Martin Gerbert Frasch

Dr. Martin Gerbert Frasch is a Professor affiliated with the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, Université de Montréal. His research spans Medical Sciences and Life Sciences, focusing on antenatal brain development, fetal neuroimmunology, and applications of nonlinear dynamics to monitor fetal/neonatal well-being.

• Education: Doctorate in Neurosciences (summa cum laude) and Doctor of Medicine from Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Western Ontario, Canada.
• Research Interests: Chronic and acute hypoxia effects on fetal brain development, cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathways, fetal heart rate variability (HRV), and stroke-related autonomic nervous system activity in adults.
• Projects & Funding: Led multiple grants (IRSC, FRQS, FRQNT) from 2010–2019, including mechanisms of fetal neuroimmune responses to inflammation and improving perinatal health outcomes via nerve stimulation.
• Expertise: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neurosciences, Physiology, prenatal screening, nervous system development, immune system diseases, and stress impacts.