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Marcel Behr

Marcel Behr
Contact Information
Address: 

69热视频 Health Centre, 1001 boul. D茅carie, E05.1808, Montreal

Email address: 
marcel.behr [at] mcgill.ca
Department: 
Department of Medicine
Biography: 

Dr. Marcel Behr is a clinician-scientist. He was the founding Director of the 69热视频 International TB Centre and led it from 2012 to 2018. He is Director of the 69热视频 Infectious Diseases Division and the 69热视频 Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (69热视频-i4). Dr. Behr trained at the University of Toronto, Queen鈥檚, 69热视频 and Stanford. Dr. Behr鈥檚 work has helped clarify the natural history of TB, determined the basis of BCG attenuation, identified differences between closely related mycobacterial species and strains, and explained the molecular basis for the use of mycobacteria as immune adjuvants.

Group: 
Associate member
Research areas: 
Public Health
Pandemic and Health Emergencies
Infectious Diseases
Specialization: 

Tuberculosis; genomic epidemiology

Media availability: 
Print
Language(s) spoken: 
English
French
Language(s) written: 
English
French
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