Awards

The AMMI Canada Lifetime Achievement Award honours exceptional contributions by AMMI Canada members in the fields of infectious disease and/or medical microbiology. This recognition is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas: clinical care, research, education, administration, or advocacy.

The AMMI Canada Distinguished Service Award honours an AMMI Canada member for their exceptional dedication, contributions, and service to the society.

The AMMI Canada New Investigator Award recognizes a promising early-career researcher who has made significant contributions to infectious disease and/or medical microbiology research within five years of their first academic appointment.

The AMMI Canada Trainee Research Award aims to foster research excellence among trainees. It recognizes outstanding primary research conducted during infectious diseases and/or medical microbiology training, as demonstrated by the trainee’s contributions to and publication of an original research article in these fields.

The JAMMI Trainee Published Manuscript Award recognizes excellence in scholarship among infectious disease and medical microbiology trainees. It is awarded for outstanding contributions to research, as demonstrated by the publication of a scientific article in JAMMI (Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada).

The AMMI Canada Fiona Smaill Award was established to honour the dedication, commitment, passion, and scholarship that Dr. Fiona Smaill brought to her many local, provincial, national, and international roles as a microbiologist, infectious diseases clinician, and researcher. This award recognizes a trainee who demonstrates excellence in the fields of infectious diseases and/or medical microbiology.