Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 8, 2014
• Invested on: February 13, 2015

For her contributions to our understanding of specific genes related to heart health and for her leadership in the academic research community.

Mona Nemer is an authority on the genetic underpinning of cardiac abnormalities. As the director of the cardiac development research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de MontrÚal, she identified key genes critical to cardiac function and increased our understanding of the causes of heart malformations. Now, as the vice-president of research at the University of Ottawa, she has led the coordination and promotion of scientific advances within the institution and within the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities.