{"id":948,"date":"2017-04-18T21:11:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jacquesdechamplain.com\/mission\/soutien-la-recherche\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:53:35","slug":"soutien-la-recherche","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jacquesdechamplain.com\/en\/mission\/soutien-la-recherche\/","title":{"rendered":"Research support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-948\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-948-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"jdc-row-theme__white panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-948-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-948-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Support research in the cardiovascular field<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The advancement of medical research in the field of cardiovascular health in Quebec is an important element of the Jacques de Champlain Foundation\u2019s mission. Since its creation in 2009, the Foundation has established three initiatives to stimulate research in the cardiovascular field: the Symposium, the Award for Excellence in Research, and a research grant in resuscitation developed in partnership with the <i>Association des m\u00e9decins d\u2019urgence du Qu\u00e9bec (AMUQ)<\/i>. You can find all the details concerning these initiatives in this section of the Foundation\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-948-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stetoscope.png\" width=\"251\" height=\"298\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-948-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"jdc-row-vertical-centered jdc-row-theme__white panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-948-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-948-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_9654.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_9654.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_9654-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_9654-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_9654-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSC_9654-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-948-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Resuscitation Grant<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>This grant addresses to all members of the Association des m\u00e9decins d'urgence du Qu\u00e9bec (AMUQ), particularly to resident doctors and junior researchers interested in research in cardiovascular resuscitation care (CPR and defibrillation). A description of the grant as well as the selection criteria can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amuq.qc.ca\/recherche\/bourse-de-recherche-jacques-de-champlain\/\">AMUQ website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-948-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-widget-buttongroups panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-siteorigin-widget-buttongroups so-widget-siteorigin-widget-buttongroups-default-d75171398898-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups siteorigin-widget-buttongroups__primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--title\">\n\t\t\t\tLaureates\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-group siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn-group\" role=\"group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;size-medium wp-image-2930 alignleft&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/jacquesdechamplain-production\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/44783452_2097990403586758_1362764686042333184_n-300x224.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;224&quot; \/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Alexis Cournoyer&lt;\/strong&gt; won the 2018 Research Grant for his project titled &lt;em&gt;Impact d&#039;une modification de la prise en charge pr&eacute;hospitali&egrave;re pour les patients souffrant d&rsquo;arr&ecirc;t cardiaque r&eacute;fractaire pour les diriger vers des centres pouvant effectuer de la r&eacute;animation par circulation extracorporelle: &eacute;tude de faisabilit&eacute;&lt;\/em&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Cournoyer is an emergency physician at H&ocirc;pital du Sacr&eacute;-Coeur de Montr&eacute;al. His PhD research focuses on different dimensions of the prehospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2018\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignleft size-medium wp-image-3445&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122893042_3663688470350269_3404596667871830997_n-300x196.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;196&quot; \/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Drs Laurence d&#039;Amours&lt;\/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Daniel Negreanu&lt;\/strong&gt; won the 2020 Research Grant for their project titled &lt;em&gt;Assessment of Canadian Public External Defibrillator Registries&lt;\/em&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The recipients are respectively internal medicine residents at Universit&eacute; Laval and McGill University.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Their research project was presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Meeting in October 2020 and published in the &lt;em&gt;Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open&lt;\/em&gt; in December 2020.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.cjcopen.ca\/article\/S2589-790X(20)30232-8\/fulltext&quot;&gt;Link to publication&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignleft wp-image-3987&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Dre-Laurence-DAmours-2e-versement-bourse-Reanimation-1024x680.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;365&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2020\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;size-medium wp-image-4140 alignleft&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Photo-gagnant-Bourse-de-recherche-Reani-mation-2022-300x255.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;255&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Mathieu Groulx&lt;\/strong&gt; won the 2022 Research Grant for his project titled &lt;em&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Assessment of bystander defibrillation coverage with a governmental strategy of systematic placement of AEDs in 24\/7 ATMs: a descriptive study&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/em&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Groulx is a resident physician in the specialized emergency medicine program at McGill University.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2022\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Clarence Guilbault&lt;\/strong&gt; is the recipient of the 2023 Resuscitation Grant for the projet titled &lt;em&gt;R&eacute;vision de l&rsquo;impact de l&rsquo;implantation des param&eacute;dics en soins avanc&eacute;s sur la mortalit&eacute; et la morbidit&eacute; des patients victimes d&rsquo;un arr&ecirc;t cardiorespiratoire extrahospitalier en Mont&eacute;r&eacute;gie-Centre&lt;\/em&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Guilbault is a physician in the Emergency Department at H&ocirc;pital Pierre-Boucher.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2023\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img class=&quot; wp-image-6859 alignleft&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581927282_1233979082099843_6674109148061403519_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;159&quot; height=&quot;195&quot; \/&gt;Dr. Camille Lebel&lt;\/strong&gt; is the recipient of the 2025 Resuscitation Grant for the projet titled &lt;em&gt;Influence des caract&eacute;ristiques inh&eacute;rentes au patient sur le d&eacute;placement du massage cardiaque lors de la r&eacute;animation cardiorespiratoire guid&eacute;e par &eacute;chographie trans&oelig;sophagienne&lt;\/em&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Lebel is a resident physician in the specialized emergency medicine program at Universit&eacute; de Montr&eacute;al.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2025\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal fade siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" id=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-948-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"winner siteorigin-panels-stretch jdc-row-vertical-centered jdc-row-theme__blue-zodiac panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-948-2\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-948-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Award of Excellence<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>This prize, presented by the Jacques de Champlain Foundation, is awarded to a young scientist that stands out\u00a0in terms of the quality of their research project submitted to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec.\u00a0 Both foundations jointly donate a sum of\u00a0 $20,000 to help further finance the research project. Moreover, the recipient is invited to propose a theme and select speakers that will present their respective research projects at the following year\u2019s Symposium. In this sense, we aim to promote scientific interactions and help stimulate the career of a young promising researcher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-948-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-widget-buttongroups panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-siteorigin-widget-buttongroups so-widget-siteorigin-widget-buttongroups-default-d75171398898-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups siteorigin-widget-buttongroups__default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--title\">\n\t\t\t\tLaureates\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-group siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn-group\" role=\"group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignnone size-medium wp-image-1312&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/jacquesdechamplain-production\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Girouard-235x300.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;235&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Girouard won the 2012 Jacques de Champlain Award of Excellence in cardiovascular research for her project titled: &ldquo;Neurovascular coupling in angiotensin II-induced hypertension&rdquo;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;In 2002, Dr Girouard completed her PhD in cardiovascular physiology at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Jacques de Champlain. She also completed a post-doctorate in neurobiology in 2006 as well as a post-doctorate in pharmacology in 2008. Since 2008, she has been the Director of the Research Unit in cerebrovascular pharmacology and professor in the department of pharmacology of the University of Montreal. She is also associate professor at the research center of the Institut universitaire de g&eacute;riatrie de Montr&eacute;al.&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/cerebrovascularlab.com\/about.html&quot;&gt;http:\/\/cerebrovascularlab.com\/about.html&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2012\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignnone size-medium wp-image-1319&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/jacquesdechamplain-production\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cerruti-189x300.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;189&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Marta Cerruti won the 2013 Jacques de Champlain Award of Excellence in cardiovascular research for her project titled: &ldquo;Mechanism of Vascular Calcification and its Prevention&rdquo;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Marta Cerruti is holder of the Canada Research Chair in Biosynthetic Interfaces and professor in Mining and Materials engineering at McGill University since may 2015. She is a chemist who specializes in the characterization and optimization of interface phenomena between synthetic materials and biomolecules. She received her doctorate in 2004 from the University of Turin. She is interested in the understanding and control of surface phenomena, particularly those that concern the interface between synthetic materials and biological molecules.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/biointerfacelab.mcgill.ca&quot;&gt;http:\/\/biointerfacelab.mcgill.ca&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2013\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignnone size-medium wp-image-1334&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/jacquesdechamplain-production\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bousette-257x300.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;257&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Nicolas Bousette won the 2014 Jacques de Champlain Award of Excellence in cardiovascular research for her project titled: &ldquo;The Protective role of Perilipin-2 in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy&rdquo;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;In 2007, Dr. Bousette completed his PhD in experimental medicine at McGill Unversity followed by a post-doctorate in physiology at Univeristy of Toronto in 2011. Since 2011, he has been a researcher at the Institut de cardiologie de Montreal and professor at the department of surgery of the Univeristy of Montreal. His laboratory focuses primarily on the effects of lipotoxicity on cardiac health. Lipotoxicity, also known as toxicity of intracellular lipids, is a frequently encountered pathology in diabetic patients. His team is also collaborating in the clinical setting in order to apply knowledge to real clinical scenarios in the hopes of developing more effective therapeutic practices.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.icm-mhi.org\/en\/research\/labs\/fundamental-laboratories\/study-molecular-pathways-cardiac-lipotoxicity&quot;&gt;https:\/\/www.icm-mhi.org\/en\/research\/labs\/fundamental-laboratories\/study-molecular-pathways-cardiac-lipotoxicity&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2014\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignnone wp-image-1355 size-medium&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/jacquesdechamplain-production\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Boivin-260x300.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;260&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Benoit Boivin won the 2015 Jacques de Champlain Award of Excellence in cardiovascular research for her project titled: &ldquo;Understanding PTP1B regulation of microRNA-mediated gene silencing in cardiac hypertrophy&rdquo;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;In 2005, Dr. Boivin completed his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Montreal as well as a post-doctorate on phosphatase regulation at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 2011. Until 2015, he was a researcher at the Institut de cardiologie de Montreal and professor at the department of medicine of at the University of Montreal. Since 2016, he has been professor at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute. His research aims to understand the molecular mechanisms behind the development of cardiac hypertrophy. More precisely, by using multiple biochemical approaches, he is studying how tyrosine phosphatase proteins control signaling pathways that eventually lead to hypertrophy and congestive heart failure.