Jean Davignon, is a Canadian

Canada

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 physician, medical researcher, and academic.

Born in Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, he received his Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

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 from the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

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 in 1958 and a Master of Science

Master's degree

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 degree in 1960 from McGill University

McGill University

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His research has focused on hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipidemia

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 and atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

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. He is the Director of the Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research Group of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM). He is a Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal and Adjunct Professor of the Department of Experimental Medicine at McGill University. He is the co-founder of the Canadian Atherosclerosis Society and the Canadian Association for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

In 1995, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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, Canada's highest civilian honour. In 2006, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec

National Order of Quebec

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. ^{http://www.premier.gouv.qc.ca/general/communiques/2006/juin/com20060601.htm} In 2000, he was awarded the Quebec Government's Prix Wilder-Penfield

Prix Wilder-Penfield

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. In 1995, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Royal Society of Canada

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