Dr. Bernard Wolfe is an Exeter alumnus and Rhodes Scholar (1958). He is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, which awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, he focused scientifically on unravelling the pathological processes underlying diseases associated with aging and with nutritional excess.
He and his colleagues made a number of contributions to medical knowledge and practice, including developing treatment for menopausal symptoms that transformed the care of the menopause, discovering that skeletal bone which has been weakened by aging can be restored with bisphosphonate therapy in order to prevent future bone fracture, discovering that Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disorder and discovering that the substitution of protein for sugar and starch in the diet lowers appetite and decreases the levels of the blood cholesterol components, which when elevated predispose to heart attacks and stroke.
