Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
EDUCATION
B.Sc. in Biochemistry
Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, 1988
M.Sc. in Pharmacology
Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, 1990
Ph.D. in Pharmacology
Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, 1993
TRAINING
Nov.1993 - May 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern
Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Including a 6-month period spent as a Visiting Scientist, Department of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA.
Including a 9-month period spent as a Visiting Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Medicine, UCI/Long Beach VA Medical Center, CA.
June 1998 - Jan.1999
Visiting Scholar, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
Jan.1999 - Sept. 2000
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Internal
Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
HONORS/AWARDS
1988 Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec- Summer Studentship
1988-1989 Université de Sherbrooke- M.Sc. Studentship
1991-1993 Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec Doctoral Training Award
1993-1995 Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship
1995-1998 Medical Research Council of Canada Post-doctoral Fellowship
1998-1999 Parke-Davis Exchange Fellowship Post-doctoral Fellowship
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Club de Recherches Cliniques du Québec
Société Québecoise d’Hypertension Artérielle
Canadian Hypertension Society
AHA- Basic Cardiovascular Science Council
American Physiological
Society