Dr. Bernard Thébaud is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa, a Neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and The Ottawa Hospital, and a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and CHEO Research Institute. Dr. Thébaud’s research is focused on the role of stem cells during normal and impaired lung development. His goal is to translate cell- and gene-based therapies into the clinic to improve the outcome of patients with life-threatening and debilitating lung diseases.