LC control no. | n 84205083 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wainberg, Mark A. |
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 |