Auteur: PhD, R Psych John W. Robinson

Richard J. Wassersug, Ph D, is a research scientist who earned his doctoral degree in evolutionary biology from the University of Chicago in Illinois. He then spent most of his career studying the biology of amphibians and teaching anatomy in the medical school at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the age of 52 years, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and has received multiple treatments for the disease. After beginning androgen deprivation therapy, he redirected his research to study the psychology of androgen deprivation in various populations. Wassersug now holds the title of Honorary Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.