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Alexandre Bureau

ResearcherKinesiologieUniversité Laval

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Alexandre Bureau

Researcher

Kinesiologie

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Research

Bipolar Disorder Schizophrenia Genetics Segregation Analysis Structural Variants Whole-Genome Sequencing Attenuated Symptoms Cognition

Latest papers

Assessment of pregnant women's intention to use a mobile application-based decision aid for prenatal screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study.
Patient education and counseling · 2026
The reliability and accuracy of recombination inferred by Shapeit2 duoHMM on whole genome sequence.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026 · senior author
CTCF Mediates the Cis-Regulatory Hubs in Mouse Hearts.
International journal of molecular sciences · 2025

All 50 publications

Latest funding

Improving detection and interpretation of noncoding variants in familial genetic studies
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$55,000
Identifying nutrition and lifestyle mediators of genetic susceptibility to obesity: towards a precision lifestyle medicine approach to obesity prevention.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$252,450
Altered retinal response as a neurobiological component of the risk trajectory and of the developmental pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,105,425

All 18 grants and awards

50 publications.

Assessment of pregnant women's intention to use a mobile application-based decision aid for prenatal screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study.

Ahouehome SAC, Bureau A, Rahimi SA, Gadio S, Julien Y, Assan OQ, Guay-Belanger S, Rousseau F, Forest JC, Langlois S, Ravitsky V, Archambault P, Légaré F

Patient education and counseling2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2026.109548 PMID: 41780090

The reliability and accuracy of recombination inferred by Shapeit2 duoHMM on whole genome sequence.

Oubninte S, Ruczinski I, Yanek LR, Mathias R, Bureau A

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.06.723015 PMID: 42146393

CTCF Mediates the Cis-Regulatory Hubs in Mouse Hearts.

Lee M, Mangnier L, Padilla CC, Lee DP, Tan W, Zheng WH, Gan LH, Chen CK, Lim YP, Wang RMQ, Li PY, Zhu Y, Bilodeau S, Bureau A, Foo RS, Anene-Nzelu CG

International journal of molecular sciences2025

DOI: 10.3390/ijms26199834 PMID: 41097099

Rare variants and founder effect in the Beauce region of Quebec.

Gagnon M, Moreau C, Ricard J, Boisvert MC, Bureau A, Maziade M, Girard SL

Communications biology2025

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08630-7 PMID: 40781540

RetroFun-RVS: A Retrospective Family-Based Framework for Rare Variant Analysis Incorporating Functional Annotations.

Mangnier L, Ruczinski I, Ricard J, Moreau C, Girard S, Maziade M, Bureau A

Genetic epidemiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/gepi.70001 PMID: 39876583

Statistics to prioritize rare variants in family-based sequencing studies with disease subtypes.

Nieuwoudt C, Farooq FB, Brooks-Wilson A, Bureau A, Graham J

Genetic epidemiology2024

DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22579 PMID: 38940260

Efficient inference of parent-of-origin effect using case-control mother-child genotype data.

Tian Y, Zhang H, Bureau A, Hochner H, Chen J

Journal of statistical planning and inference2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2024.106190 PMID: 38818512

Heterogeneity in the longitudinal courses of global functioning in children at familial risk of major psychiatric disorders: Association with trauma and familial characteristics.

Bureau A, Berthelot N, Ricard J, Lafrance C, Jomphe V, Dioni A, Fortin-Fabbro É, Boisvert MC, Maziade M

Bipolar disorders2024First author

DOI: 10.1111/bdi.13386 PMID: 37957788

A novel rare variants association test for binary traits in family-based designs via copulas.

Dossa HRG, Bureau A, Maziade M, Lakhal-Chaieb L, Oualkacha K

Statistical methods in medical research2023

DOI: 10.1177/09622802231197977 PMID: 37832140

Multivariate extension of penalized regression on summary statistics to construct polygenic risk scores for correlated traits.

Bahda M, Ricard J, Girard SL, Maziade M, Isabelle M, Bureau A

HGG advances2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2023.100209 PMID: 37333772

Improving detection and interpretation of noncoding variants in familial genetic studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bureau, Alexandre

Keywords: 3d genome structure; genomic sequencing; latent structure; pedigree; rare genetic variants; sparse data; stochastic process simulation; functional annotation of variants

$55,000

Identifying nutrition and lifestyle mediators of genetic susceptibility to obesity: towards a precision lifestyle medicine approach to obesity prevention.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pérusse, Louis

Keywords: Eating And Lifestyle Habits; Gene-Diet Interactions; Nutrigenetics; Obesity; Personalized Medicine

$252,450

Altered retinal response as a neurobiological component of the risk trajectory and of the developmental pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Maziade, Michel G

Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Child Mental Healt; Childhood Trauma; Electroretinogram; Major Depression; Neurodevelopment; Retina; Risk Studies; Schizophrenia; Youth At Risk

$1,105,425

Exploring the role of rare genetic variations in the risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in patients from multi-affected kindreds in the Quebec founder population

