Denis Prud'homme
Telephone: (613) 562-5432
Fax: (613) 562-5437
E-Mail Address: denisp@uottawa.ca
Office (building, room number): RGN 3028
Rank
- Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
- Full Professor
Biography
Dr. Denis Prud'homme is a Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Ottawa. He is also an active clinician at the Sports Medicine Clinic OUTAOUAIS. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Human Kinetics in 1980, a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology in 1982 and a Medical degree in 1986, all at Laval University. He completed his M.D. license in General Practice in 1988 and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine in 2010 at the Collège des Médecins du Québec. As a clinician and a researcher, Dr. Prud'homme is actively involved in clinical research related to the effects of physical activity in patients with health problem(s) such as obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome. He is presently principal investigator on the MONET / SOMET (Sherbrooke-Ottawa-Montreal Emerging Team) studies « Critical periods of body weight regulation : A woman’s health perspective ».
University Degrees
| Year | Degree | Institution |
| 2010 | Specialist’s Certificate in Family Medicine | Collège des Médecins du Québec |
| 1988 | License to practice medicine |
Collège des Médecins du Québec |
| 1986 | Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) | Université Laval |
| 1982 | Master of Science | Université Laval |
| 1980 | Bachelor of Science | Université Laval |
Research Interests
- Activité physique
- Obésité : Obésité viscérale
- Diabète : Type 1 et type 2
- Lipides
- Tension artérielle
- Réadaptation cardio-vasculaire
- Densité osseuse