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.sunycnse.com\/AboutUs\/FacultyStaff\/Faculty\/BenBoivin.aspx&quot;&gt;http:\/\/www.sunycnse.com\/AboutUs\/FacultyStaff\/Faculty\/BenBoivin.aspx&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2015\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignnone wp-image-1803 size-medium&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/jacquesdechamplain-production\/app\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Martel-300x300.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Catherine Martel won the 2016 Jacques de Champlain Award of Excellence in cardiovascular research for her project titled: &ldquo;Lymphatic vessel function in atherosclerosis&rdquo;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Catherine Martel obtained her doctorate in 2009 from the University of Montreal and then continued on to do her postdoctoral training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She also worked at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis Missouri, throughout which she won the Junior Investigator Award for Women from the America Heart Association. Her work aims to determine the physiopathological role of the lymphatic network in the initiation, progression and regression of atherosclerosis.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.icm-mhi.org\/fr\/nous-joindre\/repertoire-employes\/2471-catherine-martel&quot;&gt;https:\/\/www.icm-mhi.org\/fr\/nous-joindre\/repertoire-employes\/2471-catherine-martel&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2016\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-content=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignleft wp-image-2130 size-medium&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DrClavel-300x300.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Dr. Marie-Annick Clavel won the 2017 Jacques de Champlain Award of Excellence in cardiovascular research for her project titled: &ldquo;Influence of Gender on the Etiology and Progression of Aortic Stenosis&rdquo;. Marie-Annick Clavel holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine (1997) from Universit&eacute; Lyon I - Claude Bernard and a PhD (2012) from Universit&eacute; Laval. After training as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mayo Medical School, she joined the Faculty of Medicine at Universit&eacute; Laval in 2014 and has established her laboratory at the Quebec Heart &amp;amp; Lung Institute. The global purpose of her research is to improve the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of patients affected aortic valve stenosis as well as to identify the risk factors of the progression of aortic stenosis.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marie-annick-clavel-486bb162\/&quot;&gt;https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marie-annick-clavel-486bb162\/&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2017\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal fade siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" id=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--modal\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-948-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DrClavel-300x300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DrClavel-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DrClavel-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DrClavel-165x165.png 165w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DrClavel.png 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-948-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2017 Laureate<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Marie-Annick Clavel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-948-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch jdc-row-vertical-centered jdc-row-theme__pampas panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-948-3\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-948-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/symposium.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/symposium.jpg 526w, https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/symposium-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-948-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Symposium<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Jacques de Champlain Symposium offers a cutting-edge scientific program with world-class speakers that aims to promote the development of innovative ideas and approaches in cardiovascular research. The <em>Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le m\u00e9dicament<\/em> (GRUM), co-founded by Jacques de Champlain of the University of Montreal, is responsible for organizing the annual Symposium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-948-3-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-widget-buttongroups panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-siteorigin-widget-buttongroups so-widget-siteorigin-widget-buttongroups-default-d75171398898-948\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups siteorigin-widget-buttongroups__primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--title\">\n\t\t\t\tSymposium details\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-group siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn-group\" role=\"group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1er-symposium.pdf\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2012\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2e-symposium.pdf\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2013\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3e-symposium.pdf\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2015\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Symposium20161.pdf\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2016\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static.jacquesdechamplain.com\/app\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Symposium20171.pdf\" class=\"btn siteorigin-widget-buttongroups--btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2017\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-948-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch jdc-row-theme__tropical-blue panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-948-4\" data-stretch-type=\"full\" ><div id=\"pgc-948-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-948-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Useful Links<\/h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csst.qc.ca\/ASP\/Prevention\/Secourisme_milieu_travail\/DEA\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">CPR and AED training capsules (in French)<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5hP4DIBCEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">Ken Jeong AHA Hands-Only CPR video<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amuq.qc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">Association des m\u00e9decins d\u2019urgence du Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asmuq.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">Association des sp\u00e9cialistes en m\u00e9decine d\u2019urgence du Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">American Heart Association<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/caep.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartandstroke.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"useful-link\">Heart &#038; Stroke<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The advancement of medical research in the field of cardiovascular health in Quebec is an important element of the Jacques de Champlain Foundation\u2019s mission. 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