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September 2009
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Dr. Suzanne Morin with
SAC Chair Dr. Bill Leslie |
Osteoporosis Canada proudly recognizes Dr. Suzanne Morin as the 2009
Lindy Fraser Memorial Award recipient.
Each year, Osteoporosis Canada recognizes a member of the Scientific
Advisory Council (SAC) with the Lindy Fraser Memorial Award, honouring the personal efforts of a feisty woman
from Ottawa who suffered greatly from her osteoporotic fractures before there was adequate treatment, and was
among the first in Canada to be treated with newer therapies. Despite her physical limitations, Lindy went on
to organize the first meeting in 1981 in Ottawa to create the first self help group for others with this
condition – OSTOP - and which prepared the ground for the development of Osteoporosis Canada (formerly the
Osteoporosis Society of Canada).
In 1986 she was honoured by the Department of Health and Welfare for
“having actively given their time, talent and energy, to improve the well-being of their fellow citizens in
the area of health and social services…on a voluntary basis and not for remuneration.”
With similar acknowledgement, each year the SAC recognizes one of their
colleagues for their contribution to osteoporosis education and research.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the Lindy Fraser Memorial
Award winner for 2009 – Dr. Suzanne Morin.
Dr. Morin was nominated by her SAC colleagues, and is recognized for her
valuable dedication to Osteoporosis Canada where she has served as an SAC Consultant since 2005.
Since then she has served on the Osteoporosis Canada Board, as Chair of
the Board Development Committee, and is currently a member of the SAC Executive Committee. As well, Suzanne
has been a member of the Osteoporosis Canada Report Card Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Rapid
Response Committee, the Editorial Advisory Board of Osteoporosis Update, and is a key contributor to COPN
(Canadian Osteoporosis Patient Network).
Suzanne was a driving force behind the establishment of Osteoporosis
Canada’s Greater Montreal Chapter, and has been actively involved on their executive as president, as well as
a tireless promoter and speaker at scientific and public forums.
These voluntary positions are in addition to Suzanne’s medical career as
Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University. Until July 2009 she was the Acting
Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre – Montreal
General Hospital site, and is the Internal Medicine Clinic Director at the MGH site. Her research interests
include pharmacological therapies and health related outcomes for osteoporosis, particularly following hip
fractures.
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