Paul Jolicoeur is a Québec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

ois professor and doctor.

He has been a teacher since 1976 at the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in infectious and parasitic diseases. His principal specialisms are the detection of new oncogenes, the study of degenerative neurological illnesses and research into AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

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Honours/Awards

• 1985 - Prix Marcel-Piché
• 1986 - Medal of the Royal College
• 1989 - Made a member of the Royal Society of Canada
  Royal Society of Canada
  The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
  
  
• 1992 - Received the Léo-Pariseau Prize
  Léo-Pariseau Prize
  The Léo-Pariseau Prize is a Québécois prize which is awarded annually to a distinguished individual working in the field of biological or health sciences. The prize is awarded by the Association francophone pour le savoir , and is named after Léo Pariseau, the first president of Acfas. The award...