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The International AIDS Society (IAS) conveys  with great regret the death of our former President, Professor  Mark A. Wainberg (1998-2000), who passed away this week at the age of 71 in  Bal Harbor, Florida.

Source:  International AIDS Society (IAS)

Mark was a pioneer in research, political advocacy and scientific breakthroughs on HIV.  He is broadly known for his participation in the discovery in 1989 that 3TC drug could be used to treat HIV infection.  Until now, he was the research chief on AIDS at the Lady Davis Institute on Medical Research (LDI), director of the AIDS Center at McGill University located at the LDI and professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University in Montreal.  In Canada, his home, he was honored at the Canadian Hall of Medical Fame for his achievements.

In addition to his performance as president, one of Mark´s greatest contributions to the IAS was the foundation of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) in 2004,  which he was still supporting as one of its three editors in chief.  His role with JIAS was the evidence of his deep belief and commitment to support emerging researchers and to provide platforms to share their work.  Mark´s vision on JIAS not only included a broad dissemination of findings of relevant research to end HIV epidemics, but a broader purpose to guide new generations of researchers and scientists.