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Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunity

  1. 1832

    Grosse Ile Quarantine Station opened

  2. 1869

    At the age of 26, Dr. Montizambert became medical superintendent at Grosse Île

  3. 1883

    Robert Koch discovered the cholera bacillus

  4. 1892

    Dr. Montizambert built a laboratory at Grosse Isle

  5. 1894

    Dr. Montizambert’s public health success did not go unnoticed

  6. 1900

  7. 1910

  8. 1920

  9. 1930

  10. 1940

  11. 1943

    The Canadian Government re-established its Venereal Disease Control Division

  12. 1947

    A polio virus research program was launched

  13. 1950

  14. 1960

  15. 1970

  16. 1979

    Cyclosporine was discovered

  17. 1980

  18. 1980

    Dr. Allan Ronald travelled to Kenya to establish a research program for sexually transmitted infections in collaboration with the University of Nairobi

  19. 1981

    Dr. MacDonald became the country’s first paediatrician to be certified in paediatric infectious diseases by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

  20. 1984

    Along with Dr. Frank Plummer, Dr. Ronald established an AIDS clinic in Nairobi

  21. 1985

    Dr. Hankins is appointed to Canada’s National Advisory Committee on AIDS

  22. 1988

    Dr. Bergeron became the Director of the Clinical Research Unit for the treatment of AIDS in Quebec city and the eastern part of the province

  23. 1990

  24. 1991

    Dr. Simons’ research on asthma, the airways and anaphylaxis led to many other international appointments during the next 30 years

  25. 1992

    As the AIDS Crisis continued unabated, Dr. Montaner played a key role in the establishment of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

  26. 1993

    Canada’ first and only national HIV clinical cohort study is established

  27. 1993

    Dr. Ronald made many contributions to Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre

  28. 1995

    Dr. Bergeron facilitated the production of diagnostic inventions when he created Infectio Diagnostics Inc.

  29. 1996

    HAART became the new standard of care for HIV in North America and Europe

  30. 1998

    Lamivudine was licensed in Canada as Heptovir

  31. 2000

  32. 2001

    The Ugandan-based Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa was established

  33. 2004

    Co-founded the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology (CCfV)

  34. 2005

    Dr. Simons made history as the first foreigner to be elected as President by the Fellows of the America Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

  35. 2006

    In a landmark Lancet paper, Dr. Montaner postulated that wide availability of antiretroviral therapy immediately following HIV diagnosis would stop HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality and, at…

  36. 2007

    Dr. Bergeron established GenePOC

  37. 2010

  38. 2016

    Noni MacDonald launched MicroResearch Nova Scotia using skills learned from the earlier program developed in Africa

  39. 2020

  40. 2020

    Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) is Co-Chaired by Dr. Hankins

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