Dr. Mark J. Poznansky
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Mark J. Poznansky CM OOnt |
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April 25, 1946 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | Scientist and Consultant |
| Website | Spindle Website |
Mark J. Poznansky CM OOnt (born April 5, 1946) is a research scientist and science administrator. He is the past president and CEO of the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and was previously chair of the board of OGI, and the founder of G2G Consulting Inc. He is a member of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario and was CEO, president and scientific director of Robarts Research Institute.
Born in Montreal, Poznansky was educated at McGill University, receiving his PhD in Physiology in 1970. Poznansky completed his postdoctoral training in Biophysics at Harvard Medical School in 1972, where he held the position of Lecturer in Biophysics until 1976. He also served as charge de recherche at the Collège de France in Paris from 1973 to 1974.
Poznansky returned to Canada in 1976, taking a position as associate professor of physiology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Over the next 18 years, he rose to the rank of Professor and his laboratory developed an international reputation both the areas of cholesterol and membrane biophysics as well as enzyme replacement therapy and the development of novel approaches to drug delivery. In 1984, Poznansky moved on to become the associate dean of medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, a position he held for 9 years.
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