Julie St-Pierre was appointed Vice-President, Research and Innovation in June 2025.
Dr. St-Pierre earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Laval University, then did her PhD at the University of Cambridge, England. Postdoctoral fellow, she did her research in Europe and the United States, namely at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, before becoming Assistant and Associate Professor at McGill University (2008-2017), where she launched and led a core facility on metabolomics.
In 2017, she was recruited by the University of Ottawa and established a similar core facility at the Faculty of Medicine. She is a Full Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology in the Faculty.
Her research focuses on metabolomics, a powerful technology that provides in-depth knowledge of the metabolic state of physiological and pathological conditions. She is particularly interested in metabolic vulnerabilities in breast cancer that could be exploited for therapeutic purposes.
Before her appointment as Vice-President, Dr. St-Pierre has held the positions of Vice-President and Associate Vice-President, Research Support and Infrastructure, in the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, since 2023.
