Dr. Denis Prud’homme

Dr. Denis Prud’homme, MD, MSc, is the President and Vice-Chancellor of the Université de Moncton. He was previously associate vice-president, research and scientific director of the Institut du Savoir Montfort. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in human kinetics before becoming an MD in sports medicine. He has been a full professor at the School of Human Kinetics of the University of Ottawa, where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Dr. Prud’homme’s studies focus on the effects of physical activity, nutrition, and medication on different populations with health problems. He also studies how language barriers affect health, specifically how such barriers affect access to high-quality, safe health care for members of the Francophone minority communities.

The Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium is generously supported through multi-year funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Clinical Trials Fund, as part of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy to ensure that Canadians are well served by a national clinical trials network.