St. Joseph's Healthcare/McMaster University
Research Laboratory
50 Charlton Avenue East
Microbiology Dept. Room L424
Hamilton,
ON
Canada
L8N4A6
Email:
chernesk@mcmaster.ca
Biographical Sketch:
2003-present--Professor Emeritus, Departments of Pediatrics, and Pathology and Molecular Medicine McMaster University Hamilton, ON Canada
2000-2003--Professor of Pediatrics, and Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University
1990-2000--Director of Medical Microbiology, and Head of Medical Microbiology Services, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
1984-1990--Head of Microbiology Services, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario
1984-2003--Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University
1977-1983--Director - McMaster University Regional Virology and Chlamydiology Laboratories and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Pathology
1973-1976--Virologist - Hamilton Regional Virology Laboratory Professional non-medical Consulting Staff, St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics
McMaster University, Hamilton
1970-1972--Professional Research Assistant (M.R.C.) and Clinical Instructor-Department of Pediatrics
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1969-1970--Postdoctoral Fellow University of British Columbia
Numerous awards such as the Diagnostic Virology Award from the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 1996, and the Canadian College of Microbiologists Distinguished Service Award 2003
Author or coauthor of more than 200 publications and book chapters primarily relating diagnostic virology and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) spanning over a 40 year career.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings both nationally and internationally and as invited speaker or lecturer.