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Prof. Chantelle Richmond
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Western University
Keywords: Indigenous health, community based research, environmental change, Indigenous knowledge
Induction Year: 2015
Chantelle Richmond, Anishinabe of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Pic River First Nation), is an Associate Professor in Western University’s Department of Geography. Her research is based on a participatory model that explores the intersection of Indigenous people’s health, knowledge systems and connection to land. With a greater goal of improving Indigenous health equity, Richmond engages in community based methodologies that empower Indigenous voice and vision in health and social research.
Chantelle Richmond, Anishinabe de Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Première Nation de Pic River), est professeur agrégée au Département de géographie de l'Université Western. Sa recherche est basée sur un modèle participatif qui explore l'intersection de la santé des peuples autochtones, les systèmes de connaissances et d'une connexion à la terre. Dans le but d'améliorer l'équité en santé autochtone au Canada, Richmond utilise la recherche participative axée sur la communauté afin d’introduire la voix et la vision autochtones dans la recherche en santé.
Dr. Laurie Ricou
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Canadian literature, regionalism, ecocriticism, poetry, Pacific Northwest
Long Citation
Laurie Ricou is the foremost Canadian scholar and cultural observer in the field of ecocriticism. Author of four important, ground-breaking books (with two more at press or in progress), together with several score of articles, chapters, and other publications, he has in the last twenty-five years shaped the way Canadian poetry is read, and reshaped how to understand interconnections between language and the environment. His work has redefined the conventional notion of "regionalism," demonstrated how precision in language opens to artful analysis, and shown that environmental allusions in literature constitute more than casual metaphor, serving as ways to understand social history, connect with the creative process, and engage intelligently with the science of ecology.
Short Citation
Laurie Ricou is the foremost Canadian scholar and cultural observer in the field of ecocriticism. Author of four important ground-breaking books, he has shaped the way Canadian poetry is read, and reshaped how to understand interconnections between language and the environment. His work has redefined the conventional notion of "regionalism" and demonstrated how precision in language opens to artful analysis.
Prof. Loren Rieseberg
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Evolution, Adaptation, Speciation, Plants, Genomics
Induction Year: 2012
RIESEBERG, Loren H. - Plant Biology, The University of British Columbia
Loren Rieseberg has made fundamental advances to our understanding of how species arise. He established hybridization as a creative force, leading to the origin of novel traits and new species. He also is a world leader in plant genomics, spearheading team efforts to sequence the genomes of several crops and weeds.
RIESEBERG, Loren H. - Biologie végétale, The University of British Columbia
Loren Rieseberg a réalisé des avancées fondamentales dans notre compréhension de la genèse des espèces. Il a démontré que l’hybridation est une force créative qui conduit au développement de nouveaux traits et de nouvelles espèces. Il est également une sommité en matière de génomique végétale, à la tête d’une équipe qui se consacre au séquençage du génome de plusieurs plantes cultivées et adventices.
Prof. Natalie Rinfret
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: École nationale d'administration publique
Induction Year: 2020
Natalie Rinfret holds a La Capitale research chair in public sector leadership. Her research focuses on leadership development as a strategy for improving government performance, women’s position in non-traditional fields, and the transfer of knowledge. Drawing on her practical experience, she created a research and development program to prepare the next generation of high-potential government officials in Quebec. Her many achievements have been recognized by more than thirty awards.
Natalie Rinfret est titulaire de la Chaire La Capitale en leadership dans le secteur public. Ses recherches portent principalement sur le développement du leadership comme stratégie d’amélioration de la performance de l’État, la place des femmes en milieu non-traditionnel et le transfert des connaissances. Ancrée dans la pratique, elle a créé un programme de recherche et de développement pour la relève à haut potentiel du gouvernement du Québec. Ses nombreuses réalisations ont été soulignées par une trentaine de distinctions.
Prof. Michèle Rioux
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Induction Year: 2023
Michèle Rioux is a Full Professor at the UQAM’s Faculty of Political Science and Law Department of Political Science. Director of the Centre d’études sur l’intégration et la mondialisation, she is internationally recognized as an expert in the political economy of globalization. She has published numerous books and scientific papers – the impact of which speak to the quality of her research – while developing dynamic research partnerships with different practitioners in the industry, trade unions, as well as governmental and international organizations.
Michèle Rioux est professeure titulaire au département de science politique de la Faculté de science politique et de droit de l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Directrice du Centre d’études sur l’intégration et la mondialisation, elle est reconnue internationalement comme spécialiste de l’économie politique de la mondialisation. Elle a publié de nombreux d’ouvrages et articles scientifiques dont l’impact témoigne de l’excellence de ses recherches tout en développant des partenariats dynamiques de recherche avec les milieux de pratique (industries, organisations syndicales, organisations gouvernementales et internationales).
