Bernard Brais, Ph.D.

Full Professor, and director of the Rare Neurological Diseases Group,
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery & Human Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital;
Associate Reasercher, CRIR
Phone: 514-398-3334
Fax: 514-398-4340
Email: Bernard.Brais@mcgill.ca
Education
- MPhil, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, University College London, UK, 1990
- Ph.D., Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt., McGill University, 1998
Research interests
My major interests are in the fields of neurogenetics and genetic epidemiology of hereditary diseases with founder effects in the Quebec population. Clinically my areas of expertise are hereditary neuromuscular diseases, sensory neuropathies, ataxias and leukoencephalopathies.
Publications
Research orientation
Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities
Research topic
Theme 2: Physical and Cognitive Activities
Research Site
CRIR - Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal