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Dr. Naimark, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), F.R.S.C. has had a distinguished career within medicine and higher education. Dr. Naimark served as Head of the Department of Physiology and later as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, following which he served as the University's President and Vice-Chancellor (15 years).
Dr. Naimark is currently Director of the University of Manitoba Centre for the Advancement of Medicine, founding Chair of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and of the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee, a Director of Inspiraplex and of the Robarts Research Institute and is a member of the Research Council of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Dr. Naimark has served on many committees and boards, in such positions as a Director of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Chair of the International Review Panel for the Medical Research Council of Canada and President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Dr. Naimark has also received several honourary degrees and awards, including the Order of Canada. | 