Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 6, 2010
• Invested on: May 27, 2011

Claude Laberge is renowned as one of the pioneers of genetic research in Quebec. A professor at Université Laval and a physician-geneticist, he helped set up a program for neonatal blood screening in the 1970s, in order to detect certain hereditary diseases in newborns. Equally well-known for his vision and leadership, he oversaw the Réseau de médecine génétique du Québec and the Réseau de médecine génétique appliquée. Moreover, he was a forerunner in the development and evolution of Quebec population genomics.