Mona Nemer

Mona Nemer
CM CQ FRSC
Nemer at UBC in 2008
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Beirut, Lebanon[1]
OccupationProfessor
TitleChief Science Advisor of Canada (2017 – present)
Academic background
Alma materMcGill University (PhD)[1]
Wichita State University(BSc)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Ottawa
Université de Montréal
Websitehttps://www.uottawa.ca/about/governance/senior-administration/mona-nemer

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.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Mona Nemer – Ordre national du Québec". National Order of Quebec (in French). Government of Quebec. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Mona Nemer". UOttawa Awards and Recognition. University of Ottawa. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Dr. Mona Nemer | Molecular Genetics and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory | University of Ottawa". faculty.uottawa.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ^ "$70-million research building opens at U of O". Ottawa Citizen. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ^ "Government of Canada launches search for Chief Science Advisor". Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Prime Minister introduces Canada's new top scientist" (Press release). Office of the Prime Minister. September 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "Trudeau appoints Canada's new chief scientist | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-11-16.