Dr. John Ripmeester
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: National Research Council
Keywords: Nuclear magnetic resonance, guest-host chemistry, microporous solids, clathrates, inclusion compounds
John Ripmeester is an internationally renowned physical chemist specializing in the applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to the solid state. His pioneering and developmental work on the use of techniques in structural chemistry has provided a new window into guest-host compounds such as clathrates, inclusion compounds and zeolites which has led to detailed structural-dynamical models and a better understanding of a technologically important class of materials. He is a world-leading authority on the structure and physical chemistry of gas hydrates, having discovered new hydrate structures and pioneered instrumental methods of hydrate analysis. His groundbreaking exploratory work on the NMR spectroscopy of occluded xenon led to a new and now popular probe of pore spaces in solids.
Dr. Andrew Rippin
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: Islam, Qur'an, Interpretation of the Qur'an
Long Citation
Andrew Rippin is one of the pre-eminent authorities in the field of Islamic studies. His pioneering research focuses on interpretations of the Qur'an written in Arabic from the 9th century to the 12th century, a genre known as tafsir. Dr. Rippin systematically uncovered and investigated much of the early commentary (tafsir) on the Qur'an. With his deep knowledge of how identities create community through interpretation, together with his critical approach towards claims of literary sources to their own antiquity, Rippin is a central figure in the debates about the Qur'an and the contexts in which it must be understood.
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Andrew Rippin is one of the pre-eminent authorities in the field of Islamic studies. His pioneering research focuses on interpretations of the Qur'an written in Arabic, a genre known as tafsir. With his deep knowledge and critical approach towards claims of literary sources to their own antiquity, Rippin is a central figure in the debates about the Qur'an and the contexts in which it must be understood.
Prof. Arthur S Ripstein
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Induction Year: 2010
Ripstein, Arthur - Law and Philosophy - University of Toronto
Arthur Ripstein is an international leader in the fields of legal and political philosophy. He is the world’s most significant interpreter of Immanuel Kant’s political philosophy. He is the author of Equality, Responsibility and the Law (1999) and Force and Freedom: Kant’s Legal and Political Philosophy (2009) as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
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Ripstein, Arthur - Law and Philosophy - University of Toronto
Arthur Ripstein is an international leader in the fields of legal and political philosophy, and one of Canada’s most important philosophers. He is the world’s most significant interpreter of Immanuel Kant’s political philosophy, and he uses this historical grounding in his contemporary work to show how best to understand the notion of responsibility, both morally and legally. He is the author of Equality, Responsibility, and the Law (1997) and Force and Freedom: Kant’s Legal and Political Philosophy (2009) as well as over 50 essays in journals and edited volumes.
Dr. David Risk
RSC College Member
Affiliation: St. Francis Xavier University
Keywords: Soil,gases,monitoring,greenhouse gases,energy,environmental performance,environmental impact,sensors
Induction Year: 2014
Dave Risk has made significant contributions to the understanding of how greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are released from soils and how the sequestration of greenhouse gases can be monitored. Applications of his research have been used around the world and his research collaborations to date have involved individuals in four continents. Students at all levels, Bachelors, Master’s and Doctoral, have benefitted from working with him.
Dave Risk a apporté des contributions significatives visant à mieux comprendre comment les gaz à effet de serre (dioxyde de carbone, par exemple) sont émis des sols et comment leur séquestration peut être contrôlée. Ses recherches ont été appliquées dans le monde entier et, à ce jour, il a collaboré avec des pairs sur quatre continents. Des étudiants de tous niveaux (baccalauréat, maîtrise et doctorat) ont eu la chance de travailler avec lui.
John Rist
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Eithics, Greek philosophy, patristics
John Michael Rist came to Canada in 1959 at the age of twenty-three to teach Greek Philosophy in the University of Toronto. Since that time the quality, range and versatility of his productive scholarship has been remarkable. He has published more than forty articles on subjects ranging from the Presocratics to Patristics. His first two books were on Plotinus, "Eros and Psyche: Studies in Plato, Plotinus and Origen" and "Plotinus: The Road to Reality", the other two on post-Aristotelian philosophy, "Stoic Philosophy" and "Epicurus". He has become one of the leading experts on Plotinus, Neoplatonism and Hellenistic Philosophy, and has been invited to take part in seven international colloquia. He has been Chairman of the University of Toronto Faculty Association and the Graduate Department of Classical Studies, demanding responsibilities which he has discharged with distinction. The high calibre and breadth of John Rist's contribution to his discipline and the vitality of his mind has and will continue to enrich Canada's intellectual life.
