Newest Fellows and Members to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists recognized for scholarly, research and artistic excellence
Source: RI-MUHC and McGill University
September 20, 2024
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows and named the incoming class of the RSC College. Three researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) are among 104 new Fellows and 56 Members from across the country announced by the RSC on September 3, 2024. Delphine Collin-Vézina, PhD, was elected a Fellow of the RSC Academy of Social Sciences and Rhian Touyz, MBBCh, M.Sc. (Med), PhD, a Fellow of the Academy of Science. Stephanie Blain-Moraes, PhD, PEng, was named a Member of the RSC College.
The new Fellows, elected by their peers, are being honoured for outstanding achievement and impact, including contributions to public life. They join more than 2,500 distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists already named to one of the three Academies: Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Science.
The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for emerging intellectual leaders. It has more than 400 Members who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in their disciplines and are within 15 years of having received their PhD or disciplinary equivalent. Members of the College are elected for seven-year terms.
2024 RSC Fellows
Delphine Collin-Vézina, PhD, a distinguished researcher and clinical psychologist, has made exceptional contributions to the field of research and services on childhood and adolescent trauma. Her innovative research program aims to better understand the impact of adverse and traumatic events in the lives of children and young people, as well as their experiences with services for them, and has contributed to significant changes in social policy. In 2020 she received $2.5M in SSHRC Partnership Grants, which allowed her to establish the Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma. She is an Associate Investigator in the Child Health and Human Development Program at the RI-MUHC; Professor and Nicolas Steinmetz and Gilles Julien Chair in Community Social Pediatrics, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts, McGill University; and Director, Centre for Research on Children and Families.
Rhian Touyz MBBCh, M.Sc. (Med), PhD, a clinician scientist, has spent her career unraveling molecular and vascular mechanisms of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. She is widely recognized for her research advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Dr. Touyz is Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, RI-MUHC, and Senior Scientist in the Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan Program. She is Professor and Dr. Phil Gold Chair in Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University; Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine (Tier 1); and the British Heart Foundation Emeritus Chair. Dr. Touyz also directed the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Glasgow University, UK. She trained at Wits University, South Africa.
Vassilios Papadopoulos, PhD, Honorary Investigator and past Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the RI-MUHC, was also elected a Fellow in the RSC Academy of Science. He is recognized for significant contributions to the field of steroid hormone biosynthesis and regulation.
2024 Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
Stefanie Blain-Moraes (Ph. D., PEng), has spearheaded major scientific advances in the assessment of human consciousness and in the creation of technologies that support the personhood of minimally communicative individuals. She is an award-winning teacher, and actively engages in public outreach through the arts, media, and partnerships with community organizations. Prof. Blain-Moraes is a Scientist in the Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program, RI-MUHC; Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences; and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Consciousness and Personhood Technologies.
Congratulations to honorees from the RI-MUHC!
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