PATRICK VINAY

Patrick Vinay has been active in metabolic research pertinent to nephrology and has pursued fundamental and clinical research at Hôpital Notre-Dame de Montréal. He has authored more than 200 publications, including 170 papers related to nephrology and biochemistry of renal problems. From 1988 to 1992, he was President du Fonds de la recherche en Sante du Québec and from 1995 to 2003, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Université de Montréal. He has been involved in the activities of international francophone bodies (Conseil scientifique de I’ Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie) and became President of the Conference Internationale des facultés de médecine d’expression française (CIDMEF). He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Ordre des palmes académiques of France.