AD ADGENMcGill / Douglas

Team

People behind the ADGEN program.

Scientists, analysts, trainees, collaborators, and alumni advancing Alzheimer’s disease research through biomarkers, genomics, proteomics, inflammation, and translational neuroscience.

Scientific team

Our core team

The core team combines laboratory leadership, biomarker science, bioinformatics, immunology, and multiomic expertise.

Portrait of Laurence Maligne Bruneau

Laurence Maligne Bruneau

Laboratory Manager

Biomarker and proteomic expertise
Portrait of Dr. Cynthia Picard

Dr. Cynthia Picard

Associate Director

Genomics, proteomics, and gene expression

Mélissa Savard

Bioinformatician / Analyst

Biomarkers and statistics
Portrait of Dr. Alexandre Poirier

Dr. Alexandre Poirier

Immunologist

Genomics, proteomics, gene expression, and animal models

Training the next generation

Doctoral and postdoctoral trainees

Emerging scientists contribute complementary expertise across molecular biology, biomarkers, inflammation, genomics, and lipidomics.

Portrait of Gabriel Rodrigue-Aumont

Gabriel Rodrigue-Aumont, Ph.D.

Genomics and lipidomics

Portrait of Isabel Sarty

Isabel Sarty, Ph.D.

Biomarkers, gene expression, and inflammation

Portrait of Julia Loncke

Julia Loncke, Ph.D.

Biomarkers, gene expression, and inflammation

McGill and international network

Selected scientific collaborators

ADGEN’s research is strengthened by long-standing collaborations across McGill University, the Douglas Research Centre, and international centres of excellence.

Dr. Simon Ducharme

Psychiatrist and Clinical Director

Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve

McGill University / Douglas Research Centre

PREVENT-AD, MRI and PET imaging, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience

Dr. John Breitner

McGill University

Co-founder, Centre for Studies on the Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

Dr. Henrik Zetterberg

UK Dementia Research Institute

Fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Dr. Kaj Blennow

University of Gothenburg

Alzheimer’s biomarkers and the neurobiology of dementia

Dr. Lisa Munter

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

McGill University

Dr. Michel Tremblay

Full Professor of Biochemistry

McGill University

Dr. Philippe Amouyel

Full Professor of Epidemiology

Institut Pasteur de Lille, France

With gratitude

Alumni

ADGEN recognizes former colleagues whose expertise, dedication, and scientific contributions helped shape the laboratory and its research community.

ADGEN alumni group: Louise Theroux, Doris Dea, Dr. Cynthia Picard, Juston Miron, and Nathalie Nilsson
From left: Louise Theroux, Doris Dea, Dr. Cynthia Picard, Juston Miron, and Nathalie Nilsson.

Louise Theroux

Former LC/MS/MS Biochemist

Doris Dea

Former Laboratory Manager

Dr. Cynthia Picard

Associate Director

Juston Miron, Ph.D.

Neuroscience

Nathalie Nilsson, Ph.D.

Neuroscience