the reasons why it should be shared must be clearly delineated. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>5.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A call for nominations will be published on The Gairdner Foundation website and suitably advertised in appropriate scientific journals. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>6.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nominations will be held for up to 3 years, but must be updated annually. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Selection Process</span></font></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>1.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Gairdner Foundation President will form a Gairdner Foundation/ International Global Health Award Advisory Committee consisting of at least five members. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>2.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Advisory Committee will reflect international composition in the field of Global Health with a clear understanding of the basic clinical and social science issues in global and population health. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>3.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The President of The Gairdner Foundation will appoint the Chairman and members of the Advisory Committee. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>4.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Advisory Committee will meet in person or via teleconference to review all nominations and consult together as necessary, with an agenda and attachments (if any) mailed for receipt by each no less than ten days in advance. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>5.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Advisory Committee will normally select the recipient no later than January of the year in which the award is to be made. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>6.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The selection will be submitted to the Medical Advisory Board for final selection and to The Gairdner Foundation Board of Directors for formal approval no later than January 31st of the award year. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>7.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All selections are final and not subject to review or challenge. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Announcement</span></font></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>1.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A formal announcement of the awardee will be made at least three months prior to the annual Canada Gairdner Foundation awards presentation. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>2.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Gairdner Foundation will insure that a prime time slot is allotted for prize presentation and a major lecture by the awardee. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>3.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The lecture may be given as a keynote before a full Symposium as it is anticipated that the Prize will be an incentive to have a state-of-the art symposium on advances in global health studies. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span>4.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Logistics for presentation ceremony for Canada Gairdner Global Health Award will be the responsibility of the Gairdner Foundation. </span></font></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please submit in electronic format (MS Word or PDF) to <a href="mailto:nominations@gairdner.org" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">nominations@gairdner.org</span></font></a> and follow up hard copy to:</span></font></b></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John H. Dirks, MD President & Scientific Director The Gairdner Foundation <br>
44 Charles Street West Suite 4706 Toronto, ON M4Y 1R8 Phone: 416-596.9996 Fax: 416-596-9992 E-Mail: <a href="mailto:nominations@gairdner.org" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">nominations@gairdner.org</span></font></a> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>
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