{"id":7718,"date":"2014-08-04T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbiologie.umontreal.ca\/yahye-merhi\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:02:53","slug":"yahye-merhi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/microbiologie.umontreal.ca\/en\/professeurs-chercheurs\/yahye-merhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahye Merhi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title:<\/strong><\/td>\nFull time professor (accredited)
\nD\u00e9partement de m\u00e9decine et sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Address:<\/strong><\/td>\nLaboratoire de thrombose et h\u00e9mostase
\nInstitut de cardiologie de Montr\u00e9al
\n5000, B\u00e9langer
\nMontr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec)\u00a0 H1T 1C8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phone:<\/strong><\/td>\n514 376-3330, ext. 3035<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fax:<\/strong><\/td>\n514 376-1355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laboratory:<\/strong><\/td>\n514 376-3330, ext. 3155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Email:<\/strong><\/td>\nyahye.merhi@icm-mhi.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n

Biography<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dr. Merhi received a bachelor of science in biology from UQAM in 1983, a master\u2019s degree in biology\/pharmacology from UQAM\/INRS-Sant\u00e9 in 1985, and a doctorate in experimental medicine from Universit\u00e9 Laval in 1989. After completing three years of postdoctoral studies, he was recruited in 1992 by the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) as an independent researcher in affiliation with the Department of Medicine at Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (UdeM), where he has been a full professor since 2007.\u00a0 Dr. Merhi received fellowships from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Qu\u00e9bec (HSFQ), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC), and the Fonds de la recherche du Qu\u00e9bec \u2013 Sant\u00e9 (FRQS) as a Junior 1, Junior 2 and Senior Clinical Research Scholar. He has received continuous support from the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada and then from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the HSFC. Dr. Merhi has also participated in a number of translational studies on antiplatelets and anticoagulants that are supported by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Merhi has published nearly 100 original scientific articles, reviews and book chapters. He teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level and has supervised approximately 30 students taking graduate studies and postdoctoral fellowships. His research work on blood cells and platelets involve collaborations with a number of researchers at the MHI, UdeM, Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al, \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS), McGill University and Universit\u00e9 Laval.<\/p>\n\n

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