FOCUS in Sound

On this edition of Focus In Sound, we meet a young investigator who is making significant contributions to our basic knowledge of cell signaling pathways, cell death mechanisms, innate immunity, infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders. Dr. Maya Saleh of McGill University was named an Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund in 2009. Maya received her Ph.D. at McGill in 2001, served post-docs at Merck and the La Jolla Institute, and in 2005 returned to McGill to join the faculty. She is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Director of the Inflammation and Cancer Program. She is also an Associate Member in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, an Associate Member of the Goodman Cancer Centre, and a member of the Center for the Study of Host Resistance and the Division of Critical Care of the McGill University Health Centre Research Institute.