About
Dr. Hébert is the Assistant Dean for Biomedical Science Education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University, the Director of the McGill Regenerative Medicine Network, and a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
In 2020, he was awarded the Canadian Pacific Chair in Biotechnology, 2020 – 2025.
Dr. Hébert’s research is focused on a better understanding of the wiring of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and G protein signalling architectures to inform drug discovery for a number of important diseases including heart disease.
In addition, Dr. Hébert’s work now orients toward a molecular understanding of dilated cardiomyopathy using primarycardiomyocytes, cardiac fibroblasts, and iPSC-derived cells from patients.
Education
Dr. Hébert completed his PhD in Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto.