Richard Beliveau

Biography

Dr. Richard Beliveau is Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine at Service de Neurochirurgie, Hopital, Notre-Dame (CHUM), and an expert on tumor angiogenesis. In his position, Dr. Beliveau oversees a number of important angiogenesis-based research projects involving the regulation of VEGF-dependent signaling pathways, contribution of bone marrow-derived cells in tumor angiogenesis, and the identification of new molecular targets and biomarkers, among others. A particular area of interest and expertise of Dr. Beliveau is in the discovery and application of natural antiangiogenic and antitumor substances found in the diet for cancer prevention and treatment. This burgeoning area of research includes natural angiogenesis inhibitors found in green tea, cruciferous vegetables, soy, berries, and curcumin. Dr. Beliveau is the author of the best sellers “Foods That Fight Cancer” and “Cooking with Foods That Fight Cancer”. He won the Grand Prize at the Montreal Book Fair and was named personality of the year 2006 by L’Actualité magazine and Personality of Québec by the Au Québec Magazine, in 2007.

Research Interest

In addition to serving as Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Dr. Beliveau is a researcher in the Neurosurgery Department of Notre-Dame Hospital and the hemato-oncology unit of Sainte-Justine Hospital and holds several prestigious academic positions, including: Chaire de Neurochirurgie Claude-Bertrand, full professor of biochemistry at Université du Québec à Montréal, professor of surgery and physiology on the medicine faculty of Université de Montréal, and Chaire en Prévention et Traitement du Cancer. Dr. Beliveau is also a member of the Group for Experimental Therapy of Cancer of the Jewish General Hospital. He has authored more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.