{"id":73244,"date":"2021-09-10T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/?page_id=73244"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:50:58","slug":"inrs-uqac-joint-research-unit-in-sustainable-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/research\/research-chairs-groups-and-networks\/find-research-chair-group-or-network\/inrs-uqac-joint-research-unit-in-sustainable-health\/","title":{"rendered":"INRS-UQAC Joint Research Unit in Sustainable Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi (UQAC) are developing a joint research unit (UMR) in sustainable health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INRS and UQAC are creating this UMR in sustainable health to foster collective prosperity in a time of major societal challenges, mainly in the genetic and epigenetic determinants of health and in medicinal chemistry. UQAC recently set up a sustainable health research centre<\/a> with two research themes, one of which will be addressed by this new UMR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For its part INRS plays an important role in the Qu\u00e9bec health research ecosystem with its Armand-Frappier Sant\u00e9 Biotechnologie Research Centre<\/a> in Laval. The Saguenay\u2013Lac-Saint-Jean region is already considered a national hub for sustainable health research, and the addition of three new INRS faculty members in this strategic field will further strengthen and enhance Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s leadership in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Joint Research Unit in Sustainable Health will bolster the region\u2019s status as a national and international leader in this strategic field of priority interest to Qu\u00e9bec while providing a regular source of new scientific expertise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Development of the INRS-UQAR Joint Research Unit in Sustainable Health was made possible thanks to initial funding of $3 million from the Government of Qu\u00e9bec.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This funding by Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur<\/a> will make it possible to create three professorships at the INRS Armand-Frappier Sant\u00e9 Biotechnologie Research Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These professors will work as part of the UMR from the UQAC<\/a> campus in Chicoutimi. The UMR\u2019s mission is to conduct multidisciplinary graduate-level research and educational activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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