Translation of "IREP " (French → English) :

International Recruitment Project | IREP [Abbr.]

There is, first of all, the Corporation de recherche et d'action sur les maladies héréditaires (Research and action group for hereditary illnesses), the CORAMH, chaired by Dr. Daniel Gaudet; the Groupe de recherche et d'intervention sur les dyslipidémies, le diabète et l'arthérosclérose (Research and intervention group for lipidosis, diabetes and arteriosclerosis) at the Saguenay Hospital Centre, also under the direction of Dr. Daniel Gaudet; there is the Clinique des maladies neuromusculaires (Neuromuscular disorders clinic), chaired by Dr. Jean Mathieu; the Institut interuniversitaire de recherches sur les populations (Interuniversity institute on population research), the IREP ...[+++], which has been chaired for a long time by Dr. Gérard Bouchard of the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi; the Groupe de recherche en génétique et éthique du Québec (Genetics and ethics research group of Quebec), chaired by Dr. Melançon, who will be speaking to you today, and, finally, the Groupe d'étude des conditions de vie et des besoins de la population (Research group on living conditions and population needs) which I have chaired since 1982, and which is located at the Jonquière Cégep.

The ÉCOBES group at the CEGEP of Jonquière is working very hard in co-operation with the people of CORAMH and IREP, who are internationally renowned.

Dr. Hamet noted that the region is home to the Institut interuniversitaire de recherche sur les populations, or IREP, as well as several researchers, and that a number of large families have yet to be studied, which the WHO considers highly valuable.