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PRENTKI,
Marc
MDRC Director |
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POSNER, Barry
MDRC Co-Director |
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ARNASON, John |
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BENDAYAN,
Moise
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BERGERON, Raynald
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CHAN, John |
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CHIASSON, Jean-Louis |
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FULTON, Stéphanie |
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GARREL, Dominique |
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GAUDREAU, Pierrette |
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GHADIRIAN,
Parviz |
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HADDAD, Pierre |
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HALL�, Jean-Pierre |
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HAMET, Pavel |
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HORB, Marko |
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LAROSE, Louise
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L�VY, Emil |
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LIU, Jun-Li
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MARETTE, Andr�
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MARLISS, Ed |
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MAYSINGER,
Dusica
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MITCHELL, Grant |
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PARASKEVAS, Steven |
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POITOUT, Vincent
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POLYCHRONACOS,
Constantin
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PSHEZHETSKY,
Alexey
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RABASA-LHORET,
Remi |
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ROSENBERG,
Lawrence
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SLADEK, Robert
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SRIVASTAVA,
Ashok |
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STRYCHAR, Ir�ne
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WING, Simon
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What is MDRC?
Diabetes mellitus is a devastating disease,
which is reaching epidemic proportions throughout the world.
The Montreal Diabetes Research Center (MDRC) consists of a
group of scientists principally located in the Montreal area
and who perform basic and clinical research in the fields
of diabetes and its complications, as well as the metabolic
syndrome.
The MDRC brings together more than 30 scientists
and clinicians from 4 different universities (University of
Montreal, McGill University, University Laval, and University
of Ottawa) working in the fields of genomics, proteomics,
biochemistry, cell biology, and immunology. The MDRC was created
in 2004 thanks to a major CFI infrastructure grant with Dr
Marc Prentki as lead investigator. The objective of the MDRC
is to foster diabetes research and innovative clinical strategies
to prevent and cure diabetes and its complications. See
our brochure for an overview of the MDRC (PDF 380 Kb)
Vision
The vision of the MDRC is to understand
the mechanisms of diabetes and its complications to contribute
to its prevention, treatment and cure by becoming one of the
reference diabetes research centers worldwide in which basic
and clinical research will be integrated.
Mission
The ultimate mission of the MDRC is to improve
diabetes patients’ care and clinical outcomes by fostering
leading-edge, multi-disciplinary research collaborations on
diabetes by providing enabling infrastructures, communication
and administrative supports as well as strategic and scientific
leadership.
The MDRC will accomplish this mission by
providing a structure to increase interaction amongst scientists
and by creating a critical mass of researchers and infrastructure,
thus enabling large-scale projects. As a result the MDRC will
be well-positioned to coordinate the evaluation, acquisition
and access to new technologies necessary to the discovery
and development of better diagnostic tools and treatments
for diabetes and will improve the speed at which the discoveries
reach the patients by integrating clinical and basic research.
In addition, the MDRC will facilitate the long-term funding
of diabetes research in Montreal by improving the visibility
of that research and by promoting results achieved by diabetes
researchers in Montreal through training of highly qualified
personnel, improved communications and partnerships with academics
labs, industry and diabetes organizations.
The MDRC is supported directly by the Canada
Foundation for Innovation, the University
of Montreal, and McGill
University; and indirectly by the Canadian
Institutes of Health Research, the US
National Institutes of Health, and the Canadian
Diabetes Association.
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