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Judes Poirier

ResearcherPsychiatryMcGill University

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Judes Poirier

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
47 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (7 CIHR, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2008.

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Research

Biomarkers Alzheimer'S Disease Genetics Pathophysiology Prevention Dementia Quality Of Life Therapy

Latest papers

Oral body temperature and cerebrospinal fluid pTau181 in older adults at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging · 2026
Genetic and molecular evidence linking CTSH to Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026 · senior author
Reducing CETP activity prevents memory decline in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.
EMBO molecular medicine · 2026

All 111 publications

Latest funding

Connectivity mapping electrophysiology system for studying neuronal microcircuits
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$149,998
Development and validation of blood biomarkers for the detection of preclinical Alzheimer's disease.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$711,451
Apolipoprotein B and associated proteins in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease: A Tau-specific association with Alzheimer pathophysiology.
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$1,009,800

All 23 grants and awards

111 publications.

Oral body temperature and cerebrospinal fluid pTau181 in older adults at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Pillet P, Tremblay-Mercier J, Picard C, Rosa-Neto P, Villeneuve S, Poirier J, Calon F, PREVENT-AD Research Group

Neurobiology of aging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.06.003 PMID: 42296824

Genetic and molecular evidence linking CTSH to Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology.

Picard C, Aumont-Rodrigue G, Sarty I, Loncke J, Savard M, Maligne-Bruneau L, Poirier J, PREVENT‐AD research group

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71833 PMID: 42741981

Reducing CETP activity prevents memory decline in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.

Phénix J, Sarty I, Katz MS, Vázquez Cobá A, Marure Rojano AE, Nie H, Kerksiek A, Jerry I, Berger CS, Kiss RS, Lütjohann D, Pastor WA, Poirier J, Munter LM, PREVENT-AD Research Group

EMBO molecular medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s44321-026-00482-w PMID: 42547584

Parent-of-origin effects in Alzheimer's liability dissociate neurocognitive and cardiovascular traits in at-risk individuals.

Savignac C, St-Onge F, Villeneuve S, Badhwar A, Gagliano Taliun SA, Farhan S, Geddes M, Iturria Medina Y, Poirier J, Spreng RN, Bzdok D, PREVENT-AD Research Group

Cell reports. Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102943 PMID: 42520805

Human APOB-expressing mice translate molecular phenotypes across the Alzheimer's disease spectrum.

Aumont-Rodrigue G, Poirier A, Picard C, Poirier J, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Brain, behavior, and immunity2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106575 PMID: 41935644

Investigating Physical Exercise and Cognitive Training Effects on Cognition and Brain Health in Men and Women with Heart Failure: The ReCARDIO Trial.

Bherer L, Besnier F, Gagnon C, Vrinceanu T, Vincent T, Mohammadi H, Gauthier C, Duquesne C, Blanchette CA, Bérubé B, Said SN, Iglesies-Grau J, L'Allier P, Boulet J, Nigam A, Dionne V, Benhalima H, Dubé MP, Duchesne S, Belleville S, Brassard P, Gagnon D, Lesage F, Gayda M, Soucy JP, Bouabdallaoui N, Liu-Ambrose T, Barha C, Poirier J, Éric Thorin, Vu M, Tournoux F, Vitali P, O'Meara E, Racine N, Rouleau JL

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.02.014 PMID: 42327429

Locus coeruleus degeneration is associated with cortical tau deposition and cognitive decline in older adults at familial risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Wearn A, Onuska KM, Shanks HRC, Gaurav R, Lehéricy S, Baracchini G, Hughes C, Tremblay-Mercier J, Narayanan S, Breitner J, Poirier J, Schmitz TW, Turner GR, Spreng RN, PREVENT‐AD Research Group

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71427 PMID: 42029407

The neural basis of prosocial effort-based decision making in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Walker CS, Barnoin G, Bennett M, Hughes C, Tremblay-Mercier J, Spreng RN, Poirier J, Morris LS, PREVENT-AD Research Group, Villeneuve S, Geddes MR

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.10.26343857 PMID: 41646703

Longitudinal association between sleep and Alzheimer's pathology.

