• Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada

Order of Canada

• Member of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: May 25, 2009
  • Invested on: June 18, 2010

  Roderick McInnes is a leader in the fields of eye development and inherited eye disease. His discoveries have included the identification of major regulatory genes of eye development, the association of these genes with inherited blindness, and the co-discovery of retinal stem cells. Formerly a professor at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children, he now holds the Alva Chair in Human Genetics at McGill University and is the director of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital. He was the inaugural scientific director of the Institute of Genetics at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and is currently president of the American Society of Human Genetics. Over the years, many national and international scientific organizations have benefited from his leadership.

• Officer of the Order of Canada

  • Awarded on: November 16, 2021
  • Invested on: May 03, 2024

  Roderick R. McInnes, O.C., O.Ont.
  Mount Royal, Quebec
  
  Roderick McInnes is a world-renowned expert in neurogenetics. His innovative research findings have significant implications for the treatment of retinal degenerations and disorders of retinal and brain development. A McGill University professor and former Canada Research Chair, he was the director of the Lady Davis Institute at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital for more than a decade, positioning the organization as a leader in scientific excellence in Canada. He also provided crucial leadership as acting president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
  This is a promotion within the Order.