André M. Cantin received his MD degree from the University of Sherbrooke and completed a fellowship in lung biology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is a respirologist with the pulmonary division at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) and professor of medicine at the University of Sherbrooke. His research focuses on lung inflammation, oxidants, and antioxidants in cystic fibrosis and pulmonary fibrosis, two chronic lung diseases without a known cure. He is a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and has served as the chair of the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee (M/SAC) for Cystic Fibrosis Canada (CFC).