Louise Proulx, Independent director
Louise Proulx holds a PhD in physiology from Université Laval (Canada) and pursued postdoctoral studies at Karolinska Institutet. She has nearly 30 years of experience in research and science management. She currently holds the position of Vice-President, Research and Development, and Site Head, at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Canada), and has also held positions at Topigen Pharmaceuticals Inc., ViroChem Pharma Inc, Hoechst Marion Roussel and BioChem Pharma Inc.
Outside of the pharmaceutical industry, Dr Proulx has served as Vice-President, Business Development of Genome Quebec and Vice Principal Research at McGill University. Dr Proulx has been a member of several boards of directors including the National Research Council of Canada. She is currently a member of the board of directors of Diagnocure Inc., Genome Quebec and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
