Frances Estelle Reed Simons OC FRSC (born April 26, 1945) is a Canadian physician and researcher.
[3][1][4] Simons is a professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Child Health and of Immunology at the University of Manitoba.
She has designed and implemented testing of new medications to treat conditions such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and hives.
She held the Medical Council of Canada's Queen Elizabeth II Scientist Award from 1975 to 1981.
[5] The F. Estelle R. Simons Award for Research was established in her name in 2016 by the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology to recognize outstanding research in the fields of allergy, asthma and immunology.