Emil Skamene

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Emil Skamene
Born(1941-08-27)27 August 1941
OccupationImmunologist
Awards National Order of Quebec

Emil Skamene, CQ FRSC (born 27 August 1941) is a Canadian Immunologist and medical researcher.

He is the Director of Research for the McGill University Health Centre, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, and a Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Human Genetics, and the Institute of Parasitology.

In 2005, he was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the National Order of Quebec. In 2001, he was awarded the Prix Armand-Frappier. In 1997, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.


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