Dan Werb is a Canadian epidemiologist and former musician.[1]
Musical career
editAs a musician he is best known for his musical work with the dance punk band Woodhands,[2] and his collaboration with Maylee Todd in the project Ark Analog.[3] In 2011 he also participated in the National Parks Project, collaborating with musicians Sebastien Grainger and Jennifer Castle, and filmmaker Catherine Martin, to produce and score a short documentary film about Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve in Quebec.[4]
Scientific research
editAs an epidemiologist, he has been associated with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy and the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.[1] In 2015, he received a research grant for work in HIV/AIDS and drug addiction prevention.[1]
In 2019, he published the book City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands, an examination of the complex factors threatening the safety of poor women in the Tijuana area of Mexico.[5] The book was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.[6]
His 2022 book The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure was the winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Alex Hudson, "Dan Werb of Woodhands Awarded $1.5 Million Grant for HIV/AIDS Research". Exclaim!, July 8, 2015.
- ^ Ben Rayner, "Canadian Music Week: Woodhands could use a few more". Toronto Star, March 11, 2010.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Maylee Todd and Woodhands' Dan Werb Unveil New Ark Analog Single, Book Canadian Tour Dates". Exclaim!, August 27, 2013.
- ^ "A trip through the National Parks Project". Now, May 18, 2011.
- ^ Denise Davidson, "In ‘City of Omens,’ author shares women’s tales of survival in Tijuana". San Diego Union-Tribune, June 16, 2019.
- ^ "Michael Crummey among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". CTV News, October 2, 2019.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes". Toronto Star, November 2, 2022.
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