Anick Bérard holds a bachelor's degree in Statistics from Université Laval, a master's degree in Clinical sciences from Université de Sherbrooke, and obtained a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University in 1999. From 1999-2000, Dr. Bérard conducted postdoctoral research work at Harvard School of Medicine in Boston, and was recruited in 2000 as assistant professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. In 2002, Dr. Bérard joined the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center. Anick Bérard is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Université de Montréal, and the Chairholder of the Louis-Boivin family pharmaceutical Chair on Medications, pregnancy and lactation at the Research Center of CHU Sainte-Justine. In addition, she holds a career award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Health Research Foundation of Canada. Passionate by the problematic of drug use during pregnancy, Anick Bérard aims to increase scientific knowledge for the wellbeing of pregnant women and their unborn child.