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Professor - Medicine
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Full Member
The Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
Contact information
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 944-8222
Background
Biography
John Conly is a Professor and former Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services - Calgary and Area, Canada. He is medically trained as a specialist in infectious diseases, and was a past President of the Canadian Infectious Disease Society, past Chairman of the Board for the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance and a previous Vice Chair for the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee. He was seconded at a 0.5 FTE to the WHO Health Emergencies Programme as a Senior Technical Officer for COVID-19 during 2020. He is currently the Chair of the World Health Organization Infection Prevention and Control Research and Development Expert Group for COVID-19, a Medical Director for W21C, a Member for the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the University of Calgary, a member of the Canadian Expert Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance and a member of the Cochrane Collaboration Acute Respiratory Infections Working Group. He has published over 300 papers and has received multiple career honours in teaching, research, mentorship, innovation and service, including the Ronald Christie Award for outstanding contributions to academic medicine in Canada, the Medal for Distinguished Service from the Alberta Medical Association for outstanding personal contributions to the medical profession and the Order of Canada. He continues as an active consultant in clinical infectious diseases with current interests which focus on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, prevention of hospital-acquired infections and novel innovations in healthcare.
Awards
O’Brien Institute for Public Health Research Excellence Award for outstanding contributions to research supported by evidence of impact, O’Brien Institute for Public Health. 2021
AMMI Canada recognition of Active Members who have achieved professional excellence and made significant contributions to the profession (FAMMI) in Canada , AMMI Canada. 2019
Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada, 2019
Order of Canada, Chancellery of Honours, Governor General of Canada. 2018
Alumni Achievement Award, University of Saskatchewan. 2017
Expert Panel Member, Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) – Assessment of the Potential. 2017
Medal for Distinguished Service, Alberta Medical Association. 2016
LEADing Practice Initiative Award, Canada Health Infoway and Accreditation Canada. 2016
Professionalism Award, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary. 2014
Ronald Christie Award, Canadian Association of Professors of Medicine. 2012
John Conly Innovation Academy, AMMI - CACMID Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. 2012
Inductee for the Distinguished Awards Wall, Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta. 2012
Establishment of the John Conly/Brent Scott Lectureship, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. 2012
John M. Embil Mentorship Award, Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases. 2011
Medical Officer, Department of Global Alert and Response, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. 2011
Professeur Invité, Faculté de médicine, Université de Genève, Genève, la Suisse. 2010
Establishment of Dr. John Conly Innovation Award, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary. 2010
INSEAD School of Business Alumni Success Story Award, INSEAD School of Business, Fontainebleau, France. 2010
Innovation Award, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary. 2010
Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian Committee for Antimicrobial Resistance. 2005
Co-Director, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases . 2004
Vice Chair, Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee. 2003
Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Infectious Diseases Society. 2002
Award of Clinical Excellence, Riverdale Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. 2001
President, Canadian Infectious Diseases Society. 1996
Excellence in Teaching, Department of Medicine Residents, University of Saskatchewan. 1992
Clinical Service of the Year, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. 1989
Joe Doupe Young Investigator Award, Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation. 1989