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Maziade, Michel G; Bureau, Alexandre; Girard, Simon

Keywords: Bipolar Disorder; Genetics; Schizophrenia; Segregation Analysis; Structural Variants; Whole-Genome Sequencing

$1,143,676

Déterminer la qualité de la polypharmacie chez les aînés : une approche basée sur l'intelligence artificielle

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Sirois, Caroline; Émond, Valérie; Durand, Audrey; Khoury, Richard

Keywords: Hospitalisation; Indicateurs; Intelligence Artificielle; Mortalité; Multimorbidité; Médicaments; Personnes Âgées; Polypharmacie; Surveillance

$578,606

Transforming major brain disorder prevention by integrating genetic and socio-economic predispositions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Bureau, Alexandre

Keywords: applied microeconomics; genetic epidemiology; health care consumption; statistical genetics; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia; socioeconomic inequalities; income and wealth distributions; income-health gradient

$272,383

Predicting neurodevelopmental disorders from childhood trajectories of endophenotypes and genetic determinants in children born to an affected parent

Nominated PICIHR2017Catalyst Grant: Personalized Health Catalyst Grants

Principal investigators: Bureau, Alexandre; Maziade, Michel G

Keywords: Attenuated Symptoms; Bipolar Disorder; Cognition; Genetic Risk Score; Longitudinal Observations; Predictive Model; Schizophrenia

$199,405

Évaluation du score polygénique comme prédicteur de signes précurseurs de psychoses majeures

SupervisorCIHR2017Undergraduate: Summer Studentship Award - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Baguette, Audrey

Keywords: Imputation De Génotypes; Neurocognition; Score De Risque Polygénique; Troubles Psychiatriques

$5,000

Integrating genome structure information and statistical analysis of co-segregation of rare genetic variants with phenotypes in families

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bureau, Alexandre

$168,000

Joining well-characterized phenotype and genetic exposures with powerful statistical models to understand gene-environment interactions in metabolic syndrome

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Catalyst Grant: Environments, Genes and Chronic Disease - Diabesity

Principal investigators: Pérusse, Louis; Bureau, Alexandre

Keywords: Diabetes; Effect Size Estimation; Endophenotype; Family-Based Association Studies; Gene-Environment Interaction; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity

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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Alexandre Bureau

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Assessment of pregnant women's intention to use a mobile application-based decision aid for prenatal screening for trisomies 21, 18 and 13: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study.

The reliability and accuracy of recombination inferred by Shapeit2 duoHMM on whole genome sequence.

CTCF Mediates the Cis-Regulatory Hubs in Mouse Hearts.

Rare variants and founder effect in the Beauce region of Quebec.

RetroFun-RVS: A Retrospective Family-Based Framework for Rare Variant Analysis Incorporating Functional Annotations.

Statistics to prioritize rare variants in family-based sequencing studies with disease subtypes.

Efficient inference of parent-of-origin effect using case-control mother-child genotype data.

Heterogeneity in the longitudinal courses of global functioning in children at familial risk of major psychiatric disorders: Association with trauma and familial characteristics.

A novel rare variants association test for binary traits in family-based designs via copulas.

Multivariate extension of penalized regression on summary statistics to construct polygenic risk scores for correlated traits.

Improving detection and interpretation of noncoding variants in familial genetic studies

Identifying nutrition and lifestyle mediators of genetic susceptibility to obesity: towards a precision lifestyle medicine approach to obesity prevention.

Altered retinal response as a neurobiological component of the risk trajectory and of the developmental pathophysiology of major psychiatric disorders

Exploring the role of rare genetic variations in the risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in patients from multi-affected kindreds in the Quebec founder population

Déterminer la qualité de la polypharmacie chez les aînés : une approche basée sur l'intelligence artificielle

Transforming major brain disorder prevention by integrating genetic and socio-economic predispositions

Predicting neurodevelopmental disorders from childhood trajectories of endophenotypes and genetic determinants in children born to an affected parent

Évaluation du score polygénique comme prédicteur de signes précurseurs de psychoses majeures

Integrating genome structure information and statistical analysis of co-segregation of rare genetic variants with phenotypes in families

Joining well-characterized phenotype and genetic exposures with powerful statistical models to understand gene-environment interactions in metabolic syndrome

Frequent collaborators

Michel Maziade

Patrick Levallois

Danielle Laurin

Gaston De Serres

Manuel Rodriguez

Joan Lindsay

Caroline Diorio

Gustavo Turecki

Steve Bilodeau

Marie-Claude Vohl

Audrey Durand

Richard Khoury

Angela Brooks-Wilson

Vicky Drapeau

Nicolas Berthelot

Pierre-Luc Déziel

Marc Brisson

Jean-Claude Forest

Jacques Corbeil

Patrick Archambault

Simon Girard

Denis Talbot

Jean-Eric Tarride

Vardit Ravitsky

Angela Brooks-Wilson

Arnaud Droit