Brian Ward

Dr Ward was trained at McGill, Oxford (Rhodes scholar 1977), University of London and Johns Hopkins. He returned to McGill in 1991 where he is currently a full professor in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine. Dr Ward has served in many different roles nationally and internationally in matters related to global health and vaccines. He was elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2012 and, among other responsibilities, chairs of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute of Infection and Immunity of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Since 2017, he has also served as medical officer for Medicago Inc. He has a wide range of research interests and has published >270 peer-reviewed manuscripts.