Dr. Schechter's background includes mathematics, medicine and clinical epidemiology. He received a PhD in Mathematics from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, an MD from McMaster University and a MSc of Epidemiology from the University of Toronto.

Since 1985, Dr. Schechter has lectured extensively on issues related to HIV and AIDS. His areas of expertise include the analysis and interpretation of trial results, the design of clinical trials and the epidemiology of AIDS in Canada. He has published his research in such journals as The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Annals of Internal Medicine and The American Journal of Epidemiology, and has presented his work at several national and international AIDS conferences.

Dr. Schechter is also a Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, and is Chair of the UBC Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He holds the NHRDP's National Health Scientist Award in the field of AIDS and is past President of the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR). In 1994, Dr. Schechter was invested into the Order of British Columbia for his research contributions. More recently, Dr. Schechter was Co-Chair of the XI International Conference on AIDS, held in Vancouver in July 1996.

Dr. Schechter can be reached at <mschechter@hivnet.ubc.ca>