Since spring 2007, Dr. Jacques Turgeon has been appointed Director of Research at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. From 2005-2007 he was Vice-Rector — Research, Université de Montréal after having served as Dean of the Faculté de Pharmacie there. Dr. Turgeon’s research interests have always been directed towards the study of factors responsible for inter-subject variability in drug response and specifically in the role of pharmacogenetics in cardiovascular drug actions. Dr. Turgeon has integrated in vitro (patch-clamp technique, in vitro metabolism and molecular biology) models in his research approaches as well as designed and performed studies in healthy volunteers and patients. He has published more than 85 referred articles and more than 225 abstracts. Dr. Turgeon has received numerous prizes for his research activities as well as recognition by his students. He has previously served as Director of the Quebec Cardiovascular Network of the FRSQ and the Research Director of the Quebec Heart Institute, Laval Hospital