Mona Nemer
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Dr. Mona Nemer
Canada’s Chief Science Advisor.
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Mona Nemer, CM CQ FRSC (born 1957) is a Lebanese-Canadian scientist specializing in molecular genetics and cardiac regeneration. She was formerly a professor of pharmacology at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Cardiac Development Research Unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) where she held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Cell Differentiation. She is a professor of biochemistry at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine, and also served as Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa from 2006 to 2017.
On September 26, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that after a selection process, Nemer was chosen as Canada's new Chief Science Advisor – the first national science advisor since 2008.
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Education
Education:
- 1977: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA.
- 1977 - 1982: PhD in Organic Chemistry, McGill University, Canad.
Work history
Previous Professions:
- 2017 - Present: Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada.
- 2006 - Present: Professor and Director of the Molecular Cardiology Lab, University of Ottawa, Canada.
- 2006 - 2017: Prefessor, Vice-President and researcher, University of Ottawa, Canada.
- 1991 - 2006: Professor and Lab Director, Université de Montréal and IRCM, Canad.
- 1997 - 2000: Academic Director, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal.