| Title : | Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal
Head, Chair in Osteoarthritis, University of Montreal Director, Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Accredited member, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal |
| Address | The Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM)
Tour Viger, Pavillion R, 900 Saint Denis Street 11th Floor, Room R11-412A Montreal( Quebec) H2X 0A9 Canada |
| Phone : | 514 890-8000 #26666 |
| Fax : | 514 412-7582 |
| Email : | dr@jppelletier.ca |
Training
- Medical degree, University of Montreal (1974)
- Internal medicine FRCP(C) – CSPQ (1978)
- Rheumatology (1980)
- FACP (1980)
- FLEX (1980)
- Research Fellow in Rheumatology (1979-1981), Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Areas of Research
- Pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms of human and experimental osteoarthritis
- Pro-inflammatory cytokines and receptors
- Proteolytic enzymes and inhibitors
- Intracellular signaling pathways (i.e. MAP kinases) and transcription factors
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of structural tissues changes in joints
- Development of new therapeutics (DMOADs) for osteoarthritis
- Epidemiological and translational studies using cohorts of individuals with osteoarthritis from clinical and/or longitudinal observational studies
Techniques used
- Molecular and cellular biology
- Biochemistry
- Immuhistology
- Pharmacology
- Animal models of osteoarthritis
- Joint imaging using magnetic resonance imaging
- Clinical research
- Present Members
- Researchers, research assistants, technicians, students: MSc, PhD, post-doctorate.
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