Wainberg, Mark A

LC control no.	n 84205083
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wainberg, Mark A. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Canada
Birth date	1945-04-21
Death date	2017-04-11
Place of birth	Montréal (Québec)
Place of death	Aventura (Fla.)
Field of activity	Microbiology HIV infections--Chemotherapy AIDS (Disease)--Chemotherapy Antiretroviral agents
Affiliation	McGill University Hôpital général juif Sir Mortimer B. Davis Order of Canada
Profession or occupation	Microbiologists
Found in	Viral mechanisms of immunosuppression, 1985: CIP t.p. (Mark A. Wainberg, Lady Davis Inst. for Med. Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hosp., Montreal, Quebec) New York times WWW site, viewed Apr. 17, 2017 (in obituary published Apr. 14: Dr. Mark Wainberg; b. Mark Arnold Wainberg, Apr. 21, 1945, Montreal; d. Tuesday [Apr. 11, 2017], aged 71, after struggling in the waters off Bal Harbour, Fla.; he was taken to Aventura Hospital in nearby Aventura, Fla., where he was declared dead; microbiologist who identified a drug that later became critical to treating people infected with H.I.V., and who later became a leading advocate for giving millions of people with H.I.V. and AIDS in Africa greater access to antiretroviral drugs) Canada. Governor General. Honours recipients database, 12 May 2017 (Mark A. Wainberg, O.C., O.Q., Ph.D.; Montréal, Quebec; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on May 30, 2001, invested on October 17, 2001; An internationally renowned scientist in the field of HIV/AIDS, he has made major contributions to the study and treatment of the infection. He was the first to identify the anti-HIV properties of the drug 3TC that is used in the treatment of AIDS and among the first to recognize the concept of HIV drug resistance. Scientific Director at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at Montréal's Jewish General Hospital, he is also Professor and Director of the McGill AIDS Centre. Former President of the International AIDS Society, he was instrumental in the founding of the Canadian Association for HIV Research; deceased on April 12, 2017) Amicus database, 12 May 2017 (authorized access point (0051D5074): Wainberg, Mark A.)
Associated language	eng