{"id":5226,"date":"2023-11-20T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubanrose.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/?page_id=5226"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:58:51","slug":"prizes-awarded","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rubanrose.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/get-involved\/actors-in-cancerology\/prizes-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Prizes awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nominations are now open for the Scientific Distinction award<\/strong>, the National Bank – Innovation and Support award<\/strong> and the Young Reseacher award<\/strong>!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation’s Awards of Excellence celebrate each year inspiring individuals who contribute to scientific advances and innovation in the field of breast cancer in Quebec.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t hesitate to share with your network if you have any candidates in mind! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Distinction award (2024 awardee: Jacques Simard)\u00a0<\/h4>\n \n\n

Honors an individual for the scope and impact of his or her career. The scientific quality of the research carried out must have led to major advances in the fight against breast cancer. The award is accompanied by a $25,000 bursary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Bank \u2013 Innovation and Suport award (2024 awardees: Lymphedema Support Centre)\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n \n\n

Awarded to an individual whose work has led to the introduction of a remarkable innovation or contributed to the significant improvement of practice for the benefit of breast cancer patients. The prize is accompanied by a $25,000 bursary.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Young Researcher award (2024 awardee: Nina Morena)\u00a0<\/h4>\n \n\n

Awarded by the Foundation to young student researchers (PhD\/Post-Doc) who have distinguished themselves by the quality of their research work in breast cancer. The prize is accompanied by a complementary grant of $5,000.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Awards of excellence <\/span>\n \n Our 2025 winners <\/h2> <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Young Researcher Award<\/strong> | Justine Fortin<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Justine Fortin is a doctoral student in psychology at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al (UQAM). She specializes in mental health in the oncology context, focusing her research on the experiences of people with breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her article Understanding Mental Health in Breast Cancer from Screening to Survivorship, Justine proposes a model that identifies the key psychosocial issues a person may face, from screening through to remission or recurrence. She has also collaborated on the creation of an innovative clinical tool to support patients through these stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her commitment to transforming her research findings into concrete tools is helping to improve the quality of life of those affected by breast cancer, while raising awareness among healthcare professionals and the general public of psychological issues that are often overlooked at various stages of the care trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work has made her a rising star in psycho-oncology research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Distinction award<\/strong> | Coming soon<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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National Bank<\/strong><\/strong> award | Coming Soon<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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Volunteer Engagement Award<\/strong> | Coming Soon<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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Volunteer Engagement Award<\/strong> | Marie-\u00c8ve Julien<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Marie-\u00c8ve Julien has been a volunteer with the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation for many years, including more recently her involvement with the Foundation at education and awareness events such as the National Women\u2019s Show and the QBCF\u2019s Breast Health Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also played a key role in the December 2023 fundraising campaign, sharing with us her sincere and heartfelt testimonial on the realities of living with metastatic breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the FCSQ wanted to highlight her engagement and her desire to give back to the cause.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Young Researcher Award<\/strong> | Nina Morena<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nina Morena is a doctoral student in Communication Studies at McGill University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work focuses on the social media practices of young women with metastatic breast cancer, whose experiences are still poorly understood today. It bridges the gap between two very different fields, medicine and the social sciences, to try to improve understanding of cancer beyond the traditional biomedical perspective. This work will help healthcare professionals to better support today\u2019s young, \u201cconnected\u201d patients in finding the information they need about their disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more than 25 abstracts accepted at national and international conferences, including five oral presentations, and four scientific articles as first author, she also won the \u201cShort Presentation\u201d prize at the 2023 annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology, as well as first place in the \u201cE-poster Presentation\u201d competition at the Canadian Surgery Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Morena is certainly among Quebec\u2019s promising new generation of scientists in the field of breast cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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National Bank<\/strong><\/strong> award | Lymphedema Support Centre<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Specialized in the assessment and management of cancer-related lymphedema, led by Dr. Anna Towers, the Lymphedema Support Centre of the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation of the MUHC boasts expertise that is unique in Canada and Quebec, and benefits the community every day.
It is the only Canadian center to be accredited as a \u201cCentre of Excellence\u201d by the international LE&RN (Lymphatic Education & Research Network).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its interdisciplinary services and innovative research program are key to improving quality of life and front-line assessment for lymphedema patients. It also plays a key role in the training of lymphedema professionals and therapists, both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the center, more than 1,100 breast cancer patients are seen each year.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Scientific Distinction award<\/strong> | Jacques Simard<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jacques Simard is a full professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine at Universit\u00e9 Laval, and a researcher since 1990 at Universit\u00e9 Laval\u2019s Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU). From 2001 to 2022, he held the Canada Research Chair in Oncogenetics. He is also currently Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation at Universit\u00e9 Laval\u2019s Faculty of Medicine. He is the author of over 525 scientific publications and more than 600 abstracts. His work has been cited by the scientific community more than 45,000 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Simard has devoted his career to genetics and breast cancer, playing a leading role in the discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the mid-1990s. And for over a decade, he has co-directed a major international study aimed at discovering hundreds of breast cancer susceptibility genes and calculating breast cancer risk in order to personalize screening, a project financially supported from the outset by the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including the Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society in 1999, induction into the Royal Society of Canada\u2019s prestigious Academy of Science in 2021 and the Acad\u00e9mie des Grands Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois in 2023, and, in November 2023, the Wilder Penfield Award, the highest distinction awarded by the Government of Quebec in the biomedical field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n \n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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