Francois Bernier

University of Calgary
Dr. François Bernier is the director of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine at UCalgary. He is a professor in the departments of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, a medical geneticist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital and the Project Lead of One Child Every Child. He co-authored the One Child Every Child Scientific Strategy and co-leads the One Child Every Child Precision Health and Wellness theme, and Comprehensive Data accelerator.
As chair of the Canadian Rare Disease Network, Bernier is stewarding Canada’s first rare disease cross-disciplinary network, uniting Canada’s leading clinical, scientific and patient expertise to address the challenges faced by children and adults affected by rare diseases. Dr. Bernier is a co-principal investigator for Care for Rare Canada, a research consortium that studies over 1,000 rare disorders. This multifaceted program has established a national genomic data sharing platform (Genomics4RD) for over 1,000 patients.