The "Marcel-Piché Prize" (French language

Canadian French

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: prix Marcel-Piché) is awarded to a researcher at the Institut de recherche clinique de Montréal "in recognition of the quality of research and in recognition of the contribution to the growth and outreach of the Institute." The prize is named after Marcel Piché, a Montreal lawyer involved with the IRCM.

Recipients

• 1976 - Wojciech Nowaczynski
• 1977 - Roger Boucher
• 1978 - Michel Chrétien
  Michel Chrétien (scientist)
  Michel Chrétien, is a Canadian medical researcher specializing in neuroendocrinology research.-Education:Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, he is the brother of Jean Chrétien, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Séminaire de Joliette in 1955, a...
  
  
• 1979 - André Barbeau
  André Barbeau
  André Barbeau, OC, MSRC was a French Canadian neurologist. He was known for his research into Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's ataxia and taurine research....
  
  
• 1980 - Otto Kuchel
• 1981 - Jean Davignon
  Jean Davignon
  Jean Davignon, is a Canadian physician, medical researcher, and academic.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received his Doctor of Medicine from the Université de Montréal in 1958 and a Master of Science degree in 1960 from McGill University....
  
  
• 1982 - Shri V. Pande
• 1983 - Nabil Seidah
  Nabil Seidah
  Nabil G. Seidah, is a Québécois scientist. Born in Egypt, he was educated at Cairo University, and subsequently at Georgetown University where he obtained his Ph.D in 1973. He emigrated to Canada and has been working at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal since 1974...
  
  
• 1984 - Marc Cantin
  Marc Cantin
  Marc Cantin was a Québécois doctor and professor. His studies were completed at the University of Laval in Quebec and at the University of Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Montreal and at McGill University and worked with the doctor Hans Selye...
  
  
• 1985 - Paul Jolicoeur
  Paul Jolicoeur
  Paul Jolicoeur is a Québecois professor and doctor.He has been a teacher since 1976 at the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in infectious and parasitic diseases...
  
  
• 1986 - Louis Yves Marcel
• 1987 - Peter W. Schiller
• 1988 - Ram Sairam
• 1989 - Pavel Hamet
• 1990 - David J. Roy
• 1991 - Ernesto Luis Schiffrin
• 1992 - Jacques Drouin
  Jacques Drouin
  Jacques Drouin is a Canadian animator and director most known for his pinscreen animations.-Biography:Jacques Drouin was born in Mont-Joli, Quebec province, Canada. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal for several years before leaving to study filmmaking at the UCLA in California.He...
  
  
• 1993 - Rafick-Pierre Sékaly
• 1994 - Mona Nemer
  Mona Nemer
  Mona Nemer is a Canadian science professor of Lebanese origin. She is also a scientific researcher, currently working as Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa, and formerly at the University of Montreal and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal.Her research specialism is...
  
  
• 1995 - Louis-Gilles Durand
• 1996 - Trang Hoang
• 1997 - Vincent F. Castellucci
• 1998 - Jacques Genest
  Jacques Genest
  Jacques Genest, is a Canadian physician and scientist.-Honours:* In 1963, he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award.* In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada....
  
  
• 2000 - Guy Sauvageau
• 2002 - André Veillette
• 2004 - Yvan Guindon
• 2006 - Pierre Larochelle

External links

• Institut de recherche clinique de Montréal – Marcel-Piché Award