CIHR held the eight annual Canadian Health Research Awards on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. During this celebration of excellence, CIHR presented gold medals to four of Canada's most outstanding researchers. This month's Web profiles explore their accomplishments, motivations and goals.

• Reading the signals
  Dr. Lynne-Marie Postovit - Canada's Premier Young Researcher
• Give kids a chance
  Dr. Michael Boyle - Canada's Health Researcher of the Year in Health Services and Systems and Population Health Research
• Understanding the machinery of life
  Dr. Nahum Sonenberg - Canada's Health Researcher of the Year in Biomedical and Clinical Research
• Seeing it through to the end
  Dr. Julio Montaner - Canadian Institutes of Health Research Knowledge Translation Award