Winter 2025 (Volume 35, Number 4)

Awards, Appointments, and Accolades

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Dr. Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero – CRA Master Award

Originally from Mexico, Dr. Sanchez-Guerrero earned his MD degree from the University of Guadalajara before completing training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology in Mexico City. He then pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in systemic lupus erythematosus at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, followed by a Master of Science degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Over the course of his career, he has published more than 180 articles in peer- reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine. In 2001, he received the Edmund L. Dubois Award from the American College of Rheumatology for his research. He has also served as a member of the educational and scientific committee of the Lupus Foundation of America.

From 2002 to 2011, he was Head of the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology at the National Institute of Nutrition and Medical Sciences Salvador Zubirán in Mexico. He later served as Director of the Division of Rheumatology at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto from 2011 to 2022. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Carrie Ye – CIHR Early Career Researcher Award

Dr. Carrie Ye received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Early Career Researcher Award in Cancer in Spring 2025 for her project entitled: "Gaining Insight into Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Associated Inflammatory Arthritis Using Administrative Health Data." This award, which was established to recognize research excellence at the early career researcher level, is given annually to early career researchers with the highest ranking (by percent (%) rank) in the Project Grant competition.