The Léo-Pariseau Prize is a Québécois prize which is awarded annually to a distinguished individual working in the field of biological or health sciences. The prize is awarded by the

Association francophone pour le savoir Acfas (previously: Association francophone pour le savoir from 2001 to May 2019 and before, Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences from 1923 to 2001 "ACFAS" or "Acfas") is the principal French-language learned society in ...

( Acfas), and is named after Léo Pariseau, the first president of Acfas. The award was inaugurated in 1944 and was the first Acfas prize. Prior to 1980 the prize was awarded to researchers in a large variety of disciplines, before being restricted to biological and health sciences. There are now ten annual prizes for researchers in different disciplines.

Winners

Source
Acfas – Prix de la Recherche Scientifique de l'Acfas – Prix Léo-Pariseau
*1944 -

Marie-Victorin Kirouac Brother Marie-Victorin, F.S.C. (; April 3, 1885 – July 15, 1944), was a Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist in Quebec, Canada. Marie-Victorin gained worldwide fame as the author of Flore laurentie ...

, botany, Université de Montréal *1945 -

Paul-Antoine Giguère Paul-Antoine Giguère, (January 13, 1910 – December 25, 1987) was a Canadian academic and chemist. Born in Quebec City, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Université Laval in 1934, and a doctorate from McGill University in 1937 ...

, chemistry, Université Laval *1946 -

Marius Barbeau Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadians, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthr ...

, ethnology, Université Laval *1947 - Jacques Rousseau, botany and ethnology, Université de Montréal *1948 - Léo Marion, chemistry, University of Ottawa *1949 - Jean Bruchési, history and political science, Université de Montréal *1950 - Louis-Charles Simard, pathology, Université de Montréal *1951 - Cyrias Ouellet, chemistry, Université Laval *1952 - Louis-Paul Dugal, physiology, Université de Montréal *1953 - Guy Frégault, history, Université de Montréal *1954 - Pierre Demers. physics, Université de Montréal *1955 -

René Pomerleau René Pomerleau, OC (27 April 1904 in Saint-Ferdinand, Quebec – 11 October 1993 in Quebec City) was a mycology, mycologist and Plant pathology, plant pathologist whose specialty was fungus, fungi and lichens. He received a Bachelor of Agricu ...

, mycology, Université de Montréal *1956 - Marcel Rioux, anthropology, Université de Montréal *1957 - No prize awarded. *1958 - Roger Gaudry, chemistry, Université de Montréal *1959 - Lionel Daviault, entomology *1960 -

Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been m ...

, history, Université Laval *1961 - Raymond Lemieux, chemistry, University of Alberta *1962 - Charles-Philippe Leblond, histology, McGill University *1963 -

Lionel Groulx Lionel Groulx (; 13 January 1878 – 23 May 1967) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, historian, professor, public intellectual and Quebec nationalist. Biography Early life and ordination Lionel Groulx, né Joseph Adolphe Lyonel Groulx, ...

, history, Université de Montréal *1964 -

Larkin Kerwin John Larkin Kerwin (June 22, 1924 – May 1, 2004) was a Canadian physicist. Born in Quebec City, he studied physics at St. Francis Xavier University and obtained his master's degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. H ...

, physics, Université Laval *1965 - Pierre Dansereau, ecology, Université du Québec à Montréal *1966 - Noël Mailloux, psychology, Université de Montréal *1967 -

Albéric Boivin Albéric Boivin (February 11, 1919 in Baie-St-Paul, Quebec — August 8, 1991 in Quebec City) ...

, physics, Université Laval *1968 - Léonard-Francis Bélanger, histology, Université de Montréal *1969 - Fernand Dumont, sociology, Université Laval *1970 - Bernard Belleau, biochemistry, Bristol-Myers of Canada *1971 - Édouard Pagé, biology, Université de Montréal *1972 -

Louis-Edmond Hamelin Louis-Edmond Hamelin, (21 March 1923 – February 11, 2020) was a Canadian geographer, professor, and author born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, best known for his studies of Northern Canada. Hamelin created the Centre for Northern Studies ...

