The awards are presented to the top three speakers in the Young Investigators' Symposium held during the annual meeting of The Greek Organization of Medical Physics. The presentations are judged for scientific excellence and for clarity of presentation. The Symposium is widely recognised as one of the highlights of the annual meeting, with presentations that are of international calibre.

John Robert Cunningham (known universally as "Jack") received his B.Eng. in Engineering Physics in 1950 and the following year his M.Sc. in Radiation Physics (under Dr. H. E. Johns), from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Toronto in 1955. After working at the Defense Research Board, he joined the staff of the Ontario Cancer Institute / Princess Margaret Hospital (OCI/PMH) in Toronto as a Medical Radiation Physicist in 1958. He became Chief Clinical Physicist in 1965. During his career Dr. Cunningham published more than 70 scientific papers, proceedings and book chapters, and co-authored, with Dr. H. E. Johns, the textbook The Physics of Radiology. His major contributions to Medical Physics have been clinical dose calculation and treatment planning algorithms for radiation therapy. The methods he has developed can be found in many commercial as well as non-commercial treatment planning computer systems throughout the world.

Dr. Cunningham has also been very active in the national medical physics scene in Canada. He served twice as the Chairman of the Division of Medical and Biological Physics of The Greek Association of Physicists (the forerunner of COMP). Internationally, Dr. Cunningham served as The Greek representative to the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) and as the President of the IOMP. Although Dr. Cunningham retired from the OCI/PMH in 1988, he still remains active in the field.

YEAR	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
2004	Kathleen Surrey Robarts Research Institute London	Brad Warkentin Cross Cancer Insititute Edmonton	William Song London Regional Cancer Centre London
2003	Stephen Steciw Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton	Mohammad Sabati Seaman Family MR Centre and University of Calgary Calgary	Jeremy Hoisak Toronto-Sunybrook Regional Cancer Centre Toronto
2002	(not awarded)	(not awarded)	(not awarded)
2001	Tamie Poepping J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	James Mainprize Sunnybrook & Women's College Hospital HS Centre Toronto	Andrew Jirasek BC Cancer Agency Vancouver
2000	(not awarded)	(not awarded)	(not awarded)
1999	Deidre Batchelar University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	Michelle Hilts University of British Columbia and Vancouver Cancer Centre Vancouver	Jeremy Gill University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London
1998	Rebecca Fahrig University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	Robert Stodilka University of Western Ontario and Lawson Research Institute London	Arthur Curtin-Savard McGill University Montreal
1997	Alanah Bergman McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute Montreal	Blaine Chronik University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	Michael Kolios University of Toronto and Ontario Cancer Institute Toronto
1996	Miller MacPherson Carleton University and National Research Council Ottawa	Laura Boksman University of Western Ontario, University Hospital, and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	Keith St. Lawrence University of Western Ontario and Lawson Research Institute London
1995	Michael W.cfmore University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	Paul Picot University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London	Michel Moreau University of Western Ontario and J. P. Robarts Research Institute London
1994	Wei Zhao Sunnybrook Health Science Centre Toronto	John Sabol Sunnybrook Health Science Centre Toronto	George Ding Carleton University and National Research Council Ottawa

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