A native Manitoban and graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine, he is an internationally renowned physician-scientist and expert in infectious diseases who has significantly contributed to global health. His leadership roles with the National Microbiology Laboratory (Winnipeg), the Centre for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention (Ottawa) and Canada’s Public Health Agency as chief scientific advisor are testament to his expertise and groundbreaking research efforts. He showed exceptional leadership during the SARS crisis and is at the centre of the international response to the H1N1 flu virus. He has authored several landmark studies in the HIV/AIDS fields and his management of international collaborative research has been cited as the “paradigm” to follow. His current focus is on the mechanisms of HIV resistance; crucial studies in the development of vaccines and treatments for HIV infections. In 2007, he was appointed an officer in the Order of Canada.
