BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250707T051012EDT-7689AVOZOZ@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250707T091012Z DESCRIPTION:The Faculty of Science and the Science Undergraduate Society ar e pleased to present a special lecture for science students during SUS Aca demia Week by Dr. Mark A. Wainberg\, Senior Investigator\, Lady Davis Inst itute\; Director of the ºÃÉ«TV AIDS Centre\; Professor\, Medici ne\, and Microbiology and Immunology\, ºÃÉ«TV.\n\nMaking a diff erence with Science and Medicine\n\nDr. Wainberg has been both a Canadian and international leader. He has made multiple contributions to the field of HIV/AIDS\, including a key role in the development of 3TC. Mark was the Scientific Director of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research betw een 2000-2009. He was a key founder of the Canadian Association for HIV Re search (CAHR) and served as Chair of its first conference. He has been a m ember of numerous grants and awards committees both in Canada and abroad a nd is co-chair of the Scientific Review Committee of the Canadian Foundati on for AIDS Research (CANFAR). He is a long-standing Chair of the Réseau S IDA of the Fonds de Recherche du Quebec. Mark gives freely of his time and regularly speaks about HIV/AIDS to both local community groups and aborig inal groups who represent a high proportion of new HIV infections in Canad a today. Mark continues to supervise graduate students\, and many of his t rainees now themselves occupy positions of leadership at universities in C anada and abroad.\n DTSTART:20170207T233000Z DTEND:20170208T010000Z LOCATION:Room 26\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 ru e Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Making a difference with Science and Medicine: special lecture by D r. Mark A. Wainberg URL:/science/20170207-wainberg-special-lecture END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR