Emil Skamene, CQ FRSC (27 August 1941 – 3 October 2024) was a Canadian immunologist and medical researcher.
Skamene was born in Buczacz, Poland (now part of Ukraine).
[1] Skamene was the Director of Research for the McGill University Health Centre, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, and a Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Human Genetics, and the Institute of Parasitology.
In 2005, he was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the National Order of Quebec.
Skamene died in Hudson, Quebec on 3 October 2024, at the age of 83.