Newswise — Canada's best and brightest health researchers of the year will be honoured at the seventh annual Canadian Health Research Awards " A Celebration of Excellence, hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

These awards are among the highest honours bestowed within the Canadian research community, and feature "Canada's Health Researcher of the Year" , "Canada's Premier Young Researcher" and the "CIHR Partnership Award" , among others.

What: Canadian Health Research Awards " A Celebration of Excellence

Who:  Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of CIHR André Picard, the Globe and Mail, to host event Award winners and notable guests

When: Wednesday, November 19th, 20086:30 p.m. Official ceremony

Where: National Gallery of CanadaGreat HallOttawa, Ontario

This CIHR event is held in collaboration with the Government of Canada, the Health Charities Coalition of Canada, Research Canada " An Alliance for Health Discovery, Canada's provincial health research organizations and the event's national media sponsor, the Globe and Mail.