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Alain Cuerrier

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Adjunct ProfessorDépartement de sciences biologiquesUniversité de Montréal

Alain Cuerrier

Adjunct Professor

Département de sciences biologiques

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 SSHRC), most recently in 2014.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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261

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Research

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Latest papers

Wild Edible Fruits as a Source of Food and Medicine: A Study among Tribal Communities of Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
Growth environment and organ specific variation in in-vitro cytoprotective activities of Picea mariana in PC12 cells exposed to glucose toxicity: a plant used for treatment of diabetes symptoms by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada)
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine · 2019 · senior author
Phytogeographic and genetic variation in Sorbus, a traditional antidiabetic medicine-adaptation in action in both a plant and a discipline.
PeerJ · 2016 · senior author

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Thinking Allowed
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$68,039
Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$137,017
Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$62,632

All 11 grants and awards

10 publications.

Wild Edible Fruits as a Source of Food and Medicine: A Study among Tribal Communities of Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Ul Abidin SZ, Khan R, Ahmad M, Cuerrier A, Zafar M, Ullah A, Khan J, Saeed A, Al-Qahtani WH, Kazi M

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

DOI: 10.3390/plants13010039 PMID: 38202347

Growth environment and organ specific variation in in-vitro cytoprotective activities of Picea mariana in PC12 cells exposed to glucose toxicity: a plant used for treatment of diabetes symptoms by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada)

Ashleigh Downing, Hoda M. Eid, Andrew Tang, Fida Ahmed, Cory S. Harris, Pierre Selim Haddad, Timothy Johns, John Thor Arnason, Steffany A. L. Bennett, Alain Cuerrier

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine20196 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12906-019-2550-4 PMID: 31215420

Phytogeographic and genetic variation in Sorbus, a traditional antidiabetic medicine-adaptation in action in both a plant and a discipline.

Bailie A, Renaut S, Ubalijoro E, Guerrero-Analco JA, Saleem A, Haddad P, Arnason JT, Johns T, Cuerrier A

PeerJ201615 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2645 PMID: 27833811

Novel Approach to Identify Potential Bioactive Plant Metabolites: Pharmacological and Metabolomics Analyses of Ethanol and Hot Water Extracts of Several Canadian Medicinal Plants of the Cree of Eeyou Istchee

Nan Shang, Ammar Saleem, Lina Musallam, Brendan Walshe‐Roussel, Alaa F. Badawi, Alain Cuerrier, John Thor Arnason, Pierre Selim Haddad

PLoS ONE201541 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135721 PMID: 26263160

A combination of (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin underlies the in vitro adipogenic action of Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum), an antidiabetic medicinal plant of the Eastern James Bay Cree pharmacopeia

Hoda M. Eid, Meriem Ouchfoun, Ammar Saleem, José Antonio Guerrero-Analco, Brendan Walshe‐Roussel, Lina Musallam, Michel Rapinski, Alain Cuerrier, Louis C. Martineau, John Thor Arnason, Pierre Selim Haddad

Journal of Ethnopharmacology201526 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.12.021 PMID: 26707751

An ethnobotany of the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Ferrier J, Saciragic L, Trakić S, Chen EC, Gendron RL, Cuerrier A, Balick MJ, Redžić S, Alikadić E, Arnason JT

Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine2015

DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0068-5 PMID: 26607753

Distinguishing Vaccinium Species by Chemical Fingerprinting Based on NMR Spectra, Validated with Spectra Collected in Different Laboratories

Michelle A. Markus, Jonathan Ferrier, S Luchsinger, Jimmy Yuk, Alain Cuerrier, Michael J. Balick, Joshua M Hicks, K. Brian Killday, Christopher W. Kirby, Fabrice Berrué, Russell G. Kerr, Kevin J. Knagge, Tanja Gödecke, Benjamin E. Ramirez, David C. Lankin, Guido F. Pauli, Ian W. Burton, Tobias K. Karakach, John Thor Arnason, Kimberly L. Colson

Planta Medica201416 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1368569 PMID: 24963620

Adipogenic constituents from the bark of Larix laricina du Roi (K. Koch; Pinaceae), an important medicinal plant used traditionally by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes symptoms

Nan Shang, José Antonio Guerrero-Analco, Lina Musallam, Ammar Saleem, Muhammad Adil Asim, Brendan Walshe‐Roussel, Alain Cuerrier, John Thor Arnason, Pierre Selim Haddad

Journal of Ethnopharmacology201221 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.002 PMID: 22542642

Comprehensive Evidence-Based Assessment and Prioritization of Potential Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants: A Case Study from Canadian Eastern James Bay Cree Traditional Medicine

Pierre Selim Haddad, Lina Musallam, Louis C. Martineau, Cory S. Harris, Louis Lavoie, John Thor Arnason, Brian Foster, Steffany A. L. Bennett, Timothy Johns, Alain Cuerrier, Emma Coon Come, Rene Coon Come, Josephine Diamond, Louise Etapp, Charlie Etapp, Jimmy George, Charlotte Husky Swallow, Johnny Husky Swallow, Mary Jolly, Andrew Kawapit, Eliza Mamianskum, John Petagumskum, Smalley Petawabano, Laurie Petawabano, Alex Weistche, Alaa F. Badawi

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine201130 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1155/2012/893426 PMID: 22235232

Selected plant species from the Cree pharmacopoeia of northern Quebec possess anti-diabetic potential.