Prof. Janice Ristock
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Keywords: Women's and Gender Studies Program, Faculty of Arts
Induction Year: 2016
RISTOCK, Janice L. – Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba
Janice Ristock’s innovative research on violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Two-Spirit, and queer (LGBTQ) relationships has made ground-breaking contributions to the ways we conceptualize and respond to intimate partner violence. She is an internationally recognized trailblazer in the development of LGBTQ studies in Canada. Uniquely, she specializes in developing community-based research approaches for working with marginalized populations and studying their issues in ways that acknowledge their profound complexities.
Les recherches novatrices de Janice Ristock sur la violence dans les relations lesbiennes, gaies, bisexuelles, transgenres, bispirituelles et homosexuelles (LGBTBH) ont contribué de façon révolutionnaire à la façon dont nous conceptualisons la violence conjugale et y réagissons. Elle est une pionnière internationalement reconnue dans l’élaboration d’études LGBTBH au Canada. Exclusivement, elle se spécialise dans l’élaboration d’approches de recherche communautaires pour travailler avec les populations marginalisées et étudier leurs problèmes de façons qui reconnaissent leurs complexités profondes.
Dr. James Ritchie
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Palaeoecology, vegetation, palynology, biogeography, palaeoclimate
Born Scotland 1929; B.Sc. Aberdeen; Ph.D. Sheffield, U.K.; D.Sc. 1962 Aberdeen for "Flora and Vegetation of Northern Manitoba". In Canada from 1954. Professor Univ. Manitoba 1954-65; Trent 1965-67; Dalhousie 1968-70; Toronto (Scarborough College) 1970-present. Outstanding Late-Quaternary researcher. Imaginative and meticulous reconstructions of vegetational and climatic history of northern Canada, especially of northern Yukon, N.W.T., Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. Student of tree line fluctuations in the arctic, and of the little Ice Age. Since 1978 also Late-Quaternary reconstructions of Late-Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and palaeoclimates, of Mediterranean and North Africa, cultural and prehistorical subsistence patterns, desertification etc. 83 papers, 4 books.
Mrs. Suzanne Rivard
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Gestion des technologies de l'information, gestion de projets de systemes, implantation de technologies, gestion de risque de projets, systemes d'information
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Suzanne Rivard est reconnue pour l'importance et le caractère novateur de sa recherche dans le domaine de la gestion des technologies de l'information. Ses travaux sur la gestion de l'informatique utilisateur ont été parmi les premiers à être publiés sur un phénomène qui a considérablement modifié les relations entre usagers et experts de l’informatique. Elle est abondamment citée également pour l’évaluation et la gestion de risque en contexte d’implantation et d’impartition de systèmes d’information. Un schème de classification des mots clés, élaboré avec des collègues, est devenu une référence essentielle dans la définition de la recherche en technologies de l’information.
NOTICE COURTE
Suzanne Rivard est reconnue pour l'importance et le caractère novateur de ses recherches sur la gestion des technologies de l'information. Ses travaux novateurs, entre autres sur l'informatique utilisateur, sur l’évaluation et la gestion de risque en contexte d’implantation de systèmes et sur l’impartition des technologies de l’information, sont abondamment cités. Par ailleurs, un schème de classification des mots clés, élaboré avec des collègues, est devenu une référence essentielle dans la définition de la recherche en technologies de l’information.
Hassan Rivaz
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Concordia University
Keywords: AI in health, Ultrasound imaging, Medical image processing, Computer-aided interventions, Biomedical engineering
Induction Year: 2025
Hassan Rivaz’s ground-breaking research in the field of AI-driven ultrasound imaging has allowed this modality to transcend its limitations. By developing explainable models and integrating multimodal learning, his research has made ultrasound substantially more capable in both diagnosis and interventions. His work has also made ultrasound easier to use and less subject to users’ interpretations, so that it can be used in regions where expert clinicians are scarce.
Les recherches novatrices du professeur Hassan Rivaz dans le domaine de l’imagerie par ultrasons assistée par l’IA ont permis de repousser les limites de cette technologie. En développant des modèles explicables et en intégrant l’apprentissage multimodal, ses recherches ont considérablement amélioré les capacités de diagnostic et d’intervention de l’échographie. Ses travaux ont également rendu l’échographie plus facile à utiliser et moins sujette à l’interprétation des utilisateurs,
de sorte qu’elle peut être utilisée dans des régions où les cliniciens experts se font rares.
