Denis Cormier-Piché
Received North America’s first-ever HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplant at the CHUM
“Thanks to the CHUM and its decades of research, I received some of the most advanced care out there—and a transplant that has restored my quality of life. My dream is that we can continue to grow our understanding of HIV so that we can finally eradicate it for good.”
What drives us
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Six new Canadians are infected with HIV every day.
There is currently no effective vaccine against HIV, a disease that affects 37 million people worldwide, including 1.7 million children. In Canada, progress has been made in slowing the disease’s progression using triple therapies, but this medication has to be taken for life. There has also been a notable rise in HIV / Hepatitis C coinfection, a development that raises major challenges for care and treatment.
What you make possible
Eradicating HIV using a new, innovative cocktail
The SANGRE program: Better treatments for sickle cell disease
Making Montréal the first HCV-free city in North America
Bacterial DNA and genes: The key to outpacing tuberculosis
