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Dr. Michel Chrétien receives 2015 Wilder-Penfield Prix du Québec


November 12, 2015

Dr. Michel Chrétien recently received the Wilder-Penfield Prix du Québec for outstanding contributions to biomedical research. Dr. Chrétien is known around the world for his prohormone theory and the discovery of pro-protein convertases. Since his group discovered these enzymes in 1990, research in the field has exploded and has led to therapeutically important insights into a number of diseases, including familial hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cancer and viral infections like SARS, avian flu and HIV.

Dr. Chrétien has played a major leadership role in the Ottawa health research community, especially during his time as CEO and Scientific Director of the Loeb Health Research Institute, predecessor of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute at the Civic Campus.

Details are available here.

The Ottawa Hospital’s Chrétien Researcher of the Year Award is also named after Dr. Chrétien.

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