Last updated 21 December 2009

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The CSEP Young Investigator Award (YIA) is presented annually to an outstanding CSEP member who received the PhD or MD degree within the past 10 years. Any parental leave(s) taken since receiving their degree will not count towards the time limit. The individual must be acknowledged to have an excellent reputation throughout Canada and to have achieved notable international recognition. The recipient is acknowledged at the CSEP AGM and will make a special 30-minute presentation of his/her award-winning research.

For the Young Investigator Award Terms of Reference, please visit this page.

2009 Recipient
Darren Warburton, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
A Cardiovascular Physiologists Journey: a Transdisciplinary Approach to High Performance and Clinical Exercise Physiology

2008 Recipient
James W. E. Rush, Ph. D., The University of Waterloo
Breaking down two solitudes: Sometimes vascular cells and muscle cells speak the same language during exercise and disease.

2007 Recipient
Ian Janssen, Ph. D., Queen's University
Role of physical activity in assessing health risk in children and youth.

2006 Recipient
Michael Tschakovsky, Ph. D., Queen's University
Control of exercising muscle blood flow: lessons from integrative human studies.

2005 Recipient
Roubert Boushel, Ph. D., Concordia University
Localized measures of muscle oxygen transport and uptake.

2004 Recipient
Keven Shoemaker, Ph. D., The University of Western Ontario
Neurovascular Control from Head to Toe.

2003 Recipient
Stuart Phillips, Ph. D., McMaster University
The Regulation of Muscle Mass in Humans: a Balancing Act.

2002 Recipient
Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph. D., Queen's University
Physical Activity and Obesity: From Basic Science to Public Health.