Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) is one of three national academies that comprise the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), the highest honour granted to scholars in Canada. The two other CCA academies are the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Formation2004
TypeProfessional association
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario
Location
Membership
Healthcare professionals, Academics
President
Dr. Sioban Nelson
Key people
Martin Schechter (founder)
Website

The CAHS has two functions: a) To conduct assessments on urgent health matters that affect Canadians; b) to recognize individuals of outstanding achievement in the health sciences through elections to fellowship. CAHS fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal FCAHS (Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences).

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