Dr. Maria-Luisa Rivero
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: Comparative linguistics, romance, syntax, slavic, generative grammar
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María Luisa Rivero is the foremost comparative linguist in Canada, in addition to being known worldwide as a specialist in Balkan, Romance and Slavic linguistics. She has made highly original contributions in theoretical and historical linguistics and has been a pioneer in bringing comparative research into the mainstream of formal linguistics. Rivero has demonstrated the power of comparative work to investigate the innate component in the mind that accounts for core properties in all languages, and her studies constitute an important testing ground for linguistic theory concerning language universals.
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María Luisa Rivero is known worldwide as a specialist in Balkan, Romance and Slavic linguistics. She has been a pioneer in bringing comparative research into the mainstream of formal linguistics and demonstrated the power of comparative work to investigate the innate component in the mind that accounts for core properties in all languages.
Prof. Louis-Paul Rivest
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: l'Université Laval
Induction Year: 2020
Louis-Paul Rivest is an applied statistician holding a Canada Research Chair in Statistical Sampling and Data Analysis. He is a pioneer of the mathematical theory of copulas for modeling stochastic dependence. His works in multivariate analysis, in directional statistics, on capture-recapture models and in survey sampling have had a fundamental impact on the applications of statistical sciences in finance, in actuarial sciences, in social statistics, in environmental science, and in biomechanics.
Louis-Paul Rivest est un statisticien appliqué, titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada en échantillonnage statistique et analyse de données. Il est un pionnier de la théorie mathématique des copules pour la modélisation de la dépendance stochastique. Ses travaux en analyse multidimensionnelle, en statistique directionnelle, sur les modèles de capture-recapture, et en échantillonnage ont eu un impact fondamental sur la mise en application des sciences statistiques dans le domaine de la finance, en actuariat, en statistiques sociales, en sciences environnementales et en biomécanique.
Dr. Kent Roach
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Crime, constitutions, victims, courts, remedies, terrorism, national security
Kent Roach has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of constitutional law and criminal justice. His work on criminal justice has been innovative in its attention to the growing role of both crime victims and due process norms. His work is characterized by a desire to place legal issues in the broader perspectives provided by history, politics, and attention to the entire legal process.
Dr. Bernard Robaire
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Induction Year: 2013
Bernard Robaire is a world leader in the field of male reproduction. His studies on the impact on spermatogenesis of synergistic interactions between steroids are the basis for steroid male contraceptives. His pioneering studies of androgen action revealed the pathway by which androgens act rapidly on target cells. His groundbreaking research demonstrated that paternal aging and chemical exposures alter the quality of sperm chromatin and have adverse effects on offspring.
Bernard Robaire est une autorité dans le domaine de la reproduction masculine. Ses études des effets sur la spermatogenèse des interactions synergétiques entre stéroïdes sont à l’origine des contraceptifs masculins à base de stéroïdes. Ses recherches originales de l’action androgène ont révélé un passage où les androgènes agissent rapidement sur les cellules cibles. Ses travaux révèlent que le vieillissement paternel et l’exposition à des substances chimiques modifient la qualité de la chromatine du sperme et ont des effets négatifs sur la progéniture.
Mr. Fernand Roberge
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Bioéthique, technologie et société, technologies de la santé, génie biomédical, physiologie
We would like to submit professor Roberge's nomination based on his scientific achievements in the mathematical modelling of the heart cell and the heart-thorax system. He made outstanding contributions in the development of clinical tools to characterize electrical anomalies of the organ. He plays a leading role in setting up and launching new laboratories and research groups within Université structures and at Hôpital Sacré Coeur, a major hospital center associated with the Université de Montréal.
Prof. Robert Roberts
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Induction Year: 2013
Robert Robert’s work has produced major advances in the fields of heart biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics. He developed important tests to assess heart damage in patients after a heart attack. In addition, he pioneered work defining gene mutations underlying very significant human cardiac diseases such as arrhythmias and atherosclerosis. His work is published in prestigious scientific journals and has been recognized internationally with numerous awards and honours.
Robert Roberts a réalisé des percées scientifiques dans les domaines de la biochimie cardiaque, de la biologie moléculaire et de la génétique. Il a mis au point des tests importants rendant possibles l’évaluation des dommages cardiaques chez les sujets victimes une crise cardiaque. En outre, il a découvert la nature des mutations génétiques à l’origine de maladies cardiaques importantes chez l’être humain, comme l’arythmie et l’athérosclérose. Ses travaux, dont la qualité a été saluée internationalement, sont publiés dans des revues scientifiques prestigieuses et lui ont valu de nombreux prix et plusieurs distinctions.
