Dr. Marvin Fritzler Receives Top Research Award

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) celebrated the work of exceptional researchers when they announced the six recipients of the 2011 CIHR-CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research Awards on Jan 23.

A peer-review panel of Canadian and international experts selected the exceptional individuals based on the considerable impact of their work for Canadians and others worldwide.

Dr. Marvin Fritzler is one of the recipients of the 2011 CIHR-CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research Awards for identifying novel autoantigens that resulted in new diagnostic testing and biomarkers for autoimmune diseases.

Virtually all of Dr. Fritzler’s discoveries of novel autoantigens have been translated into new diagnostic assays or biomarkers that are in wide use in clinical diagnostic and research laboratories around the world. Dr. Marvin Fritzler’s work out of Calgary is particularly important for patients with autoimmune disorders. Dr. Fritzler is a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and a member of the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health.

Congratulations Dr. Fritzler!