Max Cynader

Max Sigmund Cynader, CM OBC FRSC (born 24 February 1947) is a Canadian ophthalmologist and neuroscientist. He currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Brain Development.[1]

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Max Cynader
Born (1947-02-24) 24 February 1947
Berlin, Germany
Alma materMcGill University
MIT
AwardsOrder of Canada
Order of British Columbia
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology, Neuroscience
InstitutionsDalhousie University
University of British Columbia

Born in Berlin in a displaced persons camp, the son of Polish Jews who escaped Poland before the invasion of Poland,[2] Cynader emigrated to Canada in 1951.[3] Cynader received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1967 and a Ph.D. from MIT in 1972. He did postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute in Germany before teaching in the departments of psychology and physiology at Dalhousie University. In 1988, he became head of the Ophthalmology Research Group in the University of British Columbia.[4] He is the founding Director of the Brain Research Centre and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia.[5]

Honours

References
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  2. "Editor's Note: April 2011". Vancouver Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05.
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  4. Ian P. Howard. Perceiving in Depth, Volume 1: Basic Mechanisms.
  5. "Max S. Cynader". Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  6. "2007 Recipient: Max S. Cynader – Vancouver".
  7. Order of Canada citation
  8. "Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal". Archived from the original on 2012-12-04.
  9. "Dr. Max Cynader". Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18.



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