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Helen Messier, PhD, MD 
Educator Profile

Helen Messier, PhD, MD 

Affiliated with IFM since
2019
Practicing since
1999
Affiliation(s)
Chief Medical and Science Officer, Fountain Life 
Educator for IFM Courses: APM – Immune

Dr. Helen Messier has devoted most of her career to harnessing data to close the translational gap in medicine. She has cultivated a unique capability of integrating multi-omic data and digital health technologies in real-world clinical care to enable patients to realize the beneficial potential of biomedical technologies.    
  
Dr. Messier received a bachelor of science (honors in genetics) and a PhD in molecular immunology from the University of Alberta. She completed post-doctoral studies at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology in San Diego, CA, and received her MD from the University of Calgary. She is board certified in family medicine.   
  
Beyond clinical practice, Dr. Messier has a notable record as an innovator and healthcare entrepreneur. In addition to her roles on numerous medical and scientific advisory boards, she founded a national network of concierge medical practices in Canada, served as medical director of Genomics at Human Longevity, Inc., and was the founding chief medical officer of Viome.   
  
Her unique scientific and medical background is combined with a passion for teaching other practitioners to apply complex molecular and digital data to the care of their patients. Dr. Messier is currently at Fountain Life as their chief medical and science officer.

Education
Doctor of Medicine, 1997 
University of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta 

Doctor of Philosophy – Immunology/Molecular Biology, 1994 
University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta 

Bachelor of Science With First Class Honors in Genetics, 1987 
University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta
Licenses and Certification
IFMCP | The Institute for Functional Medicine | 2016
Certification in Family Medicine | Canadian College of Family Practitioners | 1999 
Licensed by College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and Medical Boards of California, Florida, Texas, and New York