Daniel Gaudet MD, PhD

Daniel Gaudet, MD, Ph.D., is a professor of medicine at the University de Montreal and the scientific director of the Genome Quebec Technology Platform (biobank) in Chicoutimi. He founded the University de Montreal Community Genomics Medicine Center, the Lipid Research Group, and the Lipid Clinic at the Chicoutimi Hospital, where he was also the director of research for ten years.

In 2000, Dr. Gaudet founded ECOGENE-21. This huge enterprise in translational medicine aims at the development and evaluation of diagnostic tools, novel treatments, new knowledge and technologies from research in genetics and omic sciences, and their application to clinical practice at the community level. The ECOGENE-21 Clinical Research Center operates in conjunction with Boreal Pharma Recherche Clinique and employs a workforce of some 25 qualified research assistants and professionals, all trained in Good Clinical Practices (GCP).

It gathers six well-equipped laboratories and executes some 15 to 20 clinical studies each year. The Center develops innovative technologies and participates in their transfer and commercialization. Its offer of services extends to acting as a central laboratory and coordination center for complex studies, from proof of concept (POC) to early development phases.