Johanne Tremblay is Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the American Heart Association. She has authored more than 300 scientific publications on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and personalized medicine. Tremblay has served as president of the Canadian and Quebec hypertension societies and chaired the program committees of the first and second International Congress on Personalized Health Care in Montreal, with the participation of scientists from more than 25 countries.