André Barbeau, (27 May 1931 – 9 March 1986) was a French Canadian

neurologist Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal ...

. He was known for his research into

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

and

Friedreich's ataxia Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA or FA) is an autosomal-recessive genetic disease that causes difficulty walking, a loss of sensation in the arms and legs, and impaired speech that worsens over time. Symptoms generally start between 5 and 20 year ...

and taurine research. Born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Collège Stanislas and his medical degree from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...

. He was the director of the neurobiology department at the

Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), (also known, in English, as Montreal Clinical Research Institute), is a medical research institute affiliated with Université de Montréal. Its work focuses mainly on cellular biology, molecula ...

(Montreal Clinical Research Institute), affiliated with the

. In 1980, he was made an Officer of the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the c ...

. In 1985, he was awarded the Quebec government's

Prix Marie-Victorin The Prix Marie-Victorin is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers in the pure and applied sciences whose work lies in fields outside biomedicine. These fields include the natural and p ...

. In 1986, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's

McLaughlin Medal McLaughlin may refer to: * McLaughlin (surname), surname of Irish and Scottish origin Places Canada * Adelaide McLaughlin Public School, an elementary school in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada * McLaughlin Planetarium, a former working planetarium immedi ...

. He died in 1986 and was buried in Notre-Dame-des Cemetery in Montreal.

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* 1931 births 1986 deaths Canadian medical writers Canadian neurologists Canadian neuroscientists Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Physicians from Montreal Université de Montréal alumni Université de Montréal faculty Writers from Montreal 20th-century Canadian physicians Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery {{Canada-med-bio-stub