Obituary: Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, 1966–2015: living the dream

Obituary: William J Sibbald, MD, FRCP(C)

William Sibbald was born June 28, 1946, and died September 14, 2006, at his home in Toronto, Ontario, surrounded by his family after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 60 years old. Up until two days before his death, he remained the Physician-in-Chief of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Critical Care and a lifelong dynamic force for the advance...

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Obituary: Roger Alan Brumback, MD (1948-2013).

Summarizing someone’s life work and achievements can be relatively straightforward, even for an individual as prolific as Roger Brumback. Placing their accomplishments into perspective and highlighting what is most meaningful among a lifetime of notable achievements are much more challenging tasks. Making sense of the terrible tragedy of 2 productive lives cut short, on the other hand, is impos...

recipe for translational research in INDIA: MD-PhD or PhD-MD?

The current scientific scenario in India overemphasizes translational research without highlighting need to bring educational and training reforms that can enable such translational research. It is widely believed that there are two cycles of translation, namely T1 cycle which is characterised by bench to bedside approach and the T2 cycle which is characterised by bedside to bench approach. Bot...

Obituary for Prof. Helena Rašková, MD., DSc., Dr.h.c.

Correspondence address: Jana Navarová, PhD. President of the Society Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic TEL.: +421-2-59410679 • E-MAIL: [email protected] world. She took an active part in the education of Slovak pharmacologists, and she supported the development pharmacology, actively helping young Slovak pharmacologists obtain postgraduat...