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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Cuban scientific community that knew Prof. Convit´s work on leishmaniasis and other diseases, regret very much his lost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>His legacy will be a good example of long dedication to Science for new generations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ana M. Montalvo PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Laboratorio de Leishmania<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Departamento de Parasitología<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br] <b>En nombre de </b>Martin Sanchez<br><b>Enviado el:</b> miércoles, 14 de mayo de 2014 8:38<br><b>Para:</b> Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br; Jeffrey Shaw<br><b>Asunto:</b> [Leish-l] Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I regret to inform the scientific community of the list today we buried our Maestro! Professor. Jacinto Convit who passed away on Monday, May 12 at the age of 100</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Professor Convit a great medical researcher born in Caracas Venezuelan in September 1913, stood out nationally and internationally as a leader in studies in the field of Dermatology and Public Health , developing models immunization against leprosy and leishmaniasis at the end of the eighties , which led him to be among the nominees for the Nobel Prize in Medicine .</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> Dr. Convit created in the decade of the seventies, the National Institute of Dermatology, current (Institute of Biomedicine , which to date was its director. Added to this , among his achievements the creation of the network of national dermatological outpatient programs and the establishment of monitoring and control of diseases such as leprosy , leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis, paracoccidioidomycosis .</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Author of over 200 scientific publications, , recognized nationally and internationally by his immunization models of endemic diseases in the country, and in recent years for development studies in cancer immunotherapy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Jacinto Convit received numerous national and international awards , some of which the Sovereign Order of Malta, Knight Grade " Religionis " (1969 ) , Armand Frappier Institute Medal Armand Frappier in Canada (1979 ) , Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research of Spain (1987 ) , "Health for all by the Year 2000 " WHO - PAHO (1988 ) , " Abraham Horwitz for American Health " Prize for the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF ), Washington Medal (1989 ) , Guy Number ( chair No. XXXI) of the National Academy of Medicine, Venezuela (1990 ) , " Mexico Science and Technology " award from the Government of the United States of Mexico (1990) and the Legion of Honor of France ( 2011 ) .</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Dr Convit always be remembered for his patients, his humility, constant service vocation for over 75 years and her dedication to the health of Latin American </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>may his soul rest in peace</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Martín A. Sánchez S. PhD<br>Laboratorio de Biología Celular<br>Instituto de Biomedicina<br>UCV- MSDS<br>Sàn nicolas a Providencia Apdo.4043<br>Caracas 1010A Venezuela<br>Tel: +58-212-8625326/8305323<br>Fax:+58-212-8619593/8611258<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>--<br><i>This email was sent by icb.usp.br </i> <o:p></o:p></p></div><!--[object_id=#ipk.sld.cu#]--><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>
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