Spencer Proctor (Division of Human Nutrition, U. of Alberta) est l’invité de la professeure Sylvie Marleau dans le cadre de la Journée de la recherche de l’axe « Découverte et validation de cibles thérapeutiques » de la Faculté de pharmacie de l'Université de Montréal. Ci-dessous, une courte biographie du conférencier :
Dr. Spencer Proctor is a Professor in the Division of Human Nutrition at the University of Alberta (UofA), Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Proctor is the Director of the Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases Laboratory (housed in the new Alberta Diabetes Institute). Dr. Proctor trained in Australia in the field of cardiovascular sciences and later in pharmaceutics. Following his PhD, he was awarded an International Fellowship from the Australian Medical Research Council that brought him to the Dept Surgery at the UofA. Shortly following this he joined the Nutrition Faculty at the UofA. Dr. Proctor is a member of the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipid Group and is affiliated with both the Alberta Diabetes and Mazankowski Heart Institutes. Dr. Proctor’s ongoing interests include; the role of dietary and intestinal lipids in diabetes and cardiovascular disorders, fatty acid bioactivity and atherosclerosis eitiology. He has been recognized at the national and international level for his contributions and his research program is funded by NSERC, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, CIHR, Dairy and Livestock Sectors as well as the pharmaceutical industry.
