Dr. Louise Pilote is a clinician scientist and tenured Professor of Medicine at McGill University, holding a James McGill chair since 2008 and former Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at McGill University. She is recognized as a national and international leader in the generation and translation of new knowledge about sex and gender differences in cardiovascular disease, and as a pioneer in comparative effectiveness research using Canadian administrative databases. Dr. Pilote is a principal investigator of the CIHR Vascular network and principal investigator of the Canadian Network for Advanced Interdisciplinary Methods for comparative effectiveness research (CAN-AIM) team, funded by CIHR to develop novel methods to study drug safety and effectiveness.

Dr. Pilote ranked 1st for CIHR and Fonds de recherche de Quebec – Santé (FRQ-S) investigator awards and received the prestigious FRQ-S Chercheur National award. She was awarded the McGill William Dawson Scholar and James McGill Chair - awards designated to the most senior and respected scholars maintaining the highest level of scholarly excellence. Dr. Pilote was awarded the prestigious 2014 Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) and Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM) Senior Investigator awards. Recently, she was awarded the Berlin Institute of Health's Excellence Award for Sex and Gender Aspects in Health Research, an award highlighting members of the scientific community who have made an impact in bringing more visibility to sex and gender issues.