Event
Broadcast — Making Headway - Pioneers in healthcare: Melzack, Gold and Wainberg
Thursday, September 29, 2011 01:30to02:00
Dr. Ronald Melzack (Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) is to pain research what Einstein was to physics. Learn how this McGill psychology professor revolutionized the study of pain worldwide.
Dr. Phil Gold (Director of the MUHC Clinical Research Centre, Professor of Physiology and Oncology, McGill University) discovered the first and most widely used blood test for cancer, making early detection and better treatment possible. Meet a McGill legend.
¶Ù°ù.ÌýMark Wainberg (Director, McGill AIDS Centre, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) identified one of the most effective AIDS drugs, and has become a prominent voice on the world stage. Meet a researcher turned AIDS activist.