Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 12, 2016
• Invested on: February 17, 2017

For his advances in applying personalized medicine to cancer treatment, and for his leadership in creating research networks in his field.

Gerald Batist is a visionary clinician and scientist who leads Canada in the field of personalized cancer treatment. Occupying leadership positions at McGill University and the Segal Cancer Centre of the Jewish General Hospital, he is recognized for improving patient care by accelerating the translation of research into clinical practice. His research focuses on drug resistance and on developing therapies that target individual patients’ cancers, thereby increasing treatment response and survival rates. Instrumental in the creation of large-scale collaborative research networks, he has established invaluable tools for cancer researchers in Quebec and across Canada.