SCT Team / Dr. Lambert Busque
Dr. Lambert Busque
Titles
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Université de Montréal.
- Haematologist, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.
- Clinical-researcher, Centre de recherche HMR.
- Medical Director of the laboratories, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.
- Director, molecular biology diagnostic laboratory, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.
Training
- Ph.D. Medicine: Université de Montréal (1986).
- National Board of Medical Examiners (USA), 1987.
- American Board of Internal Medicine (USA), 1989.
- Fellow, Royal College of Physician and Surgeon, Internal medicine 1990.
- Fellow Royal College of Physician and Surgeon, Haematology, 1992.
- Fellowship in molecular biology : Harvard University under the direction of Dr Gary Gilliland, 1994.
Research and teaching
Main domain of research
- Cancer/oncology (leukemia).
- Molecular cell biology (genes : structure, organisation).
- Pharmacogenetics.
Research interest
- Location identification by mapping and cloning of the loci associated with the determiners of the length of télomères in blood cells .
- Identification of quantitative features (QTL) associated to the production of blood cells.
- Identification of the role of causal mutations in myeloproliferative disorders (JAK2).
Subventions de recherche
- Program director: 2.
- Principal investigator: 3.
- Co-investigator: 4.
Scientific contributions
- Chromosome X inactivation in hematopoïesis.
- FCI Pharmacogenomics (co-investigator).
- Program of genetic studies on a coheort of population.
- Evaluation of the molecular response of CML patient on Gleevec.
Influential
Reviewer
- Blood (Journal of American Society of Hematology)
Scientific presentations
- Groupe d’études en oncologie du Québec (GÉOQ).
- Grand Rouds in Hematology (10).
Committees
- Member Haematology program committee, residency training, Université de Montréal.