Prof. Yves JOANETTE
Professor, School of Speech-Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal; Researcher, and Lab Director, Research Center, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal; Deputy Vice-Principal Research, Université de Montréal Director of the Digital Health Consortium, Université de Montréal Co-Director, program Millénium Québécor, Université de Montréal Co-Director, Centre d’innovation de l’Université de Montréal
- Université de Montréal
- Knowledge transfer and clinical tools creation fMRI and behavioural studies on aging and the impact of lesion to the right hemisphere to communication skills (word processing semantics, discourse and pragmatics) and it’s clinical implications (evaluation and management), heterogeneity of cognitive manifestations in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia Mechanisms of aging and cognitive impairment in the elderly,
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Prof. Yves Joanette is Lab Director in Cognitive Neurosciences of aging and communication at the Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM) as well as Full Professor at Speech-Language Science department of the Faculty of Medicine of the Université de Montréal. He was nominated in 2019 as the Founding Director of the Digital Health Consortium of the University and was as well Deputy Vice-President Research 2020-2025 where he co-funded the new Entrepreneurship Program (Millennium Québécor) as well as cofounder the Centre d'innovation de l'université de Montreal (CIUM). From 2011 to 2019, he was the Scientific Director of the Institute of Aging of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Previously, he has been President and CEO of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec and President of its Board, after having been for 10 years Director of research at the Institut de gériatrie de Montréal. Prof. Yves Joanette has been a founding member of the World Dementia Council , and has been elected Chair from 2016 to 2018.
Internationally renowned researcher, his team focuses on the understanding of aging processes and cognitive communicational disorders in the normal aging as well as in neurodegenerative and focal diseases. Prof. Joanette and his team actively contribute to the dissemination of research results and to the introduction of best clinical practices. He published more than 450 articles, chapters and book (h-64) with his team including over the years more than 110 MSc, 60 PhD and 23 Post-docs. He has been a CIHR Fellow and Scientist from 1982 to 1992, and is a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Prof. Yves Joanette received several honours, including Honorary Doctorates from Université Lumière Lyon (France) and from the University of Ottawa.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- B.Sc. speech-language pathology/audiology, Université de Montréal
- M.O.A. speech-language pathology/audiology – Université de Montréal
- M.Sc. neurological sciences – Université de Montréal
- Ph.D. neurological sciences – Université de Montréal
Academic and Professional Experiences
- Post-doc traineeship, ÉHÉSS & Hôpital de la Timone
