The ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center, established in 2020 at CHU Sainte-Justine /Université de Montréal, increases OMF’s international collaborative efforts through the End ME/CFS Project. Directed by Alain Moreau, PhD, the Quebec, Canada-based laboratory has been researching ME / CFS for several years.
Alain Moreau, PhD, is a Full Professor in the Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, at Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Additionally, Dr. Moreau is the Director of Network for Canadian Oral Health Research. He is the Scientific Director of the Viscogliosi Laboratory in Molecular Genetics of Musculoskeletal Diseases, Sainte-Justine University Research Center, Montréal, Québec.
Dr. Moreau’s chief interests of study are pediatric scoliosis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Dr. Moreau is a member of the Open Medicine Foundation Scientific Advisory Board and is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Network, a national research network funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research.
Study of Thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) in ME / CFS pathogenesis (STOP-ME) The Problem Little is known about the mechanisms causing brain fog, orthostatic intolerance as well as postural …
Stress-Activated MicroRNAsin ME / CFS Pathogenesis The Problem Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME / CFS) is a multi-systemic complex chronic disease exhibiting a clinical heterogeneity as main symptoms …
To carry out these ambitious collaborations, Dr. Moreau has assembled a team of superb clinicians and scientists with expertise in a wide variety of areas directly relevant to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) research.
Alain Moreau
Scientific Director
Anita Franco, MSc
Lab coordinator
Yaned Gaitan MSc
Research assistant-
mouse manager
Viorica Lascau MSc
Research coordinator – certification manager
Sophie Perreault, RN
Clinical research nurse
Valerie Tremblay, RN
Clinical research nurse
Iurie Caraus, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Wesam Elremaly, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Corinne Leveau BSc
PhD student
Evguenia Nepotchatykh BSc
PhD student
Lynda Chalder MSc
PhD student
Marie-Yvonne Akoume PhD
Invited professor – ICanCME Research Network investigator
Valérie Marcil PhD
Associate Professor – ICanCME Research Network investigator
Dawei Li, PhD
Associate Professor – ICanCME Research Network investigator
Jason Kost BSc
Assistant Professor – ICanCME Research Network investigator