Person: Dr Rémi Quirion

Dr Yves Joanette has been appointed scientific director of the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) as well as the executive director of CIHR’s International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer’s disease. Joanette was recently president and CEO of the Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec (FRSQ) and chair of its…

Dr Rémi Quirion has been appointed Quebec’s first chief scientist, and chair of the board of the directors of the newly created Fonds de recherche du Québec, fulfilling a key component of the province’s updated research and innovation strategy. Quirion is an internationally renowned researcher and research administrator in the area of Alzheimer’s disease, with…