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Michael Hayden

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Who

Michael Hayden · Science & Medicine

What

Gairdner Award (biomedicine)

When

South Africa

Where

South Africa · United States · Canada

Biography

Michael Hayden is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Gairdner Award (biomedicine)

How & why

Hayden, a South African–born Jewish geneticist at the University of British Columbia, is a leading researcher on Huntington's disease, contributing to its genetics, predictive testing and experimental therapies. He founded Vancouver's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and received the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award in 2011.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Gairdner Foundation Awards

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Gairdner Award (biomedicine)

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Gairdner Foundation Awards