Education and Appointments

· PhD (Doctorat d'Etat Es-Sciences médicales) in Experimental Oncology and Cancer Pharmacology from René-Descartes and Lariboisiere/Sorbonne Universities in Paris, and the National Cancer Institute at Villejuif, France

· Specialized diploma in Cancer Pharmacology and Genetic Toxicology, Rene-Descartes and Lariboisiere/Sorbonne Universities in Paris

· Specialized degree in General Oncology, Paris-Sud Krémlin Bicetre University of Medicine, Paris

· Postdoctoral training at the Cancer Center of the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY, USA.

· Present position: Professor, Departments of Medicine/Oncology and the Cancer Centre at McGill University; Director of the laboratory of Cancer Pharmacogenomics & Target Discovery at the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital; Leader, Drug Discovery Program, Montreal Centre for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer

· Member of the Centres for Translational Research in Cancer and Neuroscience

 

Awards

Research Scholar (chercheur national), Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ); Dundi and Lyon Sachs Distinguished Scientist, Jewish General Hospital