Richard Summerbell
- January 9, 2024
- Editor
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Richard Summerbell Biography
| Name | Richard Summerbell |
| Birthday | Jun 29 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | Brooks |
| Home Town | Alberta |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Richard Summerbell is one of the most popular and richest Editor who was born on June 29, 1956 in Brooks, Alberta, Canada. Richard C. Summerbell, born 29 June 1956, is a Canadian mycologist and author. He is also an award-winning songwriter. From 2000 to 2004, he was editor-in-chief of an international journal in mycology. He was a gay activist in the 1970s and 1980s. He also commented on controversial topics like AIDS, promiscuity, and attitudes to homosexuality within organized religion.
Summerbell was also the author of an early safe sex campaign series, “Is there a Condom In Your Life?” in Toronto gay newspaper Xtra!, beginning in 1987.
As a songwriter and musician, Summerbell released an independent CD, Light Carries On, in 2004. One song from the CD, Thank you for being My Dog, won the 7th Annual Great American Song Contest in the Special Music category and won Summerbell a place in the Great American Song Hall of Fame. Songs by Summerbell have been included in several popular compilations of music by gay musicians. He has also written contemporary lyrics for the Huron Carol.
Summerbell has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in mycology, botany and bacteriology, including research papers in Nature and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Much of the research explores opportunistic fungal pathogens—those that grow on (and at the expense of) humans and animals—and the unique ways in which these organisms exploit their environments. These environments are diverse. They include biofilms in hospital plumbing that harbour fungal pathogens which attack patients hospitalized for leukemia or major organ transplants. They also include waterfront vacation properties on streams, lakes or rivers that infect otherwise healthy visitors with the often deadly disease blastomycosis. His most cited works are on the fungi that cause human skin diseases (dermatophytes) and nail infections (onychomycosis). As of July 9, 2010, his 1989 paper on onychomycosis is the most-cited original research paper published in the over 50-year history of the journal Mycoses.
He published Abnormally happy: A Gay Dictionary in 1985. It was a funny look at gay culture and life.
Richard Summerbell Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Editor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Richard Summerbell is one of the richest Editor from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Summerbell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Summerbell was born in Brooks, Alberta. He trained as a botanist and received his master’s degree at the University of British Columbia. His doctorate degree came from the University of Toronto. Since 1978, he has been living with Ross Fraser, his partner. He currently resides in Toronto.
Summerbell started his career as a gay activist when he was elected president of the University of British Columbia’s gay and lesbian student organization. From 1978 to 1980, he was the co-host of Coming Out. This radio program featured Canada’s first gay-leaning radio station on CFRO-FM in Vancouver. From 1982 to 1986, he was editor of The Body Politic gay liberation magazine. He also contributed to Q Magazine and other early Canadian gay magazines. He was a prominent gay activist and was a commentator on controversial topics like AIDS and homosexuality.
Summerbell spent a decade as the Chief of Medical Mycology at the Ontario Ministry of Health Public Health Lab in Toronto, followed by 6 years as senior scientist at the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, a mycological institute and branch of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Utrecht. He was editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Medical Mycology from 2000 to 2004. Since 2008, he has been a faculty member of the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health and research director of Sporometrics, a Toronto-based microbiological testing company.
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