World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million people around the world are living with the virus, including 71,000 in Canada. Every day, 6,800 people are infected.
Here is a list of experts from McGill, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital available for comment on your stories for World AIDS Day:
Nicole Bernard, Researcher, Infection & Immunity, Research Institute of the MUHCAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University Expertise: HIV resistance, genetics associated with protection from HIV infection, slow replication of HIV among people with protective genes. Available for interviews in English and French.[email protected]
Shelley Clark, Professor, Department of Sociology, McGill Director, Centre on Population DynamicsCRC, Youth, Gender and Global Health Expertise: social determinants of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa; HIV risks within marriage; adolescent transitions in high HIV contexts; couple dynamics and negotiation with respect to HIVAvailable for interviews in English[email protected]
Julian Falutz, Director, HIV Metabolic Clinic, MUHC, Coordinator of Chronic Viral Illness Service, HIV and Aging Clinic, MUHCExpertise: clinical care of HIV patients, teaching, clinical research.Available for interviews in French and English+available after Dec 1[email protected]
Nitika Pant Pai, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill Researcher, Infection & Immunity, Research Institute of the MUHC Expertise: Self-testing strategies, screening strategies for HIV and co-infections, development of smart apps for self-testing, synergizing health, multiplexed testing in different at-risk populations, impact of oral testing and counseling in women in labor, simultaneous testing of pregnant women for co-infections.Available for interviews in English [email protected]
Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy, Professor of Medicine, McGill, Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Chronic Viral Illness Service and Division of HematologyExpertise: HIV primary infection; vaccines, Kaposi’s sarcoma and lymphomaAvailable for interviews in French and English[email protected]
Mark Wainberg, Director, McGill AIDS CentreProfessor, Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University Head of the HIV/AIDS research axis, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General HospitalPast President of the International AIDS SocietyExpertise: Development of anti-HIV drugs, HIV drug resistance, HIV vaccinesAvailable for interviews in French and Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz7l5ayqfjEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8KIyqfX7UY[email protected]
On December 1, World AIDS Day, GAP-VIES, in collaboration with the MUHC, is organizing a dinner conference on the importance of prevention and screening in Montreal’s Haitian and African communities.http://muhc.ca/newsroom/event/world-aids-day-2014-let%E2%80%99s-talk-about-hiv
Le 1er décembre, GAP-VIES organise un souper-conférence pour souligner l’importance de la prévention et du dépistage auprès des Communautés haïtienne et africaine de Montréal en collaboration avec le CUSM.http://cusm.ca/newsroom/evenement/journ%C3%A9e-mondiale-lutte-contre-sida-2014-parlons-du-vih
For interviews, please contact:Cynthia LeeMedia Relations OfficeMcGill University514-398-6754[email protected]http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/http://twitter.com/McGillU
Julie Robert Public Affairs and Strategic PlanningMcGill University Health Centre 514 934 1934 poste 71381[email protected]
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