Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 16, 2021
• Invested on: February 22, 2024

Cara Tannenbaum, C.M.
Montréal, Quebec
Cara Tannenbaum is an esteemed researcher and practicing physician in women's health and gender. Professor at the Université de Montréal and Endowed Chair of Geriatric Pharmacology, Health and Aging, she has reduced the stigma associated with incontinence, raised awareness of deprescribing among seniors, and incorporated medication appropriateness into Canada’s drug strategy. As scientific director of the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, she has transformed national and international health research by implementing mandatory sex and gender analysis in science.