Full professor
Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Hébert was born in Montreal in 1974. He completed his bachelor’s degree in biotechnology at the University of Sherbrooke in 1995. He then obtained his Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from Laval University in 2003. He completed a postdoctoral internship in human genetics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. In 2009, he was recruited as a tenure-track professor at Laval University. Dr. Hébert currently holds a position as a full professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Laval University. He is also a regular researcher in the Neuroscience axis at the CHU de Québec – Laval University Research Center.

Dr. Hébert’s work focuses on the biological, genetic, and molecular mechanisms causing neuronal death and dementia. Specifically, his research team studies the role and impact of non-coding RNAs in the development, diagnosis, and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and Huntington’s disease. He employs innovative technologies in cellular and molecular biology, high-throughput sequencing, transgenic animal models, and bioinformatics, among others. Dr. Hébert’s laboratory uses cell lines, mice, primates, and post-mortem human brains as essential tools for its research.

Dr. Hébert has received various recognition awards, including the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan Young Investigator Grant (2010) and the FRQS Research Scholar Career Award (2011, 2014, 2018). He has served as a spokesperson for the Alzheimer Society of Canada. In addition to his teaching commitments, he regularly participates in various evaluation committees and conferences. Finally, he helps organize events and promote Canadian basic research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. His laboratory is funded by prestigious organizations such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).