Two 捆绑SM社区 researchers honoured with 2010 Prix du Qu茅bec
Nancy Adler and Mark Wainberg among those awarded Quebec鈥檚
highest accolade
Again this year, 捆绑SM社区 researchers are among the winners of the
Prix du Qu茅bec, which were announced today at a news conference in
Montreal. Professor of organizational behaviour and international
management at the Desautels Faculty of Management and creative
powerhouse Nancy Adler, and renowned HIV/AIDS researcher and
activist Mark Wainberg received the highest honour conferred by the
provincial government in recognition of their contribution to the
social and scientific advancement of Quebec.
鈥淚t is a great honour for 捆绑SM社区 to have Professors Adler and
Wainberg 鈥 a social scientist and a health scientist 鈥 awarded with
Prix du Qu茅bec this year,鈥 said Principal and Vice-Chancellor
Heather Munroe-Blum. 鈥淭he awards are a testament to 捆绑SM社区鈥檚
diverse strengths, superb talent and its focus on innovative,
world-class research. And, while the transformative work of
Professors Adler and Wainberg is recognized around the world and
throughout Canada, it is always particularly gratifying to be
recognized at home.鈥
Adler, winner of the Prix L茅on-Gu茅rin for the humanities, has been
a pioneer in the increasingly important integration of art and
design with business and societal leadership. An accomplished
artist as well as a respected management researcher, Adler has
brought artistic approaches into her work with managers and
executives worldwide for more than a decade. Her innovative
approach has helped shape an emerging trend at universities around
the world, as top business schools increasingly weave lessons from
the arts and design into their curricula.
Wainberg, Director of 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 AIDS Centre, will be awarded with
the Prix Wilder-Penfield in biomedical sciences. He was one of the
first Canadian scientists to study HIV/AIDS and in the late 鈥80s
his research team was credited with the first identification of the
anti-viral properties of 3TC, a widely used HIV drug. In addition
to contributing significantly to our knowledge about HIV drug
resistance and replication, Wainberg has been a tireless voice in
advocating for funding of HIV-prevention programs and universal
access to prevention, care and treatment programs.
The government of Quebec presents the Prix du Qu茅bec annually to
those deemed to have remarkable careers in the artistic and
cultural sphere or who have devoted their working lives to the
social and scientific advancement of Quebec. Winners receive
$30,000 and a silver lapel pin of the Prix du Qu茅bec symbol 鈥 an
emblem worn only by Prix du Qu茅bec winners.
Adler and Wainberg join a long list of illustrious 捆绑SM社区
researchers who have also won a Prix du Qu茅bec including Vicki
Kaspi (2009), Jean-Marie Dufour (2008), Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau (2008),
Philippe Gros (2008) and Lawrence Mysak (2006), to name only a few
of the most recent recipients.