Dan Werb
{{Short description|Canadian epidemiologist and former musician}}
Dan Werb is a Canadian epidemiologist and former musician.Alex Hudson, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dan_werb_of_woodhands_awarded_15_million_grant_for_science_research "Dan Werb of Woodhands Awarded $1.5 Million Grant for HIV/AIDS Research"]. Exclaim!, July 8, 2015.
Musical career
As a musician he is best known for his musical work with the dance punk band Woodhands,Ben Rayner, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2010/03/11/canadian_music_week_woodhands_could_use_a_few_more.html "Canadian Music Week: Woodhands could use a few more"]. Toronto Star, March 11, 2010. and his collaboration with Maylee Todd in the project Ark Analog.Alex Hudson, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/maylee_todd_woodhands_dan_werb_unveil_new_ark_analog_single_book_canadian_tour_dates "Maylee Todd and Woodhands' Dan Werb Unveil New Ark Analog Single, Book Canadian Tour Dates"]. Exclaim!, August 27, 2013. 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.[https://nowtoronto.com/music/a-trip-through-the-national-parks-project/ "A trip through the National Parks Project"]. Now, May 18, 2011.
Scientific research
As 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. In 2015, he received a research grant for work in HIV/AIDS and drug addiction prevention.
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.Denise Davidson, [https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/books/story/2019-06-15/author-dan-werb-city-of-omens "In ‘City of Omens,’ author shares women’s tales of survival in Tijuana"]. San Diego Union-Tribune, June 16, 2019. The book was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2019 Governor General's Awards.[https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/michael-crummey-among-fiction-finalists-for-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.4620022 "Michael Crummey among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. CTV News, October 2, 2019.
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.Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/11/02/writers-trust-2022-book-award-winners-collect-270000-in-prizes.html "Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes"]. Toronto Star, November 2, 2022.
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