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Pierre Ayotte

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Adjunct ProfessorMédecineUniversité Laval

Pierre Ayotte

Adjunct Professor

Médecine

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
65 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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357

Publications

14,160

Citations

139

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Research

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Sciences médicales, de la santé et de la vie Médecine fondamentale et sciences de la vie Pharmacologie et sciences pharmaceutiques (sauf les aspects cliniques)Toxicologie (sauf la toxicologie clinique)Sciences de la santé Nutrition et diététique humaines Nutrition et métabolisme des humains Santé publique et santé des populations Santé des Autochtones Génie et technologies Biotechnologies de l'environnement Biotechnologies de l'environnement

Latest papers

High ergothioneine concentrations in migratory caribou meat and lichens
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026 · senior author
Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Selenoneine on Growth and Lipidomic Profiles in Patient-Derived Prostate Cancer Organoids
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Species-specific mercury speciation in billfishes and its implications for food safety monitoring and dietary advice
Environment International · 2025

All 357 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Health Equity and Preventive Cardiovascular Care among Indigenous and Remote Communities: a Mobile Healthcare Unit
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Advancing Health Equity and Preventive Cardiovascular Care in Indigenous and Remote Communities: a Mobile Healthcare Unit
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
Usage du cannabis et ses effets sur le déroulement et l'issue de la grossesse, la santé et le développement de l'enfant d'âge préscolaire
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$2,321,775

All 13 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 357 publications.

High ergothioneine concentrations in migratory caribou meat and lichens

Ariane B. Barrette, Steeve D. Côté, Normand Voyer, Pierre Dumas, Adel Achouba, Nathalie Ouellet, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte

SSRN Electronic Journal2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7308919

Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Selenoneine on Growth and Lipidomic Profiles in Patient-Derived Prostate Cancer Organoids

Mame Sokhna Sylla, Cynthia Jobin, Line Berthiaume, Lucie Leclair, Gabriel Lachance, Karine Robitaille, Claire Ménard, Chantal Atallah, Frédéric Pouliot, Pierre Ayotte, Yves Fradet, Vincent Fradet, Étienne Audet-Walsh

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.09.04.749239

Species-specific mercury speciation in billfishes and its implications for food safety monitoring and dietary advice

Anaïs Médieu, David Point, Valérie Allain, Nathalie Bodin, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte, Zahirah Dhurmeea, Matthieu Waeles, Laure Laffont, Antoine Le Gohalen, François Roupsard, Anne Lorrain

Environment International202510 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109252 PMID: 39798516

Emerging evidence on selenoneine and its public health relevance in coastal populations: a review and case study of dietary Se among Inuit populations in the Canadian Arctic.

Little M, Achouba A, Ayotte P, Lemire M

Nutrition research reviews202510 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1017/s0954422424000039 PMID: 38327212

The gut microbiota of Indigenous populations in the context of dietary westernization: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Camille Daunizeau, Maximilien Franck, Amélie Boutin, Marianne Ruel, Natalia Poliakova, Pierre Ayotte, Richard E. Bélanger

Frontiers in Nutrition20257 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1652598 PMID: 41245412

Wild foods as drivers of blood ergothioneine and selenoneine concentrations among Inuit living in Nunavik: results from the cross-sectional Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 survey.

Ayotte P, Lemire M, Dumas P, Achouba A, Yedjenou M, Barrette AB, Ouellet N, Little M, Aker A

The American journal of clinical nutrition20254 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.05.009 PMID: 40754389

Selenoneine and ergothioneine in beluga skin and tissues as key antioxidants in the Inuit diet.

Barrette AB, Archambault P, Lemire M, Zinflou C, Ouellet N, Dumas P, Achouba A, Tremblay JÉ, Little M, Ayotte P

Scientific reports20252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-19759-0 PMID: 41087558

Developmental exposure to legacy environmental contaminants, medial temporal lobe volumes and spatial navigation memory in late adolescents.

Bastien K, Muckle G, Ayotte P, Dodge NC, Jacobson JL, Jacobson SW, Saint-Amour D

Environmental research20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.120830 PMID: 39800296

Associations between prenatal exposure to a mixture of lead, mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls and executive function in Inuit adolescents.

Fornasier-Bélanger M, Muckle G, Ayotte P, Jacobson JL, Jacobson SW, Saint-Amour D

Environmental research20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.122224 PMID: 40571078

Societal and biological approaches to diabetes prevention and care for Inuit populations: a narrative review

Helene Myrtue Nielsen, Fannie Lajeunesse‐Trempe, Ai-Ling Lin, Maja Hykkelbjerg Nielsen, Bodil Hoffmeyer, Trine Jul Larsen, Pierre Ayotte, Meera L. Narayanan, Anne Cathrine B. Thuesen, Torben F. Hansen, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Marit E. Jørgensen, Stine Byberg

Diabetologia20251 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-025-06487-3 PMID: 40665130

