André Buret

Current positions:

• Associate Vice-President (Research), University of Calgary
• Professor (with tenure), Biological sciences (Science)
• Adjunct Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology (Medicine)
• Vice-President (research), co-founder, Antibe Therapeutics
• President; World Chito-Ryu Karate Association

Education / Training:

• Teaching Diploma, 1977 Neuchatel (Switzerland)
• Physical Education Certificate, 1983 Neuchatel (Switzerland)
• Licence es Science (Biology), 1983 Neuchatel (Switzerland)
• M.Sc., Parasitology, 1988 Calgary Canada
• Ph.D, Pathophysiology, 1991 Calgary Canada
• Post-doctoral fellowship, Mucosal Immunology, 1991-4 Newcastle Australia
• Post-doctoral fellowship, Gastroenterology 1994-5 Calgary

Dr. André Buret was appointed Associate Vice-President in 2012 and was Interim Vice-President (Research) from January 1, 2019 - February 29, 2020.

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the lungs represent the most common causes of death in humans and other animal species worldwide. Using viral, bacterial and parasitic models (with an emphasis on Giardia sp.), the overall aim of Dr. Buret’s research is to characterize microbial-host interactions in these systems, and how such interactions may affect gastrointestinal and pulmonary physiology, health, inflammation, and chronic disease, in an attempt to develop novel therapeutic strategies. Current emphasis is given to the role of microbiota in chronic gut inflammatory diseases, and immunomodulation by anti-microbials, in cattle, swine, and humans.

Dr. Buret established his research program at the University of Calgary in 1995. Dr. Buret has published over 200 articles and book chapters, and has been invited to deliver more than 330 presentations worldwide. Dr. Buret holds over 20 issued patents, and contributed to the creation of three biotech spin-off companies. He has mentored, more than 100 undergraduate research projects, 40 Ph.D and M.Sc. students as principal supervisor in his laboratory (all Research-based), as well as 14 post-doctoral fellows (and over 100 other PhD/MSc students as co-supervisor), who have obtained positions in industry, academia, and government. He serves on many National, and International grant and government committees, and acts as advisor, scientific committee member, and/or board member for several institutes and private companies.

Dr. Buret was inducted in the Order of the University of Calgary (2013) the institution’s top honour, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (London UK, 2001), a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (2020), and a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (2009). His long list of awards include many Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Excellence awards from 2 universities, the 2007 NSERC Synergy Award for collaborative research and innovation with industry from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the 2007 Research Excellence Award from the Canadian Association of Gastroenterologists (for which he served as VP Research), the 2008 Robert A. Wardle Medal from the Canadian Society of Zoologists for excellence in Parasitology research, the 2019 Stoll-Stunkard award from the American Society of Parasitologists, and a Killam Professorship (2012). His research has been funded by more than 80 grants from numerous organizations, including CIHR and NSERC. Dr. Buret has a current h index of 70, with over 17,000 citations to date (Google scholar). He also was awarded the 2012 City of Calgary Booster Club Award for Athletic Leadership (in karate). Dr. Buret is a certified ski instructor, and has achieved the current rank of roku dan renshi (6^th dan, international Expert Master certification) in Chito Ryu Karate. He is the current president of the Canadian and World Chito Ryu Karate Associations.

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