Awards & Winners

1983 Canada Gairdner Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1983 Canada Gairdner Awards. Check awards winners of 1983 Canada Gairdner Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Gairdner Foundation International Award

Susumu Tonegawa

(For his discovery that antibody diversity is produced by somatic recombination and mutation of genes.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Richard K. Gershon

(For his elucidation of the role of subpopulations of lymphocytes in regulating the immune response.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

John A. Clements

(For his characterization of pulmonary surfactant and his contributions to our understanding of the respiratory distress syndrome in infants.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Gerald D. Aurbach

(For his pioneering work in the purification of parathyroid hormone and his continuing studies of its mechanism of action.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Bruce Ames

(For his development of a rapid and sensitive screening test that detects potential carcinogens in our environment.)
Gairdner Foundation International Award

Donald Henderson

(For his leading role in the World Health Organization program that eradicated smallpox throughout the world.)