Joanne Schweitzer Clinical Nutrition Research Abstract Award
The Joanne Schweitzer Award of the Canadian Nutrition Society is given to a registered dietitian who has submitted a clinical nutrition research abstract to the CNS Annual Conference. The candidate under consideration must be the first author of the abstract and must indicate that he/she is a registered dietitian at the time of the abstract submission. To be considered for this award, applicants must:
- enter the competition at the time of abstract submission and must indicate that they would like their abstract to be reviewed for this award;
- must be a member in good standing with the CNS at the time of submission;
- must be willing to present (oral or poster presentation) their work at the conference.
The abstracts under consideration will be evaluated for the originality of the research, the quality of the findings, and the clarity of the written work.
A committee, appointed by the CNS President and Awards Chair, will make the selection for the recipient of the the Joanne Schweitzer Clinical Nutrition Research Abstract Award. The Award will be presented at the CNS Annual Conference. The award package consists of a monetary award, and a framed certificate or plaque. Please see the conference program for details on award presentations and lectures.
Previous Award Winners
2023 - Kelsey Cochrane, RD, PhD(c) - University of British Columbia
2022 - Matineh Rastegar Panah - University of Toronto
2021 - Justine Horne, Université Laval
2020 - Joelle Letourneau, Université de Montréal
2019 - Valérie Lamantia, Université de Montréal
2018 - Maude Perreault, McMaster University
2017 - Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chouinard, Université Laval
2016 - Arti Sharma-Parpia, University of Toronto
2015 - Daniela Malta, University of Toronto
2014 - Hubert Cormier, Université Laval
2013 - Stephanie Schwindt, University of Alberta
2012 - Manon Laporte, University of Waterloo
2011 - Alyson Martinez, University of Toronto
2010 - Carole Thompson