Harold Nathan Segall (1897-1990) was a distinguished cardiologist and one of the founders of the Canadian Heart Association. He took a strong interest in medical history and was the author of Pioneers of Cardiology in Canada, 1820-1970: The Genesis of Canadian Cardiology. The Segall award was established in his honour, not long after his death, to promote the work of students at the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine.
The H.N. Segall Prize recognizes the best student paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. The prize has been awarded to the following individuals:
- 1994 Robert Sullivan
- 1995 Genevieve Dumas
- 1996 James Moran
- 1997 Fiona Miller
- 1998 Not awarded
- 1999 Jennifer Marotta
- 2000 Catherine Carstairs; Barbara Martell
- 2001 Cynthia Toman
- 2002 Desmond Fitz-Gibbon
- 2003 Sasha Mullally
- 2004 Erika Dyck
- 2005 Chris Dooley
- 2006 Lisa Rumiel, Stéfanie Tésio
- 2007 Judith Friedman
- 2008 Susan Lamb and Richard McKay
- 2009 Heather Stanley, Shauna Devine
- 2010 Delia Gavrus, Chantal Quesney and Charlene Ronquillo
- 2011 Stephen Mawdsley
- 2012 Deanna Day
- 2013 David Theodore
- 2014 Frances Reilly
- 2015 Jenna Healey
- 2016 Caroline Lieffers
- 2017 Esther Atkinson (University of Toronto)
- 2018 Lucy Vorobej (University of Waterloo)
- 2019 Andrea Ens