Wins award

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan born Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine, a researcher of the Saskatchewan Unviersity recently received the 2006 Knowledge Translation Award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) for his research into policies and programmes that helped Saskatchewan's children.

The award, which recognises excellence in research and carries with it a $ 20,000 stipend, was presented at the CIHR's fifth annual Canadian Health Research awards gala ceremony in Ottawa.

Dr. Muhajarine, a Professor and Head of the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology in the College of Medicine and a senior research faculty member of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, works closely with community decision makers.

He is Co-director and a driving force in the Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR).

Dr. Muhajarine attended D.S. Senanayaka College, writing his Advanced Level Examination before he won a full scholarship to study pre-medicine (Psychobiology) in Oberlin College, a private liberal arts college in Ohio.