Thomas J. Hudson

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Thomas James Hudson,

genomes and also his role in the International HapMap Project whose goal is to develop a haplotype
map of the human genome.

As director of the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, which he established, Hudson and his team have made a number of discoveries in

type II diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease
.

In July 2006, he was appointed president and scientific director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Human Genetics.[1]

Thomas Hudson is married and has five children.[2]

Beginnings and early career

Hudson was born in 1961 in Arvida, Quebec, where his father was a chemist for Alcan.[3] He has six sisters including a twin sister.[2] He earned his

M.D. degree in 1985 from the Université de Montréal. Then, he did residencies in internal medicine and Clinical Immunology and Allergy, the latter at McGill University Health Centre. In 1990, after a year of postdoctoral experience under the supervision of Emil Skamene and Danuta Radzioch, he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a fellowship with David Housman
.

There he became involved with

genes. In 1995, he became the assistant director of the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research
a position which he held until 2001.

Montreal Genome Centre

In 1996, Hudson was recruited back to

Information Technology) and also provides services to the Canadian and International community. By 2006, more than four hundred academic laboratories as well as a dozen of biotechnology
companies have used the services of this new facility.

Until 2006, Hudson was also an associate professor in the departments of Human Genetics and Medicine at

Saguenay
region, of which he is a native.

One of his publications on

single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) - and will help in discovering how these variations correlate with risk of developing complex diseases.

Leadership in Canada

Hudson has been a key player in many national organizations. He was Associate Director of the Canadian Genetics Disease Network from 2001 to 2005, and he has helped launch Genome Canada and Genome Quebec, of which he was the first scientific director in 2002. In addition, he has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for many public organizations or private companies.

New horizons

In July 2006, Hudson announced that he was leaving Montreal to lead the newly created Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in Toronto, Ontario which will focus on the genomics of cancer.[7] Hudson remained acting scientific director of the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, until his successor Mark Lathrop succeeded him in 2011.[8] Currently, Hudson is serving as Senior Vice President, R&D, and Chief Scientific Officer at AbbVie.[9]

Awards

Hudson's accomplishments have been recognized by numerous awards and honors:

  • In 1998, he was a recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40
  • In 2000, he received the Scientist of the Year award by
    Radio-Canada
  • In 2001, he received the Robert H. Haynes Young Scientist Award by the Genetics Society of Canada
  • In 2002, he received a Burroughs-Wellcome Clinician-Scientist Award [2]
  • In 2005, was voted as the person who made the most significant contribution to healthcare by the readers of Maclean's
  • In 2006, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada
  • In 2013, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada[10]

References

  1. ^ "OICR Press Release". Archived from the original on 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Burroughs-Wellcome recipient profile". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
  3. ^ "Genes/Genomes news". Retrieved 2006-09-16.
  4. ^ Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): spastic ataxia Charlevoix-Saguenay type - 270550
  5. ^ Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): Leigh syndrome French Canadian type - 220111
  6. ^ "Genome Canada Press Release". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
  7. ^ "Globe and Mail story". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2006-11-16. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Trailblazing gene researcher returns to Canada". The Globe and Mail. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  9. ^ "Partner Spotlight: Thomas Hudson, Abbvie". 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Canada Gazette". Retrieved 2013-08-31.

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