Awards & Winners

1973 Canada Gairdner Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1973 Canada Gairdner Awards. Check awards winners of 1973 Canada Gairdner Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Gairdner Foundation International Award

Harold E. Johns

(For his pioneer work in the development of cobalt and high energy radiotherapy and for his many contributions to education and research in the fields of clinical physics and biophysics.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Teruko Ishizaka, Kimishige Ishizaka

(For the identification and characterization of the new immunoglobulin class, IgE, which has led to an increased understanding of allergic mechanisms.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

John Charnley

(For his scholarly contributions to the biomechanics and lubrication of joints and, in particular, for his development of a practical, low friction arthroplasty for arthritis of the hip.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Denis Parsons Burkitt

(For his recognition, clinical description and brilliant epidemiological study of the unusual lymphoma in Africa which now bears his name.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Roscoe Brady

(For his work on the enzymology of complex lipids and his contribution to the management of lipid storage diseases.)