Mark Wainberg | |
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Born | |
Died | April 11, 2017 | (aged 71)
Resting place | Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal |
Nationality | Canadian |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Alma mater | McGill University Columbia University |
Spouse | Susan Hubschman |
Children | Dr. Zev Wainberg, Jonathan Wainberg |
Awards | OC, OQ |
Scientific career | |
Fields | AIDS research |
Mark Arnold Wainberg, OC OQ FRSC (21 April 1945 – 11 April 2017) was a Canadian HIV/AIDS researcher and HIV/AIDS activist. He was the director of the McGill University AIDS Centre at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital and Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology at McGill University. His laboratory primarily studies HIV reverse transcriptase, the molecular basis for drug resistance, and gene therapy.[1] He received a B.Sc. from McGill University in 1966, a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1972, and did his post-doctoral research at Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University.