Spoor DC, Martineau LC, Leduc C, Benhaddou-Andaloussi A, Meddah B, Harris C, Burt A, Fraser MH, Coonishish J, Joly E, Cuerrier A, Bennett SA, Johns T, Prentki M, Arnason JT, Haddad PS

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology2006106 citations

DOI: 10.1139/y06-018 PMID: 17111029

Thinking Allowed

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Sujir, Leila

Keywords: visual and media arts; environmental activism; climate change; Indigenous knowledge; artistic knowledge; scientific knowledge; interdisciplinary

$68,039

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bouvet, Rachel

Keywords: végétal; environnement; expérience; représentations; savoirs; interdisciplinarité; conscientisation

$137,017

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bouvet, Rachel

Keywords: végétal; environnement; expérience; représentations; savoirs; interdisciplinarité; conscientisation

$62,632

Uniting Traditional Ways and Science around medicinal plants/foods for the better prevention and management of Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian First Nations

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: Pathways Implementation Research Team - Component 2

Principal investigators: Haddad, Pierre S; Iserhoff, Ashley S

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Community Workshops; Cultural Relevant Physical Cctivities; Diabetes; Foods; Medicinal Plants; Participatory Community Based Research; Public Health Policies; Safety And Efficacy Of Medicinal Plants; Traditional Knowledge

$675,000

Ethnobotanique des peuples premiers du Québec: l'impact de l'alimentation traditionnelle dans le maintien de la santé et la sécurité alimentaire.

SupervisorCIHR2015Doctoral Research Award - PA: Aboriginal Research Methodologies

Principal investigators: Rapinski, Michael

Keywords: Alimentation Traditionnelle; Diabète; Ethnobotanique; Maladies Chroniques; Médecine Traditionnelle; Obésité; Peuples Autochtones; Pharmacologie; Phytochimie; Santé Autochtones

$108,000

Tradition and transition among the Labrador Inuit

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: Labrador Inuit traditions and culture

$2,296,351

Bridging Traditional and Scientific Knowledge to improve Type 2 diabetes prevention and management through a participatory community-based approach targeting Traditional diet, healing, and physical activity.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Pathways IRT - Component 2 -LOI - Obesity/Diabetes

Principal investigators: Haddad, Pierre S; Blacksmith, Jane

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Community Workshops; Culturally Relevant Physical Activities; Diabetes; Foods; Medicinal Plants; Participatory Community Based Research; Public Health Policies; Safety And Efficacy Of Medicinal Plants; Traditional Knowledge

$7,500

Nourishing relations: people plants and place

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Cuerrier, Alain

Keywords: international law; international relations; global governance

$25,000

The best of both worlds: Developing strategies to provide safe and culturally appropriate access to Traditional Medicines for diabetes care in contemporary Aboriginal primary healthcare.

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant - PA: Applying the “Two-eyed Seeing” model to Aboriginal Health

Principal investigators: Haddad, Pierre S

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Health Services; Primary Community Health Care; Traditional Medicine

$380,396

Revitalization of a plant growth chamber facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Brodeur, Jacques

$23,946

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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Alain Cuerrier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Wild Edible Fruits as a Source of Food and Medicine: A Study among Tribal Communities of Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Growth environment and organ specific variation in in-vitro cytoprotective activities of Picea mariana in PC12 cells exposed to glucose toxicity: a plant used for treatment of diabetes symptoms by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada)

Phytogeographic and genetic variation in Sorbus, a traditional antidiabetic medicine-adaptation in action in both a plant and a discipline.

Novel Approach to Identify Potential Bioactive Plant Metabolites: Pharmacological and Metabolomics Analyses of Ethanol and Hot Water Extracts of Several Canadian Medicinal Plants of the Cree of Eeyou Istchee

A combination of (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin underlies the in vitro adipogenic action of Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum), an antidiabetic medicinal plant of the Eastern James Bay Cree pharmacopeia

An ethnobotany of the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Distinguishing Vaccinium Species by Chemical Fingerprinting Based on NMR Spectra, Validated with Spectra Collected in Different Laboratories

Adipogenic constituents from the bark of Larix laricina du Roi (K. Koch; Pinaceae), an important medicinal plant used traditionally by the Cree of Eeyou Istchee (Quebec, Canada) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes symptoms

Comprehensive Evidence-Based Assessment and Prioritization of Potential Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants: A Case Study from Canadian Eastern James Bay Cree Traditional Medicine

Selected plant species from the Cree pharmacopoeia of northern Quebec possess anti-diabetic potential.

Thinking Allowed

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement

Reconnecter avec le végétal: partenariat interdisciplinaire sur le végétal et l'environnement

Uniting Traditional Ways and Science around medicinal plants/foods for the better prevention and management of Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian First Nations

Ethnobotanique des peuples premiers du Québec: l'impact de l'alimentation traditionnelle dans le maintien de la santé et la sécurité alimentaire.

Tradition and transition among the Labrador Inuit

Bridging Traditional and Scientific Knowledge to improve Type 2 diabetes prevention and management through a participatory community-based approach targeting Traditional diet, healing, and physical activity.

Nourishing relations: people plants and place

The best of both worlds: Developing strategies to provide safe and culturally appropriate access to Traditional Medicines for diabetes care in contemporary Aboriginal primary healthcare.

Revitalization of a plant growth chamber facility

Frequent collaborators

Pierre Haddad

Cory Harris

Steffany Bennett

Timothy Johns

Marc Prentki

Charles Leduc

Russell Kerr

Eliane Ubalijoro

Tobias Karakach