Remi Quirion is a McGill University Professor and Scientific Director at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre. His research interests include key phenotypes of the Alzheimer’s brain and the molecular and pharmacological features of the neuropeptide receptors NPY and CGRP. Dr. Quirion has published 5 books and more than 500 scientific papers and articles, and is the inaugural Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction. He has received numerous awards including Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec, the Médaille de I’ Assemblée nationale du Québec, the 2003 First Annual Award National Mental Health Champion (Research), the 2004 Wilder-Penfield Award, Prix du Québec, the Heinz-Lehmann Award and the Dr. Mary V. Seeman Award from the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation.