Event
Broadcast — Making Headway - Pioneers in healthcare: Melzack, Gold and Wainberg
Monday, August 1, 2011 08:00to08:30
Dr. Ronald Melzack (Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï) is to pain research what Einstein was to physics. Learn how this ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï psychology professor revolutionized the study of pain worldwide.
Dr. Phil Gold (Director of the MUHC Clinical Research Centre, Professor of Physiology and Oncology, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï University) discovered the first and most widely used blood test for cancer, making early detection and better treatment possible. Meet a ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï legend.
¶Ù°ù.ÌýMark Wainberg (Director, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï AIDS Centre, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï) identified one of the most effective AIDS drugs, and has become a prominent voice on the world stage. Meet a researcher turned AIDS activist.