Dr. Bernard Brais
Bernard Brais MDCM MPhil PhD FRCP(C) is a neurogeneticist and historian of medicine, Professor of Neurology and Human Genetics at McGill University, and Clinical Chief of the Rare Neurological Diseases group of the Montreal Neurological Institute. His research largely focuses on the genetic basis of rare neuromuscular disorders and ataxias with founder effects in the French-Canadian population of Quebec. He played a leading role in the identification of the first pathogenic variants in different genes responsible for hereditary conditions more common in Quebec. He is particularly interested in uncovering the genetic basis of late-onset neurological diseases.