Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 8, 2003
• Invested on: February 20, 2004

Professor at McGill University and director of Research and head of the Genetics Unit of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal, Francis Glorieux has devoted his career to understanding and treating inherited metabolic bone diseases in children. He is an internationally recognized clinical scientist, whose innovative research and treatment programs have improved the quality of life for children living with such disorders as rickets and brittle bone disease. In addition to his therapeutic achievements, he shares his expertise with physicians from around the world, as well as with numerous professional organizations, such as the Canadian Osteogenesis Imperfecta Society and the Osteoporosis Society of Canada.