Event
Broadcast — Making Headway - Pioneers in healthcare: Melzack, Gold and Wainberg
Monday, September 26, 2011 12:30to13:00
Dr. Ronald Melzack (Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University) is to pain research what Einstein was to physics. Learn how this ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ psychology professor revolutionized the study of pain worldwide.
Dr. Phil Gold (Director of the MUHC Clinical Research Centre, Professor of Physiology and Oncology, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University) discovered the first and most widely used blood test for cancer, making early detection and better treatment possible. Meet a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ legend.
¶Ù°ù.ÌýMark Wainberg (Director, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ AIDS Centre, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University) identified one of the most effective AIDS drugs, and has become a prominent voice on the world stage. Meet a researcher turned AIDS activist.