The Sarrazin Award was initiated in 1976 by the Society for a “Distinguished Speaker” to give a lecture to the Society at its Annual Meeting and that the Lectureship would be called the “Sarrazin Lecture” in recognition of “the First Canadian Physiologist”.
The first Sarrazin Lecturer was Dr. Harold Copp, who presented his lecture at the Winter Meeting of the Society in 1977.
Past Sarrazin Lecturers
1977. Harold A. Copp (University of British Columbia) “Calcitonin and the regulation of internal calcium levels” Banff, Alberta.
1978. L.B. Jacques (University of Saskatchewan) “Heparin: its medical and physiological significance” Mont Ste. Marie, Québec.<
1979. F.C. (Hank) MacIntosh (McGill University) “The age of bioassay” or “My early stumbles on the trail of histamine and acetylcholine” Mount Orford, Québec.
1980. Herbert H. Jasper (McGill University, Université de Montréal) “Adventures of a neuroscientist” Banff, Alberta.
1981. Hans Selye (Université de Montréal) Award made (address to the Society not made due to illness). Ste. Adèle, Québec.
1982. A.M. Rappaport (University of Toronto) “The idea behind it all” Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne), Québec.
1983. Jack Kraicer (Queen’s University) “Mechanisms governing the release of growth hormone: Role of cyclic nucleotides and Ca2+” Vernon, British Columbia.
1984. Kresimir Krnjevic (McGill University) “Travels in physiology” Ste. Adèle, Québec.
1985. Hugh McLennan (University of British Columbia) “Michel Sarrazin, 1659-1734” Mont Rolland, Québec.
1986. Keith E. Cooper (University of Calgary) “Adventures in thermoregulation” Lake Louise, Alberta.
1987. Henry Friesen (University of Manitoba) ” Reflections on a snowy evening” Ste. Adèle, Québec.
1988. Vivian C. Abrahams (Queen’s University) “Early days in the making of one physiologist”. Ste. Jovite (Mt. Tremblant), Québec.
1989. John C. Brown (University of British Columbia) “The gastrointestinal hormones motilin and GIP” Whistler, British Columbia.
1990. Fernand Labrie (Université Laval) “Peripheral tissues are important sites of sex steroid formation in the human: A new field of endocrinology which extends from gene structure to therapy that prolongs life in prostate cancer” Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne),.Québec.
1991. Gordon J. Mogenson (University of Western Ontario) “Some aspects of limbic-motor integration: dopamine modulation of limbic inputs to ventral striatal neurons” Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne), Québec.
1992. Yves Lamarre (Université de Montréal) “Central mechanisms of tremor” Kimberley, British Columbia.
1993. Andrew S. French (University of Alberta) “The cockroach tactile spine” Ste. Jovite (Mt. Tremblant), Québec.
1994. John Ledsome (University of British Columbia) “The cardiac atria and the homeostasis of extracellular fluid volume” Lake Louise, Alberta.
1995. Jack Diamond (MacMaster University) Ste. Jovite (Mt. Tremblant), Québec.
1996. Geza T. Hetenyi (University of Ottawa) “The sweetness of life: glucose homeostasis” Lake Louise, Alberta.
1997. John C. Szerb (Dalhousie University) “When the going was good” Mont Gabriel, Québec.
1998. Leo P. Renaud (University of Ottawa) “The “NEURO” in neuroendocrine: what’s it got for physiologists?” Kimberley, BC.
1999. Michel Bergeron (Université de Montréal) “Cellular organization, organelle interrelationship: Terra nova.” Marble Mountain, Newfoundland.
2000. James P. Lund (McGill University, Université de Montréal) “Revelling in the joys of mastication”, Lake Louise, Alberta.
2001. Richard B. Stein (University of Alberta) “A personal odyssey from physics to physiology and prosthetics”, Mont Tremblant, Québec.
2002. Geoffry Melvill Jones (University of Calgary, McGill University) “Thrills and spills in a parapetitic life of messing about in labs”, Silver Star, BC.
2003. Harold L. Atwood (University of Toronto) “Insight by accident or insight by design?” Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne), Québec.
2004. John R. Challis (University of Toronto) “Preterm birth, fetal glucocorticoids, and the developmental programming of health and disease (DOHAD)”, Silver Star, BC.
2005. Alison M. Buchan (University of British Columbia) “A physiologist’s journey from neuroendocrinology to infectious diseases.” Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne), Québec.
2006. Alvin Shrier (McGill University) “The beat goes on”. Lake Louise, Alberta.
2007. Keir Pearson (University of Alberta) “Neurobiology of locomotion.” Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne), Québec.
2008. Quentin Pittman (University of Calgary) “Some like it hot: an inflammatory view of physiology”. Lake Louise, Alberta.
2009. John MacDonald (University of Western Ontario) “Adventures in NMDA receptors, phosphorylation and hippocampal synaptic plasticity”. Beaupré (Mont Sainte-Anne), Québec.
2010. Terrance P Snutch (University of British Columbia). Halifax, N.S.
2011. Bruce McManus (University of British Columbia). Ste. Adele, Quebec.
2012. Duncan Stewart (University of Ottawa). Toronto, Ontario.
2013. No Award
2014. No Award
2015. Kathleen Cullen (McGill University). “”Where are we going? Sensing self-motion for perception and action.” Vancouver, B.C.
2016. Douglas Crawford (York University). Toronto, Ontario.
2017. Serge Rossignol (Universite de Montreal). “The spinal brain.” Montreal, Quebec.
2018. Sandra Davidge (University of Alberta). “Impact of pregnancy complications on maternal and offspring cardiovascular health”. Halifax, N.S.
2019. Patricia Brubaker (University of Toronto). Toronto, Ontario.
2020. Brian MacVicar (University of British Columbia). Award presented in 2022.
2021. No Award
2022. No Award
2023. Gergely Lukacs (McGill University). "Cystic fibrosis; from molecular physiology to therapy". 2023 CPS Scientific Symposium, Long Beach, CA.
2024. Wayne Chen (University of Calgary). "Cardiac and neuronal hyperactivity to suppress arrhythmias and alzheimer’s disease". 2024 CPS Scientific Symposium, Long Beach, CA.