Recognition for Peer Review contributions

On behalf of CIHR and the College of Reviewers, we thank all reviewers for their selfless generosity volunteering their time and expertise and for their commitment to excellence in peer review.

Recognition is a key outcome of CIHR's Review Quality Assurance (RQA) process. CIHR is pleased to recognize reviewers for outstanding peer review contributions based on feedback and observations from Committee Chairs, Scientific Officers and CIHR staff. The RQA process captures contributions that exemplify the very best of peer reviewers, such as:

  • Providing reviews that go above and beyond expectations.
  • Volunteering to take on additional tasks.
  • Participating constructively in discussions of applications – including those to which they have not been assigned.

The following peer reviewers were deemed Outstanding in three or more consecutive Project Grant competitions between fall 2022 and fall 2025:

Gregor Andelfinger
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
(Montreal, Quebec)

François Bachand
Université de Sherbrooke
(Sherbrooke, Quebec)

Skye Barbic
University of British Columbia
(Vancouver, British Columbia)

Imaan Bayoumi
Queen’s University
(Kingston, Ontario)

Christopher Blanchard
Dalhousie University
(Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Karine Choquet
Université de Sherbrooke
(Sherbrooke, Quebec)

Hugh Clarke
McGill University
(Montreal, Quebec)

Casimiro Gerarduzzi
CIUSSS Est-de-l’Île-de-Montreal-Maisonneuve Rosemont
(Montreal, Quebec)

Jack Greenblatt
University of Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario)

Darlene Homonko
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
(Toronto, Ontario)

Bradley Kerr
University of Alberta
(Edmonton, Alberta)

Omar Khan
University of Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario)

Marie Lordkipanidzé
Université de Montréal
(Montreal, Quebec)

Raquel Cuella Martin
McGill University
(Montreal, Quebec)

Tatyana Mollayeva
University of Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario)

Eric Smith
University of Calgary
(Calgary, Alberta)

Wade Thompson
University of British Columbia
(Vancouver, British Columbia)

Jean-François Trempe
McGill University
(Montreal, Quebec)

Justin Yan
Western University
(London, Ontario)

Why does Dr. Gerarduzzi, outstanding reviewer, value peer review?

Casimiro Gerarduzzi
CIUSSS Est-de-l’Île-de-Montreal-Maisonneuve Rosemont

“Peer review is important to me as it strengthens the quality and credibility of health research, and ultimately its impact. Helping create a better ecosystem for peer review allows scientific excellence, fairness, and accountability in research by providing a thoughtful constructive evaluation process for promising ideas.

I also view peer review as a form of service to the research community; as a means for researchers to learn from one another, sharpen their thinking, and uphold the standards that are essential to progressing science. When conducted carefully and respectfully, peer review benefits researchers by improving proposals (quality), encouraging rigor, and building trust in the research funding process.

I am proud to be able to contribute to a system that helps advance meaningful research for the benefit of Canadians and the larger scientific community.”

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