Dr. Laurie J. Morrison

is Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Her program of research is focused on the evaluation and implementation of time sensitive interventions in acute emergencies. She established Rescu, a collaborative prehospital research network. Together, the Rescu investigators conducted randomized controlled trials and outcome validation studies in resuscitation research (cardiac arrest and trauma) and contributed to the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. She founded the Collaborative Specialization in Resuscitation Sciences enabling the training of over 80 graduate students. Rescu has evolved into a national resuscitation network for Canada (CanROC).
She has an h index of 72 and 313 publications on the web of science with over 21,000 citations.

She contributed to the development of the 2005 and 2010 and 2015 AHA Guidelines. She provides scientific oversight of the Continuous Evidence Evaluation strategy for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. She is founding member and current chair of the Network of Canadian Emergency Medicine Researchers. This network provides peer review and mentorship of emerging researchers and support for multicenter trials.

Dr Morrison has received the Canadian Medical Association May Cohen award for excellence in mentorship; was granted honorary membership by the European Resuscitation Council for life time achievement in resuscitation sciences; gave the AHA Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecture and was named a Giant in Resuscitation by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. In 2023 she gave the honorary Negovsky lecture for the European Resuscitation Council and she received a lifetime achievement award in Resuscitation Sciences by the American Heart Association.