Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 2, 2013
• Invested on: May 07, 2014

For his contributions to space exploration and for his leadership in enhancing astronaut health and welfare.

Dave Williams has expanded our understanding of space and advanced astronaut health. A veteran of two space flights as a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, he contributed to the construction of the International Space Station and conducted neuroscience investigations of the effect of weightlessness on the nervous system. Also an accomplished emergency physician, he served as the director of Space and Life Sciences at NASA, where he implemented changes to improve safety procedures for all space flight crews. He continues to contribute to medical science as president of the Southlake Regional Health Centre.