Mohammediyan B, Baril AA, Fajardo Valdez A, St-Onge F, Pichet Binette A, Carrier J, Geddes MR, Ducharme S, Montembeault M, Soucy JP, Breitner J, Poirier J, Villeneuve S, PREVENT‐AD Research Group

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71228 PMID: 41804764

The PREVENT-AD cohort: Accelerating Alzheimer's disease research and treatment in Canada and beyond.

Villeneuve S, Poirier J, Breitner JCS, Tremblay-Mercier J, Remz J, Raoult JM, Yakoub Y, Gallego-Rudolf J, Qiu T, Fajardo Valdez A, Mohammediyan B, Javanray M, Metz A, Sanami S, Ourry V, Wearn A, Pastor-Bernier A, Edde M, Gonneaud J, Strikwerda-Brown C, Tardif CL, Gauthier CJ, Descoteaux M, Dadar M, Vachon-Presseau É, Baril AA, Ducharme S, Montembeault M, Geddes MR, Soucy JP, Rajah N, Laforce R, Bocti C, Davatzikos C, Bellec L, Rosa-Neto P, Baillet S, Evans AC, Collins DL, Chakravarty MM, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Spreng RN, Pichet Binette A, PREVENT‐AD Research Group

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

DOI: 10.1002/alz.70653 PMID: 41020412

Connectivity mapping electrophysiology system for studying neuronal microcircuits

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Wong, Tak Pan

Keywords: development; metabolism; neurodegeneration; neuron-glia crosstalk; optogenetic; sex differences; single cell transcriptome; stress; synaptic plasticity; synaptic repair

$149,998

Development and validation of blood biomarkers for the detection of preclinical Alzheimer's disease.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Villeneuve, Sylvia C

Keywords: Alzheimer; Amyloid; Behaviour; Biomarker; Cognition; Detection; Mri; Pet; Plasma; Tau

$711,451

Apolipoprotein B and associated proteins in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease: A Tau-specific association with Alzheimer pathophysiology.

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Poirier, Judes

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Apolipoproteins; Biomarkers; Genetics; Pathophysiology; Tau Protein

$1,009,800

Validation of plasma amyloid-beta and tau biomarkers in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

Principal investigators: Villeneuve, Sylvia C

Keywords: Alzheimer; Amyloid; Biomarker; Cognition; Detection; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Mri; Pet; Plasma; Tau

$100,000

Innate immune activity, the aging brain, Alzheimer's disease pathology and symptoms: a novel approach to prevention.

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Breitner, John C

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease Pathogenesis; Brain Aging; Cognitive Aging; Feature Selection; Innate Immune Mechanisms; Neurodegeneration; Pattern Recognition; Prevention

$1,338,750

Cholesterol-related genes in response to brain deafferentation in normal and transgenic mice

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Poirier, Judes

Keywords: synaptic remodeling; cholesterol homeostasis; apolipoproteins; abc transporters; lipoprotein receptors; gene expression; transgenic mice; knockout mice

$198,000

Innate immune activity, the normal aging brain, Alzheimer's disease pathology and symptoms: new answers, new questions?

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Breitner, John C

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Cognitive Aging; Innate Immunity; Longitudinal Study; Neuroinflammation; Pathologic Progression; Symptom Expression

