{"id":32402,"date":"2025-09-09T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news-and-publications\/trois-nouveaux-membres-se-joignent-au-conseil-dadministration-de-genome-quebec\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:16:33","slug":"three-new-members-join-the-board-of-directors-of-genome-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news-and-publications\/three-new-members-join-the-board-of-directors-of-genome-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new members join the Board of Directors of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At its meeting on June 10, 2025, the Board of Directors of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec approved the appointment of three distinguished individuals recognized for their expertise and commitment to research and innovation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32394 size-full\" style=\"object-position:51% 12%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QuesnelVallee2024-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Am\u00e9lie Quesnel-Vall\u00e9e<\/strong> is the Inaugural Chair and Professor at McGill, specializing in equity, ethics, and health policy. She founded the McGill Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms and the international consortium CAnD3. Her research on policies and social health inequalities has earned multiple awards, including two Fulbright distinctions. A former board member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, she has held key leadership roles and is frequently featured in major media for her expertise.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 39%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Ian Rae<\/strong> is President and CEO of Aptum and founder of CloudOps and cloud.ca, leading cloud computing innovation in Canada. He has held executive roles in technology and engineering and is active as an advisor and angel investor in the startup community. Mr. Rae serves on the boards of Air Transat, the Canadian Council of Innovators, and the Canadian Digital Governance Council. He holds a B.Sc. in evolutionary genetics from McGill University.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Photo_IRae.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32396 size-full\" style=\"object-position:29% 15%\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32398 size-full\" style=\"object-position:55% 4%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-1188x1536.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-1584x2048.jpg 1584w, https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mounia-Azzi-scaled.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Mounia Azzi<\/strong> is a strategic life sciences consultant with over 20 years of experience bridging research, industry, and seed capital. She has held leadership roles at adMare BioInnovations, Nexelis, CQDM, and the NEOMED Institute. With a PhD in neuroscience and postdoctoral training at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, she now leverages her extensive Qu\u00e9bec and international network to support life sciences organizations and entrepreneurs in their development, valorization, and financing strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Ms. Azzi, Mr. Rae, and Dr. Quesnel-Vall\u00e9e to our Board of Directors. Their diverse experience and commitment to advancing science and innovation will play a key role in guiding G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s actions in the years ahead,\u201d <\/em>said <strong>Anie Perrault, Chair of the Board of Directors of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These appointments reflect G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s commitment to leveraging leaders with complementary expertise to advance its mission: to catalyze the development and excellence of genomics research, its integration, and its democratization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its meeting on June 10, 2025, the Board of Directors of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec approved the appointment of three distinguished individuals recognized for their expertise and commitment to research and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[379,295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualite-2","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32402"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32421,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32402\/revisions\/32421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}