Awards

Award categories

Selected Faculty Awards (Thomas Hadjistavropoulos)

2024

D. O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science (Canadian Psychological Association)

2024

Saskatchewan Order of Merit (SOM)

2023

Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Mobilization in Aging (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)

2022

Distinguished Career Award for Long-Standing Contributions to Pain Research (Canadian Pain Society)

2022

People Choice Award (Tran, Stroulia and Hadjistavropoulos) for Best Age Tech Demonstration during the National Convention of AGE WELL NCE

2021

Canadian Pain Society Pain Awareness Award for Knowledge Mobilization

2021

M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology (Society for Clinical Geropsychology, American Psychological Association)

2020

University of Regina Faculty of Arts Dean’s Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Outreach (for the #SeePainMoreClearly social media knowledge mobilization effort)

2019

Co-author of article that won the R. Melzack Article of the Year Award, Canadian Journal of Pain (Hadjistavropoulos, H.D., Schneider, L., Hadjistavropoulos, T., Titov, N. & Dear, B. vol. 2, 62-73)

2018

Distinguished Career Award (Special Interest Group on Pain in Older Persons, International Association for the Study of Pain [IASP])

2016

Elected Fellow of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies for distinguished contributions to cognitive and behavioural therapies in Canada.

2015

University of Regina Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research Mentorship (Sponsored by the University of Regina Alumni Association).

2013

The article by Santos, Castro-Caldas and Hadjistavropoulos (2012) won the award of Best Clinical Paper published in the Portuguese journal “Dor” during 2012.

2012

The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (Recognized by the Government of Canada in the National Precedence of Orders, Decorations and Medals).

2011

Silver Quill Award for Knowledge Translation (T. Hadjistavropoulos, T. Dever Fitzgerald, and G. Marchildon) from the Canadian Ph ysiotherapy Association.

2010
-2027

University of Regina Research Chair in Aging and Health

2009

Elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of the Health Sciences (CAHS) in recognition of outstanding accomplishment and leadership in the health sciences. [Fellowship with CAHS represents one of the highest honours available to Canadian Health Scientists.]

2009

The book co-edited by Thomas Hadjistavropoulos and Heather Hadjistavropoulos, “Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self-help Guide”, is one of three books receiving Honourable Mention in the 2009 Awards Program of the American Medical Writers’ Association

2009

Canadian Psychological Association Foundation (CPAF) Access to Innovative Psychological Services Award. Awarded to the Centre on Aging and Health (Principal Applicants: Thomas Hadjistavropoulos and Heather Hadjistavropoulos)

2007

Distinguished Member Award, Canadian Association on Gerontology

2007

Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association in recognition of outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology

2006

Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Achievement Award (Socio-Health)

2006

Senior RBC Faculty Fellowship

2006

Saskatchewan Centennial Medal (recognized by the Government of Canada in the national precedence of orders, decorations and medals)

2006

Saskatchewan Health Care Excellence Award

Major National Awards (Lab Trainees)

2024
-2027

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

2022
-2023

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Master’s Scholarship

2022
-2025

Vanier Canada Doctoral Fellowship-CIHR

2022
-2025

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

2022
-2023

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Master’s Scholarship

2022

Best Clinical Poster Presentation by a Trainee (National Convention of the Canadian Pain Society)

2020
-2021

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Master’s Scholarship

2020

AGE WELL National Centres of Excellence Knowledge Mobilization HQP National Video Competition

2018
-2019

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health System Impact Fellowship

2018
-2021

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Fellowship

2018
-2020

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

2016
-2017

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Fellowship

2015
-2016

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Fellowship

2013
-2016

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

2011
-2013

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

2011
-2012

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Fellowship

2010
-2013

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

2010

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Fellowship

2010

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Master’s Fellowship

2009
-2011

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Fellowship

2006
-2009

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Fellowship

2004
-2006

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Regional Partnership Program (RPP) Health Research Fellowship

2004
-2005

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Regional Partnership Program (RPP) Doctoral Fellowship

2004
-2005

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada Master’s Scholarship

2003
-2004

Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

Other Selected Awards

Graduate students in the lab have won a variety of other awards and distinctions for academic excellence, clinical performance and research achievement.