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Julie Hussin

ResearcherUniversité de Montréal

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Julie Hussin

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (5 NSERC, 3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Cardiovascular Health Electrocardiograms Artificial Intelligence Bias Mitigation Data Generation Fairness Genetic Ancestry Genetics

Latest papers

Foundation models for electrocardiogram interpretation: clinical implications.
European heart journal · 2026
Foundation models for generalizable electrocardiogram interpretation: comparison of supervised and self-supervised electrocardiogram foundation models.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
Refining SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation by leveraging large-scale sequencing data.
NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2024 · senior author

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$30,000
Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,093,950
The Canadian Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Data Sciences Training and Community Platform (BCBHDS Platform)
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$5,550,000

All 16 grants and awards

16 publications.

Foundation models for electrocardiogram interpretation: clinical implications.

Nolin-Lapalme A, Sowa A, Delfrate J, Tastet O, Corbin D, Kulbay M, Ozdemir D, Noël MJ, Marois-Blanchet FC, Harvey F, Sharma S, Ansari M, Chiu IM, D'souza V, Friedman SF, Chassé M, Potter BJ, Afilalo J, Elias PA, Jabbour G, Bahani M, Dubé MP, Boyle PM, Chatterjee NA, Barrios J, Tison GH, Ouyang D, Maddah M, Khurshid S, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Tadros R, Hussin J, Avram R

European heart journal2026

DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1119 PMID: 41568699

Foundation models for generalizable electrocardiogram interpretation: comparison of supervised and self-supervised electrocardiogram foundation models.

Nolin-Lapalme A, Sowa A, Delfrate J, Tastet O, Corbin D, Kulbay M, Ozdemir D, Noël MJ, Marois-Blanchet FC, Harvey F, Sharma S, Ansari M, Chiu IM, Dsouza V, Friedman SF, Chassé M, Potter BJ, Afilalo J, Elias PA, Jabbour G, Bahani M, Dubé MP, Boyle PM, Chatterjee NA, Barrios J, Tison GH, Ouyang D, Maddah M, Khurshid S, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Tadros R, Hussin J, Avram R

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2025

DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.02.25322575 PMID: 40093248

Refining SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation by leveraging large-scale sequencing data.

Mostefai F, Grenier JC, Poujol R, Hussin J

NAR genomics and bioinformatics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/nargab/lqae145 PMID: 39534500

Plasma myo-inositol elevation in heart failure: clinical implications and prognostic significance. Results from the BElgian and CAnadian MEtabolomics in HFpEF (BECAME-HF) research project.

Pouleur AC, Menghoum N, Cumps J, Marino A, Badii M, Lejeune S, Legault JT, Boucher G, Gruson D, Roy C, Battault S, Mahrouche L, Pedneault-Gagnon V, Charpentier D, Furtos A, Hussin J, Rhainds D, Tardif JC, Bertrand L, Rosiers CD, Horman S, Beauloye C

EBioMedicine2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105264 PMID: 39121579

Temperature-dependent Spike-ACE2 interaction of Omicron subvariants is associated with viral transmission.

Benlarbi M, Ding S, Bélanger É, Tauzin A, Poujol R, Medjahed H, El Ferri O, Bo Y, Bourassa C, Hussin J, Fafard J, Pazgier M, Levade I, Abrams C, Côté M, Finzi A

mBio2024

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00907-24 PMID: 38953636

deepSimDEF: deep neural embeddings of gene products and gene ontology terms for functional analysis of genes.

Pesaranghader A, Matwin S, Sokolova M, Grenier JC, Beiko RG, Hussin J

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac304 PMID: 35536192

The mutational landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants diversifies T cell targets in an HLA-supertype-dependent manner.

Hamelin DJ, Fournelle D, Grenier JC, Schockaert J, Kovalchik KA, Kubiniok P, Mostefai F, Duquette JD, Saab F, Sirois I, Smith MA, Pattijn S, Soudeyns H, Decaluwe H, Hussin J, Caron E

Cell systems2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2021.09.013 PMID: 34637888

Construction of a femininity score in the UK Biobank and its association with angina diagnosis prior to myocardial infarction.

Levinsson A, de Denus S, Sandoval J, Lemieux Perreault LP, Rouleau J, Tardif JC, Hussin J, Dubé MP

Scientific reports2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05713-x PMID: 35110607

A sex-specific evolutionary interaction between ADCY9 and CETP.

Gamache I, Legault MA, Grenier JC, Sanchez R, Rhéaume E, Asgari S, Barhdadi A, Zada YF, Trochet H, Luo Y, Lecca L, Murray M, Raychaudhuri S, Tardif JC, Dubé MP, Hussin J

eLife2021Senior author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.69198 PMID: 34609279

Genomic epidemiology and associated clinical outcomes of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a general adult hospital in Quebec.

