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PharmacogeneticsAlma\u00a0materUniversit\u00e9 Laval, Quebec CityKnown\u00a0forThe PharmafistPartnerIndia DesjardinsAwardsPrix Sceptique 2014, Prix Innovation 2015Scientific careerFieldsPharmacy, PharmacologyWebsitehttp:\/\/www.thepharmafist.com\/Olivier Bernard, known as the Pharmafist (Le Pharmachien), is a Canadian science communicator who uses cartoons to counter pseudo-scientific myths. He writes the Pharmafist blog, the Pharmachien books and produces the television program Les aventures du pharmachien, denouncing ineffective or dangerous treatments.Table of ContentsEarly life, family and education[edit]Web activity[edit]Television series[edit]Death of Chantal Lavigne[edit]Distinctions[edit]Personal life[edit]External links[edit]References[edit]Early life, family and education[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it.  (May 2021)Bernard earned his B.Pharm. in 2004 from Universit\u00e9 Laval in Quebec City. He subsequently completed, in 2006, a master’s degree in pharmacogenetics and worked for some time in the pharmaceutical industry.[1][2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Bernard started working as a pharmacist after receiving his  bachelor’s degree in 2004. However, disillusioned by the industry’s business practices, Bernard quit working as a pharmacist full-time in 2013.[3][1]There was a constant conflict between the commercial side and pharmaceutics.[4]He still works as a part-time pharmacist  but focuses working as a scientific communicator. He writes books, produces a television program and gives conferences.[2]He comments on medicine and pseudoscience on lepharmachien.com (in French) since 2012[1] and in English on thepharmafist.com, since 2016.[5] Bernard uses a colourful style, described by emergency physician Alain Vadeboncoeur as “friendly, but confident, perhaps a little of a smart-ass”, but “he does not attack people, only practices, ideas and concepts.”[6] As a science communicator, Bernard says he’s influenced by Vadeboncoeur, as well as astrophysicists Hubert Reeves and Neil deGrasse Tyson.[7]Web activity[edit]Through his website, the Pharmafist aims to “destroy scientific myths and health beliefs and (…) encourages people to develop critical thinking and to make better choices about vaccines, gluten, nutritional complements, sugar or useless cold medicines.”[8]In March 2019, Bernard was targeted by an intimidation and doxing campaign from groups supporting the use of vitamin C injections as a treatment for cancer, after demonstrating this practice promoted by alternative medicine practitioners is not supported by scientific evidence. He publicly denounced the degree of hostility unleashed on him and his spouse.[9][10][11]In 2017, his French Facebook page had 144,000 subscribers. The lepharmachien.com website logged 350,000 visits per month.[12]“One question I often ask myself is: Just how much must I make the content accessible? (…) Reaching a good balance between a short, punchy text and rigorous content is always a challenge.” – Olivier Bernard, the Pharmafist[13]  Olivier Bernard at the 2017 Salon du livre de Montr\u00e9al.CaptionYearTitle2014Le Pharmachien\u00a0: Diff\u00e9rencier le vrai du n’importe quoi en sant\u00e9\u00a0![14](The Pharmafist: How to tell between truth and made-up stuff in health care)2015Le Pharmachien 2\u00a0: Guide de survie pour petits et grands bobos[15](The Pharmafist 2: Survival guide for little and big booboos)2017Le Pharmachien tome 3: La bible des arguments qui n’ont pas d’allure[16](The Pharmafist 3: The Bible of nonsensical arguments)2018Le petit gar\u00e7on qui posait trop de questions[17](The boy who asked too many questions)Television series[edit]Three seasons of the documentary series Les aventures du Pharmachien (The Adventures of Pharmafist) have been aired by ICI Explora.[18][19] They feature Olivier Bernard in his role as the Pharmafist, offering a scientific viewpoint on health care, through experiments, interviews, cartoons and humour. Bernard is identified as host and content producer of the program for DATSIT Studios.[20]In the program, Bernard experiments on himself with many treatments he denounces as being ineffective: natural sunscreen, homeopathic solutions, products meant to change the acidity of one’s urine.[8]The initial broadcast of the first episode was seen by a total of 363,000 people on Radio-Canada’s various platforms. A second broadcast two days later attracted 43,000 more.[21]Episodes season 1Episodes season 2Episodes season 3Started December 2, 2016Started December 1, 2017[22]Started December 14, 2018[23]La d\u00e9tox du foie (liver detox)Le cannabis m\u00e9dical (medicinal cannabis)L’ost\u00e9opathie (osteopathy)L’alimentation bio (organic food)Les OGM (GMOs)La di\u00e8te c\u00e9tog\u00e8ne (keto diet)L’effet placebo (placebo effect)Le TDAH (ADHD)L’autisme (autism)La di\u00e8te alcaline (alcaline diet)Les suppl\u00e9ments alimentaires pour sportifs (sports supplements)L’alimentation v\u00e9g\u00e9talienne (vegetarianism)Les r\u00e9gimes (diets)La pilule contraceptive (birth control pill)L’accouchement (births)La cr\u00e8me solaire (sunscreen)Les th\u00e9rapies \u00e9nerg\u00e9tiques (energy therapies)La maladie de Lyme (Lyme disease)Les jus (juices)Le lait (milk)Les m\u00e9taux lourds (heavy metals)Les produits naturels (natural products)Les traitements contre le cancer (cancer treatments)Les vitamines (vitamins)L’hypnose (hypnosis)Le je\u00fbne (fasting)Les antibiotiques (antibiotics)Le gluten (gluten)L’intestin et le microbiote (intestines and microbiotics)Tests m\u00e9dicaux et d\u00e9pistage (screening medical tests)Les superaliments (super foods)L’allaitement (nursing newborns)Maladies caus\u00e9es par les \u00e9motions (diseases caused by emotions)Les ondes \u00e9lectromagn\u00e9tiques (electromagnetic waves)L’alcool (alcohol)Allergies et intol\u00e9rances alimentaires (allergies and dietary intolerance)Le syst\u00e8me immunitaire (immune system)Les produits cosm\u00e9tiques (beauty products)Les eaux (water)L’hom\u00e9opathie (homeopathy)Les vaccins (vaccines)Death of Chantal Lavigne[edit]Bernard released in 2020 an eight-episodes podcast on the 2011 death of Chantal Lavigne, during a New Age sudation workshop. Produced with Radio-Canada, the podcast includes interviews with several people connected to the events leading to the tragedy. Bernard indicated Lavigne’s death is one of the reasons started doing science communication.[24]Distinctions[edit]2014: Prix Sceptique, Les sceptiques du Qu\u00e9bec (award from Quebec’s Skeptics Association).[25]2015: Prix Innovation, Ordre des pharmaciens du Qu\u00e9bec (Innovation Award from the Order of Pharmacists of Quebec).[1]2018: Prix Coup de Coeur, ASPQ (award from Quebec’s Public Health Association).2019: John Maddox Prize (early career award) for defending science (award from Nature and Sense about Science)[26]Personal life[edit]Bernard is from Beauport, which is now a borough of Quebec City.[12] He has been living in Montreal since 2006.[2] He is in a relationship with author India Desjardins.[27] In Winter 2017, Bernard shared with university magazine Contact that starting a family is not out of the question.[12]I was always a skeptic. (…) I was constantly challenging my parents and my teachers, as early as elementary school. – Olivier Bernard, The Pharmafist[12]Passionate about the outdoors, Bernard gets his energy from expeditions in nature.[12]External links[edit]The Pharmafist’s official website.References[edit]^ a b c d “Le prix Innovation 2015 de l’Ordre des pharmaciens du Qu\u00e9bec est d\u00e9cern\u00e9 \u00e0 M. Olivier Bernard, alias ” Le Pharmachien ““. Ordre des pharmaciens du Qu\u00e9bec (in French). June 12, 2015.^ a b c Bernard, Olivier. “About me”. The Pharmafist. Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ Bernard, Olivier (August 23, 2014). “La plus grande erreur de l’industrie pharmaceutique”. Le Pharmachien (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ Girard, Tanya (December 3, 2015). “Entrevue avec Olivier Bernard alias Le Pharmachien”. Bible Urbaine (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ Bernard, Olivier (February 19, 2016). “The Pharmafist is born”. The Pharmafist. Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ Vadeboncoeur, Alain (December 3, 2016). “Pourquoi je d\u00e9fends le “Pharmachiant”“. Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ Pleau, Jean-Philippe (July 11, 2017). “L’autodertruction du pharmachien”. Urbania (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ a b “Tout le monde en parle – \u00c9pisodes”. Radio-Canada (in French). November 27, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ L\u00e9viell\u00e9, Jean-Tomas (March 4, 2019). “Injections de vitamine C: menaces envers le Pharmachien”. La Presse (in French). Archived from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.^ “Le Pharmachien d\u00e9nonce une campagne de cyberintimidation \u00e0 son \u00e9gard”. Radio-Canada info (in French). March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.^ Cliche, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois (March 7, 2019). ““Affaire Le Pharmachien”: qui vit par l’\u00e9p\u00e9e doit-il toujours p\u00e9rir par l’\u00e9p\u00e9e\u00a0?”. La Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.^ a b c d e Trudel, Brigitte (Winter 2017). “Humour et rigueur, fa\u00e7on Pharmachien”. Contact (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2017.^ “Le Pharmachien monte la garde en sant\u00e9”. Le Reflet (in French). October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.^ Bernard, Olivier (2014). Le Pharmachien\u00a0: Diff\u00e9rencier le vrai du n’importe quoi en sant\u00e9\u00a0! (in French). Montr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec): \u00c9dition Les Malins. ISBN\u00a09782896572496.^ Bernard, Olivier (2015). Le Pharmachien 2\u00a0: Guide de survie pour petits et grands bobos (in French). Montr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec): \u00c9ditions Les malins. ISBN\u00a09782896573141.^ Bernard, Olivier (2017). Le Pharmachien 3\u00a0: La bible des arguments qui n’ont pas d’allure (in French). Montr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec): \u00c9ditions Les malins. p.\u00a0224. ISBN\u00a09782896575640.^ Bernard, Olivier (1 November 2018). “Le Petit gar\u00e7on qui posait trop de questions est lanc\u00e9\u00a0!”. Le Pharmachien. Le Pharmachien. Retrieved 12 June 2019.^ “Il y aura une deuxi\u00e8me saison pour Les aventures du Pharmachien”. Radio-Canada (in French). March 5, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.^ Bernard, Olivier (September 13, 2016). “Plus de d\u00e9tails sur Les Aventures du Pharmachien\u00a0!”. Lepharmachien.com (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2017.^ “Les aventures du Pharmachien: L’\u00e9mission”. ICI Explora (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2017.^ “De bonnes cotes d’\u00e9coute pour Les aventures du Pharmachien”. M\u00e9tro (in French). December 5, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2017.^ Bernard, Olivier (2017-11-26). “Saison 2 des Aventures du Pharmachien”. Le Pharmachien. Retrieved 2019-01-18.^ Bernard, Olivier (2018-12-06). “Saison 3 des Aventures du Pharmachien”. Le Pharmachien. Retrieved 2019-01-18.^ Bernard, Olivier (15 September 2020). “S1 Ep1 – Le rituel de sudation: Mourir en conscience”. Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved 4 February 2021.{{cite news}}:  CS1 maint: url-status (link)^ “Prix Sceptique et Fosse Sceptique”. Sceptiques du Qu\u00e9bec (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2017.^ Sample, Ian (12 November 2019). “Scientist who takes on firms causing wildfires wins John Maddox prize”. The Guardian.^ “Les conseils de voyage d’India Desjardins et du Pharmachien”. Radio-Canada (in French). July 9, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.     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