Martin Lepage, PhD

AI Governance · Research Operations · Strategic Writing

Summary

Governance and research-operations professional working across clinical trials, AI quality review, archives, and scholarship. Builds documentation and review structures that make consequential decisions legible, contestable, and defensible.

Experience

Clinical Trial Coordinator

Novartis Canada (via Calian Group) · Remote

Oct 2025 - Jan 2026

  • Coordinated large-scale pharmaceutical trial activity in a high-compliance environment and maintained review-ready documentation under strict timelines.
  • Managed cross-functional communication across distributed stakeholders to keep regulatory and operational materials aligned.
  • Delivered audit-ready records for time-sensitive trial workflows with clear handoff and escalation logic.

Assistant Research Coordinator (Clinical and Academic)

Clinique medicale L'Actuel · Montreal

Aug 2023 - Oct 2025

  • Directed protocol coordination, stakeholder communication, and documentation workflows across clinical and academic contexts.
  • Strengthened grant, reporting, and formal project materials through clearer evidence pathways and structured review.
  • Maintained project integrity across ethical, clinical, and academic standards in mixed-institution settings.

Research and Laboratory Assistant

Clinique medicale L'Actuel · Montreal

Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Managed sample processing, database entry, and research tracking for multi-phase clinical workflows.
  • Improved reporting consistency through tighter documentation and quality-control routines.

Lead Quality Evaluator (EN/FR)

Concentrix (Toyota Connected) · Remote

2022

  • Evaluated decision quality in AI-assisted customer service environments in English and French.
  • Detected risk signals in escalation logic, judgment consistency, and potential output bias.
  • Translated review findings into practical changes that improved reliability and trustworthiness.

Materials and Preservation Clerk

National Film Board of Canada · Canada

2019 - 2021

  • Maintained digital and physical preservation workflows for complex archival media assets.
  • Documented lifecycle controls and retrieval processes to improve institutional traceability.

Research and Teaching Assistant

UQAM · Montreal

2010 - 2017

  • Supported teaching and research in sociology, sexology, and religious studies.
  • Led tutorials, assessed student work, and contributed to publication-oriented academic research.

Selected publications

2025

Every Hair a Battle Scar: Buffy Summers' Hair as Narrative Engine, Cultural Icon, and Postfeminist Text

LePage, M. "Every Hair a Battle Scar: Buffy Summers' Hair as Narrative Engine, Cultural Icon, and Postfeminist Text." Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association 23.2 [61] (Winter 2025).

2023

The Avatar Animated Series: A Queer Reading of Embodied Power

Lepage, M. "The Avatar Animated Series: A Queer Reading of Embodied Power." In Anime, Philosophy and Religion, edited by K. Hayashi and W. H. U. Anderson. Vernon Press, 2023.

2020

Perspectives sur les savoirs queer et le pouvoir du non-binaire : religiosités et identités LGBTQ

Lepage, M. "Perspectives sur les savoirs queer et le pouvoir du non-binaire : religiosités et identités LGBTQ." Religiologiques 40 (2020): 5-11.

2020

Queeriser la magie néo-païenne au-delà de l'opposition binaire masculin-féminin

Lepage, M. "Queeriser la magie néo-païenne au-delà de l'opposition binaire masculin-féminin." Religiologiques 40 (2020): 65-82.

Education

PhD, Religious Sciences

2017

Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Doctoral work focused on queer ritual negotiations, legitimacy, and performance in Montreal neopagan communities.

M.A., Literary Studies

2009

Universite Laval

Graduate research on symbolic and archetypal influences in narrative literature.

B.A., Literary Studies

2007

Universite Laval

Undergraduate training in literary analysis and critical interpretation.

Skills and expertise

AI governance

  • AI use case inventory
  • Governance risk mapping
  • Decision traceability
  • Escalation logic
  • Minimum viable governance frameworks

Compliance and review

  • AIDA
  • EU AI Act
  • NIST AI RMF
  • Audit-ready documentation
  • Reviewable approval structures

Research operations

  • Protocol support
  • Reporting pipelines
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Documentation under deadlines
  • Quality control

Tools and languages

  • REDCap
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Canva
  • WordPress
  • Python (basic data navigation)
  • English
  • French

Training and certifications

  • Responsible Generative AI Specialization - University of Michigan, Coursera (Completed Jan. 2026)
  • Responsible and Ethical AI - Northeastern University, Coursera (Completed Jan. 2026)
  • Strategic AI Governance - Executive-Level Risk, Ethics and Oversight (Coursera Professional Specialization, in progress)
  • Building Trustworthy AI Specialization - Coursera (Completed Jan. 2026)
  • ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) E6(R3) - The Global Health Network (Completed Oct. 25, 2025)

Contact

  • [email protected]
  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • LinkedIn: martin-lepage-ai
  • GitHub: martinlepage26-bit