Dr. Alain Beaudet, MD, PhD. is the President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) since July 2008. Previously, he was the President and CEO of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ).

Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Beaudet was associate director (research) at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI). He was also Professor at McGill University’s Neurology-Neurosurgery and Anatomy-Cell Biology departments. He has authored over 175 original articles and 40 monographs and book chapters.

Dr. Beaudet has received numerous distinctions and awards, including two honoris causa doctorate degrees. He is a member of the National Order of Quebec and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Beaudet earned a medical degree and a PhD in neuroscience from the Université de Montréal. He completed his postdoctoral training in France and Switzerland. His career as a neuroscientist spanned from Neuroendocrinology to Pain, with a focus of the mechanisms of action of biogenic amines and neuropeptides in the brain.