The Rowntree Prize in Medical History (EST. 1929)

 

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Prof Paul Potter (centre) with 2024 Rowntree recipients (left-tor-right) Rachel Simpson, Med2026 – Honourable Mention for “Heart Defects, Microcephaly, and Missing Ears: How did Isotretinoin Survive a Teratogenic Public Relations Disaster”; Aishwarya Kulkarni, Med2026 – Winner for “Heretics of the Profession: Intraprofessional Dissent During the 1962 Saskatchewan Doctors’ Strike”; Julia Cressman, Med2026 – Winner for “Same Symptoms, Different Diagnosis: The Use of Gendered Medicine in the 19th Century”; Regan Toltesi, Med2027 – Honourable Mention for “Public Health Reform: An Unexpected Legacy of the 1917 Halifax Explosion”

2024 Recipients of the Rowntree Prize in Medical History

Aishwarya Kulkarni, Med2026 – “Heretics of the Profession: Intraprofessional Dissent During the 1962 Saskatchewan Doctors’ Strike”
Julia Cressman, Med2026 – “Same Symptoms, Different Diagnosis: The Use of Gendered Medicine in the 19th Century”

 

Dr. Leonard G. RowntreeThis prize is awarded annually in memory of Dr. L.G. Rowntree for work in medical history completed by a Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry medical student. This prize winner receives a monetary award.

Dr. Leonard G. Rowntree (1883-1959) was born and raised in London, Ontario, graduating from Western in 1905 as Gold Medalist. As a physician, researcher, teacher and administrator, he worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the University of Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic and later the University of Miami. He is most well known for the Rowntree Test for kidney function – the phenol-sulphophthalein test. He was a loyal alumnus of Western, serving as Medical Alumni President during the 1930s and attending numerous Western events over the years.


Past Award Recipients

2023 Helen Jin and Danielle Vucenovic
2022 Snow Wangding and Rahman Ladak
2021 Anthony Ziccarelli and Tharsan Kanagalingam
2020 Jelena Poleksic and Jacob Wihlidal
2019 Adrina Zhong and Timothy Varghese
2018 Daniel Stojanovic and Michael Chen
2017 Katharina Baranova and Ariel Gershon
2016 Vanessa DeMelo
2015 Daniel Stojanovic
2014 Hannah MacKenzie
2013 Alexandra Istl
2012 Benjamin Strauss
2011 Jacqueline Swan
2010 Kathleen Mackeracher
2009 Emily Claydon
2008 Pencilla Lang