Featured Researcher: Kelly S. MacDonald

By Research Communications, Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Can We Beat Aids?

Photo: Liam Sharp

Photo: Liam Sharp

With research based in her lab in Toronto and in Nairobi, Kenya, Kelly MacDonald races to develop an HIV vaccine based on information in part gleaned from her work with Kenyan sex workers and HIV-exposed uninfected children who show an unusual immune resistance to HIV infection. The holder of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Chair in HIV/AIDS Research, she is also Director of the HIV Research Program in U of T’s Department of Medicine. She has held posts such as chair of the Canadian HIV Vaccine Network, member of the Federal Ministerial Council on HIV/AIDS and she is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. She is testing two HIV vaccine prototypes.

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  1. Jan 17, 09 at 11:03 am, Unpacking Development » Blog Archive » All T-Cells Are Not Created Equal: Day 1, Ontario HIV Treatment Network Conference said:

    [...] of great sessions. Right after the excellent (but a little bit beyond me) keynote address by Kelly MacDonald, who spoke on the need to challenge assumptions within biomedical research to reach our goals of [...]

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