Since 2017, Dr. Silvestri has been an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval. His laboratory is located at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute and focuses on the molecular and cellular actions of the endocannabinoid system on metabolism.

He holds the Sentinel North partnership research chair on the gut microbiome-endocannabinoid system as an integrator of extreme environmental influences on bioenergetics. Dr. Silvestri has extensive experience in collaborating with pharmaceutical industries in the field cannabinoids and intestinal microbiota.

• https://cerc-mend.chaire.ulaval.ca/en/the-team/cristoforo-silvestri/
• https://www.inaf.ulaval.ca/en/members/cristoforo-silvestri/