Paré B, Rozendaal M, Morin S, Poujol R, Mostefai F, Grenier JC, Kaufmann L, Xing H, Sanchez M, Yechouron A, Racette R, Hussin J, Wolf G, Pavlov I, Smith MA

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2021

DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.29.21257760 PMID: 34100030

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health

Nominated PICIHR2025PRIZE-Proj. - PA: Maud Men.: Health serv./soc., cultural, environ. & pop. health

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie

Keywords: Cardiovascular Health; Electrocardiograms; Genomics

$30,000

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie; Avram, Robert

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Bias Mitigation; Cardiovascular Health; Data Generation; Electrocardiograms; Fairness; Genetic Ancestry; Genetics; Genome-Wide Association Studies; Precision Medicine

$1,093,950

The Canadian Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Data Sciences Training and Community Platform (BCBHDS Platform)

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Health Data Scien.

Principal investigators: Brazas, Michelle D; Bourque, Guillaume; Hsiao, William; Hughes, Nia; Hussin, Julie; Kong, Jude D; Pai, Shraddha; Sukhai, Mahadeo; Wasserman, Wyeth W; Wishart, David S

Keywords: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology & Health Data Science; Championing Diverse Talent And Careers; Competency Based Learning Pathways; Graduates, Post-Graduates And Early Career Researchers; Idea- And Career-Focused Matched Mentorship Guidance; Interdisciplinary, Intersectoral Capacity Building; Local Training Opportunities And Awards; National Community Building Activities; On-Demand, Virtual And In-Person Training; Professional Development Training

$5,550,000

Co-evolution of Cytochrome P450 and Olfactory Receptor Gene Families in Primate Species

Principal investigatorNSERC2024International - Catalyst

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie

Keywords: Life sciences (including biotechnology); Human health (including medically-related psychological research)

$25,000

Diet and 6-year muscle and cognitive trajectory in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: combining traditional and omics approaches

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Tessier, Anne-Julie

Keywords: Animal Protein Intake; Cognitive Functions; Metabolomics; Muscle Functions; Muscle Mass; Plant Protein Intake

$70,000

Responsible Multi-omics Data Science

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie

Keywords: genomics; cardiovascular disease; bioinformatics; machine learning; fairness; multi-omics; pandemic preparedness; evolutionary genetics

$70,000

Evolutionary and Functional Dynamics of Cytochrome P450 Genes and Pseudogenes

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie JVVC

Keywords: bioinformatics; Cytochrome p450; epistasis; human genomics; multi-omics; phylogeny; plant genomics; population genetics; primate genomics; pseudogenes

$90,000

Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches Applied to Omics Datasets

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie

$117,000

Study of sex-specific biological factors underlying cognitive function and cardiovascular outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dubé, Marie-Pierre; Gagliano Taliun, Sarah A

Keywords: Apoe; Cardiovascular Health; Cognitive Decline; Genomics; Mendelian Randomization; Sex-Based Analyses

$439,875

Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches Applied to Omics Datasets

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie

$12,500

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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Julie Hussin

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Foundation models for electrocardiogram interpretation: clinical implications.

Foundation models for generalizable electrocardiogram interpretation: comparison of supervised and self-supervised electrocardiogram foundation models.

Refining SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation by leveraging large-scale sequencing data.

Plasma myo-inositol elevation in heart failure: clinical implications and prognostic significance. Results from the BElgian and CAnadian MEtabolomics in HFpEF (BECAME-HF) research project.

Temperature-dependent Spike-ACE2 interaction of Omicron subvariants is associated with viral transmission.

deepSimDEF: deep neural embeddings of gene products and gene ontology terms for functional analysis of genes.

The mutational landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants diversifies T&#xa0;cell targets in an HLA-supertype-dependent manner.

Construction of a femininity score in the UK Biobank and its association with angina diagnosis prior to myocardial infarction.

A sex-specific evolutionary interaction between ADCY9 and CETP.

Genomic epidemiology and associated clinical outcomes of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a general adult hospital in Quebec.

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health

The Canadian Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Data Sciences Training and Community Platform (BCBHDS Platform)

Co-evolution of Cytochrome P450 and Olfactory Receptor Gene Families in Primate Species

Diet and 6-year muscle and cognitive trajectory in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: combining traditional and omics approaches

Responsible Multi-omics Data Science

Evolutionary and Functional Dynamics of Cytochrome P450 Genes and Pseudogenes

Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches Applied to Omics Datasets

Study of sex-specific biological factors underlying cognitive function and cardiovascular outcomes

Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches Applied to Omics Datasets

Frequent collaborators

Jean-Claude Tardif

Jean-Claude Tardif

Philip Awadalla

Philip Awadalla

Robert Avram

Julia Cadrin-Tourigny

Jonathan Afilalo

Simon De Denus

Rafik Tadros

Jonathan Afilalo

Gregor Andelfinger

Maxime Tremblay-Gravel

Zdenka Pausova

Tomas Paus

Christine Des Rosiers

Stan Matwin

Matthieu Ruiz

Daniel Sinnett

Etienne Caron

Guy Boivin

The mutational landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants diversifies T cell targets in an HLA-supertype-dependent manner.