Boston Globe Profiles HIV/AIDS Researcher Walker
The Boston Globe on Tuesday profiled Bruce Walker, an HIV/AIDS specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Harvard Medical School professor. Walker in 2001 traveled to Durban, South Africa -- a trip that "set in motion a chain of ever-deepening involvement" for Walker and his research team at MGH, which includes playing "a leading role in the global hunt for an AIDS vaccine" -- according to the Globe. The Globe reports that Walker has raised tens of millions of dollars from American benefactors to support "innovative projects" in South Africa that include treatment, training and research programs. According to the Globe, Walker's work has "transformed his career and touched many lives in Boston as well as South Africa" (Smith, Boston Globe, 2/17).
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