University of Manitoba
Address:
St. Boniface Hospital
C5124-409
Taché
Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
TEL: (204) 237-2948
FAX: (204) 233-7125
e-mail: aronald@ms.umanitoba.ca
Dr. Ronald is a graduate of the University of Manitoba Medical School. He
received training in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical
Microbiology in Maryland, Washington, and Pakistan.
In 1968, he returned to Manitoba to establish the University of Manitoba
Infectious Disease Program, which became internationally recognized and has been
acknowledged as Canada’s center of excellence in the research and training of
infectious diseases.
In
1980, Dr. Ronald assisted the University of Nairobi in creating one of the
premiere initiatives in health collaborations between northern and southern
institutions: The
University of Manitoba/University of Nairobi World Health Organization Research
and Training Program in Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
More than 50 Africans have earned Masters or PhD degrees due to this
program. In 2001, the Ugandan-based
Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and
Prevention in Africa was established, with Dr. Ronald as a founding
member.
Dr. Ronald, a trailblazer in the field of medicine, has chaired the University
of Manitoba Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology,
and the Department of Internal Medicine. As
Associate Dean of Research from 1993 to 1998, Dr. Ronald made contributions to
Winnipeg’s teaching hospitals as director of the Department of Clinical
Microbiology, head of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, and
physician-in-chief. He was
President of the International Society for Infectious Diseases from 1996 to
1998, and served on Medical Research Council/CIHR committees for more than 35
years. Over 500 original articles,
book chapters and reviews are included in his bibliography.
Dr. Ronald is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and he has been recognized for
is numerous contributions with the prestigious Gairdner Foundation Wightman
Award (2006), and the Canadian Medical Association’s highest honor, the F.N.G.
Starr Award. He is also a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Canada (2000).