Christopher Fernandez-Prada

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  • Associate Professor at Université de Montréal (Faculty of Veterinary Sciences); Head of the animal parasitology diagnostic laboratory of UdeM; Adjunct professor McGill University (Faculty of Medicine) and Laval University (Faculty of Sciences)., Université de Montréal

Christopher Fernandez-Prada, DVM, MSc, PhD is a molecular parasitology researcher devoted to tackling zoonotic parasites. Dr. Fernandez-Prada holds an associate professor position at Université de Montréal - Veterinary College. He is adjunct professor at McGill and Laval Universities, and Director of the Parasitology Diagnostic Lab of University of Montreal. His research is focused in the discovery of drug-resistance mechanisms, and the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate professor, University of Montreal
  • –present
    Adjunct professor, McGill University
  • –present
    Adjunct professor, Laval University

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Leon (Spain), Ph.D. / Molecular parasitology

Professional Memberships

  • Director of the Animal Parsitology Diagnostic Lab - University of Montréal
  • Member of the Steering Committee of the CN-NTDs
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the CPEP

Honours

2024 Vétoquinol Award for Excellence in Graduate Research; 2023 The Canadian Network for NTDs Award for Outstanding Canadian Neglected Tropical Diseases Research; 2023 Zoetis Award for Excellence in Research; Top 10 Discoveries of 2022 by Québec Science magazine; 2021 The CIHR Bhagirath Singh Early Career Award in Infection and Immunity; 2018 Zoetis Innovation Award

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