Professional Experience
Current
Feb. 2022 – Associate Member, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal
Nov. 2021 – Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal
June 2020 – Associate Member (Tenure), Faculty of Medicine, Department of
Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal
Aug. 2014 – Associate Professor (cross-appointment), Biomedical Ethics Unit,
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal
Jan. 2014 – Research Director,Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal
Nov. 2010 – Associate Researcher, Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de
Montréal, Montreal
Jan. 2006 – Legal and Ethical Consultant, Longeuil, Quebec
– Fields of practice: comparative law, health law, medical liability, intellectual
property and ethics (includes consulting work for the council of Europe in
2007, 2009-2010)
– Drafting legal and ethical opinions
– Guest speaker at conferences and training seminar
Past
Aug. 2014 – Nov. 2021 Associate Professor, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of
Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal
Sept. 2009 – June 2018 Data Access Officer, International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC),
Toronto/Montreal
– Head of the Data Access Compliance Office of the International Cancer Genome
Consortium Genome Consortium (17 countries, 88 research projects).
– Assess the validity of access contract, MTAs and privacy policies in the context
of an international biotech consortium.
May 2013 – Aug. 2014 Assistant Professor (cross-appointment), Biomedical Ethics Unit,
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal
June 2009 – Aug. 2014 Assistant Professor, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of
Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University,
Montreal
Jan. 2007 – June 2009 Project Manager, Centre for research in public law (CRDP), Université
de Montréal, Montreal
– Managing large research projects in the areas of law, intellectual
property, health technologies and ethics
– Mentoring of students, occasional lecturer for undergraduate and
graduate courses
May 2002 – Jan. 2007 Research Associate, Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP),
Université de Montréal, Montreal
– Research in the area of comparative law, intellectual property,
health law, medical liability and ethics
– Coordination of an internet website “HumGen” (2002-2005)
– Editor in chief of a news bulletin “GenInfo” (2002-2005)
– Administration of a website “IPGen”
Feb. 2001 – May 2002 Research Assistant, CRDP, Université de Montréal, Montreal
Sept. 2000 – Feb. 2001 Articling Student, CRDP, Université de Montréal, Montreal
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