UBC professors Adele Diamond and Julio Montaner have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.
Diamond, a member of the Brain Research Centre and a Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry, was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Diamond’s contributions have significantly improved understanding and medical treatment of phenylketonuria, autism, and ADHD. Her unique combination of expertise in cognitive psychology and neuroscience led to the creation of an entirely new subfield of psychology called developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Montaner, a professor of Medicine and Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, has done pioneering work on the use of combinations of anti-retrovirals to treat HIV/AIDS. His findings have led to a new standard of care for AIDS and the World Health Organization’s recommendation that the drugs be used as first-line therapy for treatment of AIDS in resource-limited settings.
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