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Meet The Doctors
Dr. Patricia Kongshavn PH.D.
Co-Discoverer of Immunocal
Patricia Kongshavn received her Honors Degree in Natural Sciences as
a Major Scholar at Cambridge University, and completed her doctorate
in Immunology at McGill University after immigrating to Canada. She
subsequently joined the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University and
held appointments in the Departments of Physiology and Medicine,
becoming Full Professor in 1986. Her research was funded by
independent grants to her from the Medical Research Council of
Canada, the National Cancer Institute of Canada and the National
Institutes of Health in the United States.
In the mid-1970’s she began collaboration initiated by Dr Gustavo
Bounous to research the influence of various dietary proteins on immune
responsiveness. They published their first paper on this research in 1978
and continued their collaboration until 1989, during which period they co-
authored 14 papers. This work led to the discovery of an undenatured
whey protein concentrate that regulated glutathione levels and promoted
immune enhancing activity. This led ultimately to the production of a high
quality bioactive nutraceutical: Immunocal®.
