John D. Rioux
Preventive Cardiology
Montreal Heart Institute
About
John D. Rioux works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Montreal Heart Institute.
John D. Rioux is a full professor of medicine at the Université de Montréal and a researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute, where he directs the Laboratory of Genetics and Genomic Medicine in Inflammation. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Genetics and Genomic Medicine. His research focuses on the genetic and functional basis of common inflammatory diseases, including cardiovascular diseases.
Research focus
Genetics of Cardiovascular DiseasesMyocardial Infarction Gene ResequencingHeart Rate Variability GeneticsSudden Cardiac Arrest Genetic ArchitectureInflammatory Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease
Impact
398 pubs · 75,994 cites · h-index 100
Training
PhD in Experimental Medicine
McGill University
1994
BSc in Immunology
McGill University
1987
Affiliations
Work Experience
Director, Laboratory of Genetics and Genomic Medicine in Inflammation
Montreal Heart Institute · 2005 - Present
Professor of Medicine
Université de Montréal · 2005 - Present
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital · 2003 - 2007
Director of Inflammatory Disease Research Group
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · 2001 - 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow
Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research · 1994 - 1997