Durhane Wong-Rieger is a Chinese

China

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-born, American

United States

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-raised http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/18/38/News/feature.html, Canadian with a Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in psychology. She is best known for her role as an advocate of patients who contracted diseases such as HIV

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

 and hepatitis C

Hepatitis C

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 from tainted blood transfusions, in particular from the Health Management Associates scandal

Health Management Associates Scandal

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Wong-Rieger served on the board of directors for Canadian Blood Services

Canadian Blood Services

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 before resigning in 1999; as well, she has been the president of the Canadian Hemophilia Society, the Anemia Institute

Anemia

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, and the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

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She was the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Toronto Centre-Rosedale during the 1999 Ontario election

Ontario general election, 1999

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, but lost to George Smitherman

George Smitherman

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She has two children.

External links

• Wong-Rieger's bio at Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario