Immune & Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (inc. Arthritis)

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
• Professor, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties
• Head, Chair in Osteoarthritis, University of Montreal
• Director, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Centre Research Centre (CRCHUM), Notre-Dame Hospital

EDUCATION:
• BSc, Molecular Biology (1973), UQAM
• Master's Degree in Physiology (1975), PhD in Physiology (1979), Department of Medicine, University of Montreal
• Postdoctoral studies, Department of Biophysics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec (1978-1979) and Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), University of Miami, Miami, Florida (1979-1981)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis
• Study of new anti-arthritic molecules, ex vivo in humans and in vivo in animal models, and of anti- and pro-catabolic molecules
• Study of molecular mechanisms of metalloproteases and of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines
• Study of the pathophysiology of subchondral bone in osteoarthritis