Mr. Jean-Claude Robert
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords: Histoire économique et sociale du Québec au 19e siècle, urbanisation, industrialisation, Montréal
Maître ès arts en histoire de l'Université de Montréal et docteur de la Sorbonne, Jean-Claude Robert publiait, dès 1975, une première synthèse substantielle sur l'histoire du Canada français après 1840 (« Du Canada français au Québec libre », Paris), puis entreprenait, en collaboration, une monumentale « Histoire du Québec contemporain » en 2 volumes. Parallèlement à ces études, il a produit quelques trente-cinq articles, brochures et rapports scientifiques qui lui ont acquis une solide réputation comme spécialiste de l'histoire économique et sociale du Québec au XIXe siècle.
Sa contribution à la connaissance des processus d'urbanisation et d'industrialisation est très importante. Peu d'historiens ont aussi bien intégré la dimension spatiale dans l'évolution historique et il n'est pas étonnant qu'il joue un rôle central dans le grand oeuvre que sera l'« Atlas historique du Canada ». Il a également participé à un grand nombre de sociétés savantes et de conseils.
L'élaborition de cette oeuvre riche, érudite et abondante, jointe à une activité d'animation exceptionnelle, font de Jean-Claude Robert un candidat idéal pour l'Académie des lettres et des sciences humaines.
Angela Roberts
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Western University
Induction Year: 2025
Angela Roberts is a Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics and Digital Health in Cognitive Aging and Dementia. Her interdisciplinary research uses digital health technologies and artificial intelligence to examine behaviours in real-world contexts. Dr. Roberts is committed to communityengaged research and knowledge mobilization aimed at extending cognitive healthspan and improving the diagnosis and management of cognitive and communication changes in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementias, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Les recherches interdisciplinaires de Angela Roberts (Chaire de recherche du Canada niveau 2) misent sur les technologies de la santé numérique et l’intelligence artificielle pour examiner les comportements dans des contextes réels. Mme Roberts se consacre à la recherche communautaire et à la mobilisation des connaissances dans le but de prolonger la santé cognitive et d’améliorer le diagnostic et la prise en charge des changements cognitifs et communicationnels liés aux maladies neurodégénératives telles que la maladie d’Alzheimer, les démences frontotemporales, la sclérose latérale amyotrophique et la maladie de Parkinson.
Prof. Raleigh John Robertson
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: Ornithology, conservation biology, behavioural ecology, field research stations.
Induction Year: 2009
Dr. Robertson is one of Canada's leading environmental scientists and a world authority in Ornithology, Conservation Biology and Behavioural Ecology. Dr. Robertson is recognized for building the Queen's University Biological Station into one of the largest and most successful field research stations in North America.
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ROBERTSON, Raleigh J. –Department of Biology, Queen’s University
Dr. Robertson is one of Canada's leading environmental scientists and a world authority in Ornithology, Conservation Biology and Behavioural Ecology. He has over 190 refereed publications, is an ISI highly cited researcher, and has trained 50 postgraduates. Dr. Robertson is recognized for building the Queen's University Biological Station into one of the largest and most successful field research stations in North America. He was the inaugural holder of the prestigious Baillie Family Chair in Conservation Biology at Queen's, and most recently received awards from the Society of Canadian Ornithologists and the Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs for lifetime contributions to Canadian biology.
Prof. Harold Robertson
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Dalhousie University
Keywords: Parkinson's Disease, Olfaction, MRI, Dopamine, Neurodegeneration
Induction Year: 2010
Robertson, Harold Arthur - Medical Sciences - Dalhousie University
Harold Arthur Roberston discovered that neural stimulation leads to rapid gene expression. This has led to breakthroughs in Parkinson’s disease, psychiatric disorders and addictions.
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Robertson, Harold Arthur - Medical Sciences - Dalhousie University
Harold Robertson has made pioneering discoveries in insect and mammalian neurobiology. One pivotal breakthrough was the discovery that neural stimulation leads to rapid gene expression in mammalian brain, which has been applied to studies of epilepsy, circadian rhythms and psychiatric disorders. Of critical importance to modern addictions research, he and Graybiel discovered that cocaine activates gene expression. His interest in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease using L-Dopa and neural transplantation led him to co-found the Halifax Brain Repair Centre, where his ideas are being applied to treatment of people with Parkinson’s disease.


