TERRY KAVANAGH AWARD & LECTURE

The CACPR Annual Spring Conference Planning Committee is inviting CACPR members to submit nominations for the Terry Kavanagh Award and Lecture to be presented at the 2024 Spring Conference Meeting, during June 13 - 15 in Ottawa, ON.

This annual lecture is one of the highlights of the conference and one of the most prestigious awards within CACPR. Selection of the Terry Kavanagh Lecturer is an important undertaking and will be based on nominations from CACPR members. The lecture is one-hour in duration (45 minutes of presentation and 15 minutes questions).

For your reference, past lecturers have included:

• 2023 Dr. Jennifer Reed - Simple Observations to Programs of Research and Care
• 2022 Dr. Heather Tulloch - Relationship Quality Among Patients with CVD and Their Partners
• 2021 Dr. Nick Giacomantonio - Reading the "Road Signs" on Our Travels to ..... The New Normal....
• 2020 Dr. Scott Lear - Supporting Patients with Cardiovascular Disease at a Distance Using Technology
• 2019 Dr. Mark Haykowsky - Upper Limits of Human Performance in Heart Transplant Recipients
• 2018 Dr. Sherry Grace - Cardiac rehabilitation around the globe, and what can that tell us about delivery in Canada?"
• 2017 Dr. James Stone - Patients and cardiac rehabilitation: Why we care.
• 2016 Dr. Louise Morrin - Looking back, looking forward: Innovations in chronic disease management
• 2015 Dr. Paul Oh - Courage, Collaboration and Leadership - Lessons Learned from Cardiovascular Rehab
• 2014 Dr. Andrew Pipe - From Whence? To Where? CVD Prevention and Rehabilitation in the 21st Century
• 2013 Dr. Heather Arthur - “Heart Truth” about Cardiac Rehabilitation: Women as Patients, Providers and Scientists
• 2012 Dr. Barry Franklin - Marathon Running and Cardiovascular Health: The Risk-Protection Paradox
• 2011 Dr. James Blumenthal - Does Stress Management Have a Role in Cardiac Rehabilitation?
• 2010 Dr. Paul Poirier - Exercise and Diabetes
• 2009 Dr. Robert Reid - The Top Five Advances in Behavioural Science and their impact on how Cardiac Rehab is delivered
• 2008 Dr. Terry Kavanagh - The Role of Exercise in Cardiac Rehab: Past, Present and Future
• 2007 Dr. Jean-Pierre Després - Metabolic Syndrome
• 2006 Dr. Peter Hauland Gaede - STENO- 2: Intensive multi-factorial intervention reduces the occurrence of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes
• 2005 Dr. Martin Juneau - Cardiac rehabilitation versus angioplasty for stable coronary patients
• 2004 Dr. Stephen Hotz - Helping Patients Make Changes

Criteria for selection

•  Embodies the spirit of Dr Terry Kavanagh, a Canadian pioneer in the field of cardiovascular health 
•  Have demonstrated leadership and significant contribution to the field of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation and/or chronic disease management 
• High level of research, academic and/or knowledge translation productivity with broad reaching impact

Selection of Awardee

• Lecturer nominations will be assessed by the CACPR Spring Annual Conference Planning Committee according to the criteria described above
• CACPR will cover registration for the awardee to attend the Annual Symposium and present his or her lecture. 
• Nomination submission must be received electronically through the CACPR administrative office cacpr@secretariatcentral.com. by midnight March 8, 2024.

Nomination Outline