Cal Stiller Receives Gairdner Award for 2010.

The Ontario Innovation Trust extends warmest congratulations to our Chair, Dr. Calvin Stiller, on his receipt of the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for 2010.

The Award is presented annually to a Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in medicine and medical science – and Dr. Stiller is a worthy recipient. He founded the Multi-Organ Transplant Service in London, Ontario and, during his leadership of the unit, helped established the worldwide use of cyclosporine to fight transplant rejection. He was also the first to demonstrate that Type 1 Diabetes is an immune disorder.

Dr. Stiller is the co-founder of two healthcare funds, and has served on the Council and Executive Committee of the Medical Research Council of Canada. He was the Founding Chair of the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund, and is Chair (and co-founder) of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and of the Ontario Innovation Trust.