Dr. Gauthier is Emeritus Professor in Neurology and Psychiatry at McGill University. Previously he has been Director of the McGill Centre for Studies in Ageing and holder of a Research Chair at the Canadian Institute for Health Research, Clinical Investigator and Staff Neurologist at the Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute. His research interests include aetiology and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related diagnosis, development of consensus guidelines on approval and use of antidementia drugs, and on the rights of persons living with dementia to participate in research. His contributions to research include design and implementation of randomized clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of cholinesterase inhibitors, muscarinic agonists, memantine and agents possibly modifying progression of Alzheimer’s disease. He is a recipient of the Prix Galien Award in 1997, the Order of Canada in 2014 and the Order of Québec in 2017.better therapeutic targeting and prognosis.