Robert Wood Johnson Awards

The Award

Established in 1956, the Robert Wood Johnson Awards are presented to one student from six Canadian universities offering a Master’s of Health Administration. Recipients are selected by their respective faculty for their individual achievements and promising contributions to health services management.

2022 Recipients

Dr. Saeed Elassy

Dr. Saeed Elassy
Dalhousie University

Nicole Didiuk

Nicole Didiuk
University of British Columbia

Stéphanie Bumba

Stéphanie Bumba
Université de Montréal

Jesse Alook

Jesse Alook
University of Alberta

Elizabeth Tanguay

Elizabeth Tanguay
University of Ottawa

Eimear Murphy

Eimear Murphy
University of Toronto

Past Recipients

Please see our most recent recipients listed below. Full details are available in our Celebrating Leading Practices booklets.

2022 – Jesse Alook

2022 – Eimear Murphy

2022 – Elizabeth Tanguay

2022 – Saeed Elassy

2022 – Nicole Didiuk

2022 – Stephanie Bumba

2021 – Jalila Mafhoum

2021 – Sean O’Reilly

2021 – Christine McGovern CHE

2021 – Claudia Côté

2021 – Anthony Le

2021 – Mara Steiner

2020 – Yi-Wenn Huang

2020 – Anya Marion

2020 – Phoebe Smith-Chen CHE

2020 – Peter Richard

2020 – Lucy Schneider

2020 – Jordyn Baldry

2019 – Staci Silverman

2019 – Meghan Perkins

2019 – Gaithre Kalainathan CHE

2019 – Kyla Gunderson

2019 – Marnie Howe

2019 – Sophie L’Espérance

2018 – Alejandro Gutierrez Ocampo CHE

2018 – Terrance Patterson CHE

2018 – Jennifer Krempien CHE

2018 – Marc Beltempo

2018 – Natasha Wilson

2018 – Belinda Maciejewski

2017 – Lina Li CHE

2017 – Mylène Côté

2017 – Craig Thompson CHE

2017 – Micheli Bevilacqua CHE

2017 – Myriam Le Blanc

2017 – Janet Simm

2016 – Sandra Racco Cella

2016 – Olga Sawatzky CHE

2016 – Chang Yuan

2016 – Anna Brown

2016 – Kathryn Hollis

2016 – Nico Miraftab CHE

2015 – Kate Mercier CHE

2015 – Sandra Rees

2015 – Harpinder Johar

2015 – Flaviana Mouawad

2015 – Rachel Ozer

2015 – Alexis Villa

List of Awards

For almost two decades, the National Awards Program has been showcasing the success of exemplary individuals and teams, encouraging knowledge exchange, and celebrating excellence while stimulating replication of leading practices across the health industry.