Dr Yves Joanette

Dr Yves Joanette has been appointed scientific director of the Canadian Institute of Health Research's Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) as well as the executive director of CIHR's International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer's disease. Joanette was recently president and CEO of the Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec (FRSQ) and chair of its board of directors until it was merged with the provincial government's two other granting councils to create the Fonds de recherche du Québec (R$, July 19/10). An expert in geriatric health research, he holds or has held a number of senior academic health positions and is a professor at the Univ of M