Jean Davignon is Director of the Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research Group of the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Emeritus Physician of the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital of Montreal, Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal and Adjunct Professor of the Department of Experimental Medicine at McGill University. Dr. Davignon’s research focuses on hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, lipid-lowering agents and the nutritional aspects of cardiovascular diseases. This extensive research has resulted in the publication of several hundred scientific articles. He is a founding member of the Canadian Atherosclerosis Society, the Canadian Association for Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine, and a member of the CIHR Governing Council. Dr. Davignon is a recipient of the FNG Starr Award of the Canadian Medical Association, of a Doctorate Honoris Causa of the University Paul Sabatier in Paris, the Wilder Penfield Award 2000, the Michel Sarrazin award and Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.