David Duguay

Background

About David Duguay

Pharmacovigilance expert: Several years of experience as Scientific Evaluator (2011-2015), Human Therapeutic Product Submission Assessment Evaluator (2015-now), and Acting Manager (February 2018-now) at the Marketed Health Products Directorate, Health Canada. Medical writer and course lecturer: Experience as a writer in medical and scientific communications. Development of online courses, needs assessments, and interactive training programs across several topics (cardiology, chronopharmacology, neurodegenerative diseases, and more). Postdoctoral studies on circadian rhythms: Excellent understanding of chronobiology and chronopharmacology, i.e, the involvement of the circadian clock in biological responses, and in responses to drugs (e.g, blood pressure rhythm, responses to environmental cues such as light and food, drug efficacy at different times of day, etc.). PhD in Pharmacology: in vivo cardiovascular pharmacology, regulation of apoptosis in hypertension, supervision of research trainees, development of techniques, good publication record.