Board of Directors members
Michel Cayouette, PhD
DIRECTOR of the Network
Tenured research professor at the IRCM and tenured professor at the Université de Montreal’s Department of Medicine; Director of the cellular neurobiology unit at the IRCM, Montréal
Sylvain Chemtob, MD, PhD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – Strategic Initiatives
Tenured professor in the Department of Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, and Pharmacology of Université de Montréal; Professor affiliated to the Department of Pharmacology of McGill University; Paediatrician and researcher at the CHU de Sainte-Justine, Montreal; Researcher at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, Montréal
Frédéric Charron, PhD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – Training for the next generation scientists
Director of Molecular Biology of Neural Development at the IRCM, Associate-Professor Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Associate-Professor- Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine; McGill University, Montréal
May Griffith, PhD
DIRECTOR of the Cornea and Anterior Segment Axis
Tenured professor at Université de Montreal’s Department of Ophthalmology of the Faculty of Medicine; Researcher at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal
Adriana Di Polo, PhD
DIRECTOR of the Retina and Posterior Segment Axis
Tenured professor at the Department of neuroscience in the Faculty od Medicine, Université de Montreal; Accredited professor at the École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal; Researcher at the Centre de recherche du complexe hospitalier, Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Tour Viger, Montréal
Jean-François Bouchard, B.Pharm., PhD
DIRECTOR of the Brain and Perception Axis
Tenured research professor at the École d’Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal
Aaron Johnson, PhD
DIRECTOR of the Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation Axis
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal
Isabelle Brunette, MD, FRCSC
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – Clinical and Translationnal Research
Tenured Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal; Ophthalmologist, cornea specialist and researcher at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal
Jacqueline Orquin, MD, FRCSC
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – Strategic Initiatives
Assistant Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, Université de Montréal, Montréal
Przemyslaw (Mike) Sapieha, PhD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – Technology Transfer and Valorization
Associate Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal
Élodie Boisselier, PhD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of the Cornea and Anterior Segment Axis
Researcher at the CHU de Quebec Research Center and Associate Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery of Laval University, Québec
Arjun Krishnaswamy, PhD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of the Retina and Posterior Segment Axis
Assistant Professor at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal
Stuart Trenholm, PhD
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of the Brain and Perception Axis
Assistant Professor and researcher at the Montreal Neurological Institute’s Department of Neurological and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal
Arnaud Saj, PhD, neurospychologue OPQ, FSP
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of the Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation Axis
Assistant professor at the Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal; Researcher, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR)-Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille of the CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre