Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 20, 2014
• Invested on: September 23, 2015

Robyn Tamblyn has demonstrated how information technology can improve health care delivery. A former nurse practitioner and long-time professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at McGill University, she has contributed to notable advances in patient care. Her pioneering studies have improved the way licensing bodies evaluate competency among health care professionals, and has led to the creation of electronic medication alert systems to reduce prescription drug errors. Now leading the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, she is coordinating the efforts of investigators across Canada to spur health care innovation.