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“Doctor #BrettTindall devoted his short life to researching a cure for HIV/AIDS. He was the first patient in the world identified by Dr David Cooper (now sadly the late Professor David Cooper) to convert from HIV- to HIV+.
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His tireless research has played a vital role in helping medical science progress to the medications we now have available. Brett died from AIDS shortly before the life saving medications became available.
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The proudest moment of Brett’s life was to obtain his Doctorate shortly before his death. His contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS was enormous. He was a wonderfully loyal and dear friend to so many throughout the world. He is fondly remembered by us all!
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Although not positive herself, Kathleen devoted her life caring for people with HIV/AIDS. She nursed Brett in his final battle against HIV/AIDS. When Brett died she joined the WHO to set up the HIV centre in Indonesia. She then transferred to India to set up a clinic there. Because of the high rate of homeless HIV+ woman in India, rejected for being HIV+, Kathleen set up a shelter for positive women.
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Tragically Kathleen died from an unknown cause 12 years ago. Kathleen was another devoted and loyal friend loved by all who knew her. Both Brett and Kathleen are still very much missed!” — by David Polson
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My dearest friend contracted AIDS and died. ...
A career in mainstream medicine was cut short when his HIV + status was discovered. Many people would have, many have, given up all hope. Now Brett, had found a new goal and as with everything he did, he approached this unknown disease with skill and determination.
Brett was a brilliant researcher, writing many articles for publication in medical journals. His articles and conference presentations were respected world wide. As Senior Scientist and later as Doctor Brett Tindall, he was Head of the Clinical Research Unit of NCHECR. ...
This is from The Wind In The Willows, a favourite piece of Brett's.
"Who can tell?" said the Badger. "People come - they stay for awhile, they flourish, they build - and they go. It is there way. But we remain. There were badgers here, I've been told, long before that same city ever came to be. And there now there are badgers here again. We are an enduring lot, and we may move out for a time, but we wait, and we are patient, and back we come. And so it will ever be."
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The Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture awarded by the Kirby Institute to a world leader in infectious disease research.
It is awarded in memory of Dr Brett Tindall, who was one of the Kirby Institute’s first researchers in the 1980s and died of AIDS in 1994. Brett's research focussed on the process of seroconversion and the body's responses to the entry of HIV.