Advancing Health Equity and Preventive Cardiovascular Care among Indigenous and Remote Communities: a Mobile Healthcare Unit

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embracing Div. to Achieve Precision & Health Equity - Indigenous - LOI

Principal investigators: Piché, Marie-Ève; Rousselot, Nadine; McKenzie, Anne-Frédérick; Poirier, Paul

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Health Determinants; Community-Based Participatory Research; Inclusive Health; Indigenous Health; Preventive Care; Social Determinants Of Health And Health Equity; Women'S Health

$20,000

Advancing Health Equity and Preventive Cardiovascular Care in Indigenous and Remote Communities: a Mobile Healthcare Unit

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity -Indigenous

Principal investigators: Piché, Marie-Ève; Rousselot, Nadine; McKenzie, Anne-Frédérick; Poirier, Paul

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health; Community-Driven And Culturally Safe Care And Research; Diabète; Health Equity And Inclusivity; Indigenous Health; Mobile Healthcare Unit; Preventive Care; Social Determinants Of Health; Women'S Health

$2,000,000

Usage du cannabis et ses effets sur le déroulement et l'issue de la grossesse, la santé et le développement de l'enfant d'âge préscolaire

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Muckle, Gina; Bélanger, Richard

Keywords: Allaitement; Cannabis; Exposition Prénatale; Facteurs De Risque; Grossesse; Santé De L'Enfant; Études Longitudinales

$2,321,775

Qanuikkat Siqinirmiut? A community-based study of southern Quebec Inuit health and wellbeing

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fletcher, Christopher; Pisuktie, Tina; Riva, Mylene

Keywords: 2-Eyed Seeing And Inuit Epistemology; Action Research; Capacity Building; Community Health And Wellbeing; Cultural Models; Inequalities; Urban Inuit

$1,143,675

Effect of environmental contaminants and methylome of breast adipose tissue on aromatase inhibitor efficacy in breast cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Diorio, Caroline

Keywords: Adipose Tissue; Aromatase Inhibitors; Breast Cancer; Environmental Contaminants; Estrogen; Mass Spectometry; Methylation; Treatment

$512,215

The Health of Montreal Inuit: A Participatory Mixed-Methods Population Health Survey and Action Agenda

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fletcher, Christopher; Massé, Richard; Riva, Mylene

Keywords: Health Disparity; Health Geography; Inuit Of Montreal; Marginalized Population; North-South Interactions; Urban Population Health

$100,000

Father's lasting influence: Molecular foundations of intergenerational transmission of the paternal environment.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - General

Principal investigators: Bailey, Janice L; MacFarlane, Amanda; Droit, Arnaud; Jacques, Hélène; Kimmins, Sarah; Trasler, Jacquetta M

Keywords: Child Health; Ddt; Dna Methylation; Endocrine Disruptors; Folate; Histone; Inuit; Organochlorine; Paternal Health; Sperm

$1,494,000

NSERC CREATE for Research in Environmental, Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology (REACT)

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Chan, Laurie

$1,484,070

Environmental Contaminants and Adolescent Development

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Muckle, Gina

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Adolescents Development And Health; Environmental Contaminants; Prenatal Exposure; Public Health

$909,966

Environmental Contaminants and Adolescent Development

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: First Nations, Inuit and Metis Health

Principal investigators: Muckle, Gina

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Adolescents Development And Health; Environmental Contaminants; Prenatal Exposure; Public Health

$100,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Pierre Ayotte

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

High ergothioneine concentrations in migratory caribou meat and lichens

Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Selenoneine on Growth and Lipidomic Profiles in Patient-Derived Prostate Cancer Organoids

Species-specific mercury speciation in billfishes and its implications for food safety monitoring and dietary advice

Emerging evidence on selenoneine and its public health relevance in coastal populations: a review and case study of dietary Se among Inuit populations in the Canadian Arctic.

The gut microbiota of Indigenous populations in the context of dietary westernization: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wild foods as drivers of blood ergothioneine and selenoneine concentrations among Inuit living in Nunavik: results from the cross-sectional Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 survey.

Selenoneine and ergothioneine in beluga skin and tissues as key antioxidants in the Inuit diet.

Developmental exposure to legacy environmental contaminants, medial temporal lobe volumes and spatial navigation memory in late adolescents.

Associations between prenatal exposure to a mixture of lead, mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls and executive function in Inuit adolescents.

Societal and biological approaches to diabetes prevention and care for Inuit populations: a narrative review

NSERC CREATE for Research in Environmental, Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology (REACT)

Frequent collaborators

Éric Dewailly

Gina Muckle

Mélanie Lemire

Dave Saint-Amour

Christine Till

Elyse Caron-Beaudoin

Patrick Levallois

Michel Lucas

Bruce Lanphear

Matthew Little

Jonathan Chevrier

Pierrich Plusquellec

Sylvie Dodin

Benoît Lévesque

Frédéric Dallaire

Paul Poirier

Janice Bailey

Guy Poirier

Michèle Bouchard

Célyne Bastien