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Guy Boivin, M.D.
Guy Boivin, M.D., MSc, FRCPC Associate Professor of Microbiology Laval University Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie CHUL, Room RC-709 2705 Laurier Blvd. Quebec City, Canada G1V 4G2 Tel: 418/654-2705 Fax: 418/654-2715 Email: guy.boivin@crchul.ulaval.ca
Dr. Guy Boivin is a medical microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist working at the "Québec City University Hospital Center" (CHUQ-CHUL) in Canada. Dr. Boivin is also an associate professor of medical biology (division of microbiology) at Laval University and a researcher in virology at the "Research Center in Infectious Diseases" of the same University. Dr. Boivin holds as master (MSc) in microbiology from the University of Montréal and a 3-year specialized formation (Fellowship) in Molecular Virology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Boivin is currently a Scholar of the Québec Health Research Foundation (FRSQ-Senior) and he holds numerous research grants from governmental health organizations (CIHR, CIHR/RxD, FRSQ) and private companies. His main research interests concern the diagnosis and treatment of viral diseases caused by herpesviruses (mainly cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus) and respiratory viruses (mainly influenza virus, human metapneumovirus and human respiratory syncytial virus) and the mechanisms of resistance to antiviral drugs. Dr. Boivin is member of several distinguished societies including the American Society for Microbiology, the American Society of Transplantation, the Canadian Society of Infectious Diseases, and the FRSQ AIDS and Respiratory Diseases Networks. In addition, Dr. Boivin is a regular contributor to the "Journal of Infectious Diseases" and has published more than 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts and presented more than 130 communication abstracts since 1993. |
