The NGDI is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert E.W. Hancock will be inducted as a Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences this September during their annual meeting. Dr. Hancock is a founding member of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative, an active working group member and leads the vaccine research cluster group.
The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) recognizes individuals of great accomplishment and achievement in the academic health sciences in Canada. The Academy provides timely, informed and unbiased assessments of urgent issues affecting the health of Canadians.
The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences recognizes the full breadth of academic health science ranging from fundamental science to social science and population health. Fellows elected to the Academy will be well recognized by their peers nationally and internationally for their contributions to the promotion of health science. They will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies and a commitment to advance academic health science.
Dr. Hancock speaks at the Neglected Global Diseases Conference in Sept, 2010
Such individuals are elected to the organization after a nominating and peer review procedure that seeks to recognize those who are marked by a record of substantial accomplishment. Election to Fellowship in the Academy is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community and carries with it a covenant to serve the Academy and the future well being of the health sciences irrespective of the Fellow’s specific discipline.