CAHS President Thomas Marrie presents Reinhart Reithmeier with certificate of membership as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)

CAHS President Thomas Marrie presents Reinhart Reithmeier with certificate of membership as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)

At a ceremony held in Ottawa on September 20, 2012, Biochemistry Chair Reinhart Reithmeier was admitted as a Fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) “having demonstrated both distinctive accomplishments and the commitment to advance health sciences”.

A major goal of the CAHS is to provide timely, informed, science-based and unbiased assessments of urgent issues affecting the health of Canadians.  Reinhart, well-known internationally for his work on membrane proteins and human disease, has also been relentless in promoting the importance of basic research and the need for increases in funding to support excellence and to remain competitive.