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France Gagnon

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ProfessorDalla Lana School of Public HealthUniversity of Toronto

France Gagnon

Professor

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2018.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2011.

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Education

PhD - Biomedical Sciences
MSc - Experimental Medicine
BScN & BA - Nursing & Minor in Psychology

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Research

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Epigenetics and epigenomics

Latest papers

Impact of ABO blood groups on residual pulmonary vascular obstruction in patients with unprovoked pulmonary embolism.
Blood vessels, thrombosis & hemostasis · 2026
Genetic associations with pulmonary embolism among those with a deep vein thrombosis: the International Network Against Venous Thrombosis Consortium.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2026
Molecular determinants of thrombosis recurrence risk across venous thromboembolism subtypes.
Blood · 2025

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) as a Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Vulnerable Type 2 Diabetes Populations
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Sex differences in the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism: testing an epigenetic hypothesis
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$278,971
Sex-specific DNA methylation marks in VKORC1 and UBIAD1 as variables in clinical decision rules for recurrent VTE
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$150,000

All 10 grants and awards

33 publications.

Impact of ABO blood groups on residual pulmonary vascular obstruction in patients with unprovoked pulmonary embolism.

Samaria F, Bezerra OCL, Gourhant L, Germain M, Munsch G, Olaso R, Bacq D, Lemarié CA, Le Gal G, Deleuze JF, Gagnon F, Rodger MA, Couturaud F, Trégouët DA

Blood vessels, thrombosis & hemostasis2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bvth.2026.100164 PMID: 42254091

Genetic associations with pulmonary embolism among those with a deep vein thrombosis: the International Network Against Venous Thrombosis Consortium.

Lozano-Esparza S, Shakt GE, Brody JA, Martinez-Perez A, Conomos MP, Germain M, Clapham KR, Teder-Laving M, van Hylckama Vlieg A, Kauko A, Thibord F, Bezerra OCL, Nadkarni GN, Munsch G, Nøst TH, Goode EL, Ji Y, Chasman DI, Reiner AP, Turman C, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Souto JC, Lutsey PL, Bellomo T, Biobank E, Program MV, Li-Gao R, Winstén AK, Chen MH, Do R, Gourhant L, Hveem K, Armasu SM, Saut N, Pankratz N, Giulianini F, Haessler J, Song M, Olaso R, Boerwinkle E, Dochtermann D, Soria JM, Rich SS, Smadja D, Koyama S, Rosendaal FR, Niiranen T, Gagnon F, Vy HMT, Zakai N, Lemarie C, Skogholt AH, Deleuze JF, Pankow JS, Ridker PM, Liu Y, Rice KM, Pyarajan S, Cushman M, Emmerich J, Psaty BM, Natarajan P, Johnson AD, Rodger MA, Suchon P, Couturaud F, Morange PE, Tang W, Kooperberg C, Kabrhel C, Sabater-Lleal M, Trégouët DA, Wolberg AS, Damrauer SM, Smith NL

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2026.06.046 PMID: 42508647

Molecular determinants of thrombosis recurrence risk across venous thromboembolism subtypes.

Munsch G, Thibord F, Bezerra OC, Brody JA, van Hylckama Vlieg A, Gourhant L, Chen MH, Samaria F, Germain M, Caro I, Suchon P, Olaso R, Wiggins KL, Saut N, Besse C, Goumidi L, Bacq D, Harrington LB, Boland A, Emmerich J, Smadja DM, Lemarié CA, Danckwardt S, Debette S, Deleuze JF, Jacqmin-Gadda H, Rodger MA, Gagnon F, Rosendaal FR, Johnson AD, Smith NL, Couturaud F, Morange PE, Trégouët DA

Blood2025

DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024027879 PMID: 40811855

Sex-specific DNA methylation marks associated with sex-biased risk of recurrence in unprovoked venous thromboembolism.

Bezerra OCL, Rodger M, Munsch G, Kovacs MJ, Le Gal G, Morange PE, Trégouët DA, Greenwood CMT, Gagnon F

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.01.004 PMID: 39848545

The inequitable psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on post-secondary students with preexisting health conditions: A longitudinal study.

Kuburi S, Hamza CA, Lorenzo A, Kthupi A, Fadel SA, Gagnon F

Journal of American college health : J of ACH2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2024.2435955 PMID: 39665788

Canadian COVID-19 host genetics cohort replicates known severity associations.

Garg E, Arguello-Pascualli P, Vishnyakova O, Halevy AR, Yoo S, Brooks JD, Bull SB, Gagnon F, Greenwood CMT, Hung RJ, Lawless JF, Lerner-Ellis J, Dennis JK, Abraham RJS, Garant JM, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Jones SJM, CGEn HostSeq Initiative, Strug LJ, Paterson AD, Sun L, Elliott LT

PLoS genetics2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011192 PMID: 38517939

Genomic Landscape of Thrombosis Recurrence Risk Across Venous Thromboembolism Subtypes.

Munsch G, Thibord F, Bezerra OC, Brody JA, van Hylckama Vlieg A, Gourhant L, Chen MH, Germain M, Caro I, Suchon P, Olaso R, Wiggins KL, Saut N, Besse C, Goumidi L, Bacq D, Harrington LB, Boland A, CHARGE Hemostasis working group, INVENT consortium, Lemarié CA, Danckwardt S, Debette S, Deleuze JF, Jacqmin-Gadda H, Rodger MA, Gagnon F, Rosendaal FR, Johnson AD, Smith NL, Couturaud F, Morange PE, Trégouët DA

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2024

DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.02.24317788 PMID: 39677447

Child health and its effect on adult social capital accumulation.

Lebenbaum M, de Oliveira C, Gagnon F, Laporte A

Health economics2024

DOI: 10.1002/hec.4792 PMID: 38236659

COVID-19 Pandemic, Physical Distancing Policies, and the Non-Profit Sector Volunteer Force.

Lebenbaum M, de Oliveira C, McKiernan J, Gagnon F, Laporte A

Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly2024

DOI: 10.1177/08997640231163782 PMID: 38250580

Genetic endowments for social capital: An investigation accounting for genetic nurturing effects.

Lebenbaum M, Gagnon F, de Oliveira C, Laporte A

Economics and human biology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101316 PMID: 38056316

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France Gagnon

Research

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Impact of ABO blood groups on residual pulmonary vascular obstruction in patients with unprovoked pulmonary embolism.

Genetic associations with pulmonary embolism among those with a deep vein thrombosis: the International Network Against Venous Thrombosis Consortium.

Molecular determinants of thrombosis recurrence risk across venous thromboembolism subtypes.

Sex-specific DNA methylation marks associated with sex-biased risk of recurrence in unprovoked venous thromboembolism.

The inequitable psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on post-secondary students with preexisting health conditions: A longitudinal study.

Canadian COVID-19 host genetics cohort replicates known severity associations.

Genomic Landscape of Thrombosis Recurrence Risk Across Venous Thromboembolism Subtypes.

Child health and its effect on adult social capital accumulation.

COVID-19 Pandemic, Physical Distancing Policies, and the Non-Profit Sector Volunteer Force.

Genetic endowments for social capital: An investigation accounting for genetic nurturing effects.

Frequent collaborators

Audrey Laporte

Claire de Oliveira

Lei Sun

Marc Rodger

Jeremy Grimshaw

Chloe Hamza

Carter Thorne

Steven Gallinger

John Frank

David Moher

George Wells

Michael Wilson

Philip Wells

Zdenka Pausova

Tomas Paus

Vivian Bykerk

Tomi Pastinen

Michael Wilson

Jordan Lerner-Ellis