$100,000

Phase Two of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

Principal investigators: Chertkow, Howard M; Anderson, Nicole D; Andrew, Melissa K; Bartha, Robert; Bellec, Pierre; Belleville, Sylvie N; Bergman, Howard; Bherer, Louis; Black, Sandra E; Borrie, Michael J; Camicioli, J. Richard M; Carrier, Julie; Cashman, Neil R; Collins, Donald L; Cuello, A. Claudio G; Dixon, Roger A; Ducharme, Simon; Duchesne, Simon; Einstein, Gillian; Eintracht, Shaun; Evans, Alan C; Fahnestock, Margaret; Feldman, Howard; Ferland, Guylaine; Fisk, John D; Gan-Or, Ziv; Giguère, Anik; Herrmann, Nathan; Hsiung, Ging-Yuek R; Lanctôt, Krista L; Lim, Andrew S; Mackenzie, Ian R; Masellis, Mario; Maxwell, Colleen J; McGilton, Katherine S; Mclaurin, Joanne; Montero Odasso, Manuel M; Morgan, Debra G; Naglie, Gary; Nygaard, Haakon B; O'Connell, Megan E; Phillips, Natalie A; Poirier, Judes; Rapoport, Mark J; Robillard, Julie; Rockwood, Kenneth; Rogaeva, Ekaterina; Rosa-Neto, Pedro; Rylett, Jane R; Seitz, Dallas P; Siminovitch, Katherine A; Smith, Eric E; ST GEORGE-HYSLOP, Peter H; Vedel, Isabelle; Walker, Jennifer; Wittich, Walter

Keywords: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia; Diagnosis; Prevention; Quality Of Life; Sex; Treatment

$31,625,000

Individualized prognosis and prediction of cognitive decline in cognitively normal individuals at risk of AD and in individuals with mild cognitive impairment

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Collins, Donald L

Keywords: Aging; Alzheimer'S Disease; Biomarker; Cognitive Decline; Cognitive Testing; Dementia; Image Processing; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Prognosis

$948,600

Preventing the progression of Alzheimer's disease pathology by targeting the effects of lifestyle factors and personality traits.

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Villeneuve, Sylvia C

Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Amyloid; Apoe; Imaging; Lifestyle; Machine Learning; Personality; Pet; Tau

$1,059,525

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Judes Poirier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Oral body temperature and cerebrospinal fluid pTau181 in older adults at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Genetic and molecular evidence linking CTSH to Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology.

Reducing CETP activity prevents memory decline in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.

Parent-of-origin effects in Alzheimer's liability dissociate neurocognitive and cardiovascular traits in at-risk individuals.

Human APOB-expressing mice translate molecular phenotypes across the Alzheimer's disease spectrum.

Investigating Physical Exercise and Cognitive Training Effects on Cognition and Brain Health in Men and Women with Heart Failure: The ReCARDIO Trial.

Locus coeruleus degeneration is associated with cortical tau deposition and cognitive decline in older adults at familial risk of Alzheimer's disease.

The neural basis of prosocial effort-based decision making in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Longitudinal association between sleep and Alzheimer's pathology.

The PREVENT-AD cohort: Accelerating Alzheimer's disease research and treatment in Canada and beyond.

Connectivity mapping electrophysiology system for studying neuronal microcircuits

Cholesterol-related genes in response to brain deafferentation in normal and transgenic mice

Frequent collaborators

Sylvia Villeneuve

Pedro Rosa-Neto

John Breitner

Serge Gauthier

Jean-Paul Soucy

Louis De Beaumont

Nadia Gosselin

Julie Carrier

Maxime Montembeault

Simon Ducharme

Mahsa Dadar

Danilo Bzdok

Simon Duchesne

Ridha Joober

Amanpreet Badhwar

Claudine Gauthier

Yasser Iturria Medina

Etienne Vachon-Presseau

Sali Farhan

Anil Nigam

Sylvain Baillet

Daniel Gagnon

Louis Bherer

Jacques Montplaisir

Robert Laforce

Pierre Orban

Jean-Philippe Gratton

Jean-Baptiste Poline

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Jens Pruessner

Gerhard Multhaup

Guy Rouleau

Howard Chertkow

Melissa Andrew

Véronique Bohbot

Melissa Andrew

Linda Li

Catherine Mercier

Alan Evans

Guylaine Ferland