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Judes Poirier

Academic title(s): 

Professor

Contact Information
Email address: 
judes.poirier [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-761-6131 ext. 6153
Fax number: 
514-888-4094
Address: 

Douglas Mental Health University Institute
6825 LaSalle Blvd
Montreal, Quebec
H4H 1R3

Degree(s): 

PhD

Areas of expertise: 

Alzheimer's/neurodegenerative diseases, genetics, pharmacogenomics

Biography: 

Born in Montreal, Dr. Poirier is a full professor of medicine and psychiatry at 91社区, Director of the Molecular Neurobiology Unit at the Douglas University Mental Health Institute, and a senior scientist of the Canadian Institute for Aging Research. Dr. Poirier has made key contributions to the advancement of scientific research on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. He is internationally renowned for his works on the role of apolipoprotein E in the normal and injured brain and in the genetics of Alzheimer's disease. Besides his seminal contribution in the field of the neurobiology of apolipoprotein E, he has been a pioneer in the establishment of the pharmacogenomic bases of brain disease treatments.

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