Pr Boudreau completed his PhD in Cell Biology at the Université de Sherbrooke under the supervision of Pr Claude Asselin. He then pursued studies on regulatory mechanisms involved in intestinal epithelial gene transcription at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Dr Peter Traber. Pr Boudreau joined the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Université de Sherbrooke in 2003 and is currently Full Professor and Chair of the recently restructured Immunology and Cell Biology Department. His interpersonal and decision-making skills have led him to lead several administrative positions both locally (graduate programs, clinical research axis, center of excellence, department) and nationally (CAG VP research and President-elect, NSERC chair panel, etc.). His success in integrating GI disease patient-derived organoids with biobanking is supported nationally in collaboration with other Canadian institutions. His work focuses on defining the molecular mechanisms involved in gene transcription during normal intestinal development and diseases. He has identified transcription factors regulating intestinal gene expression and involved in the maintenance of intestinal epithelial functions, in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases and metabolic disorders, notably diabetes and obesity. Pr Boudreau's laboratory aims are to define the molecular cascades and the intestinal epithelium deregulated functions associated with the activity of these regulators, in order to identify novel targets for pharmacological and therapeutic applications.