Gilles Paradis awarded McGill’s Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award (19 Oct 2026)
McGill honoured Dr Gilles Paradis on 19 Oct 2026 with the Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award for over 35 years of leadership in public health, including growing the MSc in Public Health and founding the School of Population and Global Health.
On 19 October 2026 McGill presented the Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr Gilles Paradis for distinguished service in public health. A physician and epidemiologist, Paradis helped expand the Master of Science in Public Health and led the creation of the School of Population and Global Health. He chaired McGill’s Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health from 2012 to 2020 and developed training programs and partnerships that connect students, researchers and public‑health practitioners. His work includes community‑led projects in Montreal’s St‑Henri and with the Kahnawake community.