Mona Nemer
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Mona Nemer, CM CQ FRSC ,[1] is a Canadian science professor of Lebanese origin. She is also a scientific researcher, currently working as Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa, and formerly at the University of Montreal and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal. Her research specialism is the comprehension of molecular mechanisms which register the genetic expression of cardiac cells. She is most well known for her important discovery in isolating the gene related to ventricular hypertrophy which manifests itself in an increase of the volume of the heart and a thickening myocardial wall.
Honours
- 1994 - Marcel-Piché Prize
- 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 2003 - Léo-Pariseau Prize
- 2009 - Knight of the National Order of Quebec
- 2014 - Member of the Order of Canada[2]
External links
- University of Ottawa, Vice-President, Research – Biography of Mona Nemer
- Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal – Cardiac Growth and Differentiation – Mona Nemer
References
Categories:
- Living people
- Canadian women scientists
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- University of Ottawa faculty
- Université de Montréal faculty
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Lebanese women scientists
- Lebanese scientists
- Canadian scientists
- Canadian people of Lebanese descent
- Knights of the National Order of Quebec
- Members of the Order of Canada
