Anne Marie Tassé is a lawyer specialised in health law and bioethics. She has a Master's degree in health law (Université de Sherbrooke), a Master's degree in bioethics (Université de Montréal), a Bachelor of Law degree (Université de Sherbrooke) and a Certificate in health and social services management (Université du Québec). She is currently studying toward a Doctorate in law (Université de Montréal) on the legal and ethical aspects of international genetic research with deceased individuals’ biological samples and data, in 12 countries. Specialised in international comparative law, her work looks primarily at interactions between law and ethics, in the areas of biomedical research and genetics. She also works with national and international research consortia. She is a member of many research ethics boards, as a legal scholar and an ethicist, and an ethics tutor for students and residents in medicine.