Dr. Francois Bolduc completed his medical school in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He moved to Montreal to study pediatrics at Hôpital Ste-Justine (Université de Montreal) and then pediatric neurology at McGill University’s Montreal Children Hospital. He obtained his PhD from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA in neurogenetics. Dr. Bolduc is a clinician-scientist in pediatric neuroscience and pursues his work on cognition in human using next-generation sequencing in individuals with neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) and his exploration of the mechanisms linking memory and NDD using Drosophila at the University of Alberta.
More recently, his work has also included exploration of navigation and coaching for families educators and health professionals interacting with individuals with NDD using artificial intelligence. Dr. Bolduc is passionate about bridging basic and clinical sciences to improve quality of life for individuals with NDD and their families.