, geography, Université Laval *1973 - Camille Sandorfy, chemistry, Université de Montréal *1974 - Antoine D'Iorio, biochemistry, Université d'Ottawa *1975 - Pierre Angersphilosophy, Université de Montréal *1976 -

Paul Marmet Paul Marmet, (20 May 1932 – 20 May 2005) was a Canadian physicist, inventor, author, and professor at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, who served as the President of the Canadian Association of Physicists. Marmet is notable for deve ...

, physics, Université Laval *1977 - Jacques de Repentigny, microbiology and immunology, Université de Montréal *1978 - Vincent Lemieux, political science, Université Laval *1979 - Pierre Deslongchamps, chemistry, Université de Sherbrooke *1980 - André Barbeau, neurology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal *1981 - Jean-G. Lafontaine, biology, Université Laval *1982 - J.-André Fortin, botany, Université Laval *1983 - Germain Brisson, nutrition, Université Laval *1984 - Wladimir A. Smirnoff, microbiology, Environment Canada *1985 -

Louis Legendre Louis Legendre (; 22 May 1752 – 13 December 1797) was a French politician of the Revolution period. Early activities Born at Versailles, he was keeping a butcher's shop in Saint Germain, Paris, by 1789. He was an ardent supporter of the ide ...

, biology, Université Laval *1986 - Marc Cantin, medicine, Université de Montréal *1987 - Guy Lemieux, nephrology, Université de Montréal *1988 - Pierre Borgeat, physiology, Université Laval *1989 - Jules Hardy, neurosurgery, Université de Montréal *1990 - Jacques de Champlain, medicine, Université de Montréal *1991 - Jacques Leblanc, medicine, Université Laval *1992 - Paul Jolicoeur, molecular biology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal *1993 - Albert J. Aguayo, neurology, McGill University *1994 - Emil Skamene, medicine, McGill University *1995 - André Parent, physiology, Université Laval *1996 - Domineco Regoli, pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke *1997 - Rémi Quirion, neurosciences, McGill University *1998 - Serge Rossignol, neurosciences, Université de Montréal *1999 - Guy Armand Rouleau, neurology, McGill University *2000 - Rima Rozen, human genetics and pediatrics, McGill University *2001 - Nabil G. Seidah, biochemistry and molecular medicine, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal *2002 - Graham Bell. biology, McGill University *2003 -

Mona Nemer Mona Nemer, (born 1957) is a Lebanese-Canadian scientist specializing in molecular genetics and cardiac regeneration. She was formerly a professor of pharmacology at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Cardiac Development Researc ...

, pharmacology, Université de Montréal *2004 - Jacques Montplaisir, sleep sciences, Université de Montréal *2005 - Laurent Descarries, pathology and cell biology, Université de Montréal *2006 - Michel Bouvier, biochemistry, Université de Montréal *2007 - André Veillette, immunology, Université de Montréal *2008 - Michael Kramer, pediatrics, Université McGill *2009 - Michel J. Tremblay, medical biology, Université Laval *2010 - René Roy, medicinal chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal *2011 - Claude Perreault, immunology, Université de Montréal *2012 - Julien Doyon, neurosciences, Université de Montréal *2013 - Jean-Pierre Julien, neurodegeneration, Université Laval *2014 - Marc-André Sirard, animal reproduction, Université Laval *2015 - Guy Sauvageau, immunology and oncology, Université de Montréal *2016 - Gustavo Turecki, suicide and neurosciences, McGill University *2017 - Jacques Simard, genetics, Université Laval *2018 - Sylvain Moineau, microbiology, Université Laval *2019 - Sylvain Chemtob, neonatalogy and pharmacology, Université de Montréal

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