Derek Bowie

B.Sc., Ph.D.

Professor

McGill University

Dr. Derek Bowie is a Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at McGill University and co-Director of Cell Information Systems. His lab studies the major building blocks of the mammalian brain and how they are linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of London and completed postdoctoral training in France, Switzerland, and the U.S. before joining McGill in 2002 after a faculty position at Emory University. A Canada Research Chair awardee, he has served on numerous advisory panels and editorial boards, and, in 2022, co-founded Nospharma, a McGill spin-off company developing treatments for rare neurological disorders.