Julie Fradette PhD

Pr. Fradette has been a regular researcher at the CRCHU de Quebec-Laval University since 2005, and a full professor of the Department of Surgery of the Laval University School of Medicine. After a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry (1991-1994, U Laval) and a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology focused on the study of skin epithelial stem cells (1994-1999, U Laval, with L. Germain, LOEX), she acquired specialization in gene therapy during her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh (1999-2004, with J. Glorioso III, U Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Her current research program is based on the use of human adipose-derived stromal-stem cells in regenerative medicine. Since September of 2015, she has been the director of the TheCell network, the province of Quebec network for cell and tissue therapy supported by the FRQS.