2022 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Laureate Zulfiqar Bhutta

Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta is awarded the 2022 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for the development and evaluation of evidence-based interventions in child and maternal health for marginalized populations, focusing on outcomes for the ‘first thousand days’ of life.

Dr. Bhutta holds the titles of Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health, Co-Director, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Senior Scientist The Hospital for Sick Children; Professor Department of Pediatrics, Nutritional Sciences, and Public Health, University of Toronto; Founding Director, Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health and Institute for Global Health and Development, The Aga Khan University South-Central Asia, East Africa, United Kingdom.

For more information about this year's laureates and the Gairdner Foundation, visit gairdner.org.

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