Elizabeth Eisenhauer is a Canadian

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who has spent a large portion of her career undertaking phase I and II trials of novel cancer therapies through her role as Director of the Investigational New Drug Program in the Canadian Cancer Trials Group. She received her

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degree from Queen's University and was trained in internal medicine and

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, obtaining fellowships from the

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. Eisenhauer is an Emerita professor in the Department of Oncology at Queen's University, and was Department Head from 2012 to 2017. She has served on the board of the

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, National Cancer Institute of Canada (as its President), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, and the

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. In 2012, she was awarded with the

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

for “her tremendous commitment to the advancement of cancer therapy, supportive care and prevention across Canada and internationally.” In 2015 she was elected as a fellow of the

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and in 2017, she was inducted as an

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. In 2021 she was awarded the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award.Canada Gairdner Wightman Award 2021
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