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les axes de recherche (6) et les unités de recherche (36)
IRCM’S CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE 2012-2013 Season VPH : mieux le comprendre (A better understanding of HPV) Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Topics discussed: • • • What is human papillomavirus (HPV)? How does it replicate? What are the different types of HPV? What basic research is conducted at the IRCM on HPV? Who is affected by HPV? How is the virus transmitted? What are the risk factors for HPV infection? What diseases are associated with HPV? How can we prevent HPV infection? How can we screen for HPV or pre-cancers? Who should get vaccinated? What are the risks of vaccination? Experts: Jacques Archambault, PhD Basic researcher; Director of the Molecular Virology research unit, IRCM Jacques Archambault has a PhD in molecular genetics from the University of Toronto. He is Full IRCM Research Professor and associate professor-researcher in the Department of Biochemistry at the Université de Montréal. He is also an associate investigator at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC). Dr. Archambault is adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Experimental Medicine) and adjunct member in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University. François Coutlée, MD, FRCP Clinical researcher; Microbiologist infectiologist, laboratory of molecular virology, Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) François Coutlée is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Université de Montréal. He leads a research program supported by CIHR, FRQS and the Cancer Research Society on the biomarkers of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection that predict the development of precancerous and cancerous lesions in men and women’s genital tracts. He works more particularly on the evolution, diagnostic and treatment of anogenital lesions caused by the papillomavirus in men and women infected by HIV. Marc Steben, MD, C.C.M.F., F.C.M.F. Medical consultant, Unit on sexually-transmitted infections, Institut national de santé publique du Québec Marc Steben is a family doctor. He chairs the Quebec committee on sexuallytransmitted infections, Comité sur les infections transmissibles sexuellement et par le sang (CITSS), and is member of the comitttee on STD laboratory analyses, Comité sur les analyses de laboratoires en lien avec les ITSS (CALI). Dr. Steben is also a member of the Departments of Social and Preventive Medicine and of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. He is the Medical Director of Clinique A, a clinic specialized in the multidisciplinary approach of sexual health. He is also a member of group of experts and main author of the chapters in HPV, genital herpes and genital ulcers of the Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections. Dr. Steben is the recipient of the 2009 Gilles-des-Rosiers Awards for his involvement in medical training and was thereby inducted in the Hall of Fame of the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ). Moderator: Louise Lambert-Lagacé, CM, C.Q., Dt. P. Nutritionist; Chair, IRCM’s Board of Directors; President, La clinique de nutrition Louise Lambert-Lagacé et associées Louise Lambert-Lagacé is President of the Clinique de nutrition Louise Lambert-Lagacé et associés and Chairs the IRCM’s Board of Directors. She earned a B.Sc. in nutrition from the Université de Montréal. She is the author of a dozen nutritional books for the general public, some of which have been translated into many languages, and is the coauthor of six books for health-care professionals and physicians. She has written many articles for Châtelaine, Sel et Poivre, and Le Devoir and hosted over 600 TV programs on nutrition on Radio-Canada, Radio-Québec and TVA. She received the Médaille du Cent cinquantième from the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine in 1993. She is a member of the Order of Canada and Chevalière de l’Ordre national du Québec.