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Lara Gautier

ResearcherGestion, évaluation et politiques de santéUniversité de Montréal

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Lara Gautier

Researcher

Gestion, évaluation et politiques de santé

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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16 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 5 research grants (4 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Santé Des Migrants Coûts Sociaux Et Économiques Femmes Enceintes Migrantes Sans Assurance Maladie Inégalités Sociales Et De Santé Politiques De Santé Inclusives Soins Prénataux Tardifs Ou Inadéquats Évaluation Participative Des Services Évaluation Économique

Latest papers

A Comparative Case Study of Collaborative Governance for Intersectoral Extreme Heat Response in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, Canada.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
The influence of public health organization on response to the COVID-19 pandemic in four Canadian provinces: A comparative qualitative analysis.
Health policy OPEN · 2025
How to formulate high-quality lessons learned: a rapid review.
Global health action · 2025

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Valoriser la donnée de vie réelle pour soutenir l'usage optimal du médicament
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$742,050
PRENA-E-COUT' : Évaluation mixte et participative de l'expérience et du coût des soins chez les femmes enceintes sans assurance maladie au Québec
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$413,100
CLIMPACT: Impacts of extreme climate change events on temporary agricultural workers in Québec: a mixed method, community-based participatory research
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$121,000

All 9 grants and awards

33 publications.

A Comparative Case Study of Collaborative Governance for Intersectoral Extreme Heat Response in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, Canada.

Simpson S, Seabrook MSS, Di Ruggiero E, Gautier L, Miller FA, Roerig M, Xie E, Allin S

International journal of environmental research and public health2026

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph23040506 PMID: 42074445

The influence of public health organization on response to the COVID-19 pandemic in four Canadian provinces: A comparative qualitative analysis.

Usher S, Allin S, Gautier L, Fierlbeck K, Sriram V, Bodner A, Trapé C, Shipton L, Montecalvo A, Berman P

Health policy OPEN2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.hpopen.2025.100146 PMID: 40761748

How to formulate high-quality lessons learned: a rapid review.

Dagenais C, Proulx M, Hot A, McSween-Cadieux E, Villemin R, Gautier L, de Araujo Oliveira SR, Cloos P, Traverson L, Zinszer K, Ridde V

Global health action2025

DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2546691 PMID: 41220300

Inequality in COVID-19 mortality in Quebec associated with neighbourhood-level vulnerability domains.

Blaser C, Gautier L, Brousseau É, Auger N, Frohlich KL

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00829-7 PMID: 38100050

Learning from intersectoral initiatives to respond to the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants without status in the context of COVID-19 in Quebec and Ontario: a qualitative multiple case study protocol

Health Research Policy and Systems20239 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-00991-x PMID: W4381430256

Evaluating the implementation of a referral system for virtual pharmacy counselling in a province-wide nurse phone line.

Motulsky A, Gautier L, Moreault MP, Badr J, Liang MQ, Davy A, Duhoux A, Lussier MT

Healthcare management forum2023

DOI: 10.1177/08404704221147454 PMID: 36710567

Did the design and planning of testing and contact tracing interventions for COVID-19 consider social inequalities in health? A multiple case study from Brazil, Canada, France & Mali.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC, Gautier L, Beaujoin C, Boivin P, Coulibaly A, Richard Z, Gomes de Medeiros S, Dutra Da Nóbrega RE, de Araujo Oliveira SR, Cloos P, Chabrol F, Ridde V, Zinszer K

Social science & medicine (1982)2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116230 PMID: 37716184

Attributes and Organizational Factors that Enabled Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Case Studies from Brazil, Canada and Japan.

Honda A, de Araujo Oliveira SR, Ridde V, Zinszer K, Gautier L

Health systems and reform2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2023.2176022 PMID: 37023218

Exploring how social inequalities in health have influenced the design of Mali's SARS-CoV-2 testing policy: a qualitative study.

Boivin P, Gautier L, Coulibaly A, Zinszer K, Ridde V

Health policy and planning2023

DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czac097 PMID: 36398987

Evidence attack in public health: Diverse actors’ experiences with translating controversial or misrepresented evidence in health policy and systems research

Jessani NS, Williamson RT, Choonara S, Gautier L, Hoe C, Jafar SK, Khalid AF, Salas IR, Turcotte-Tremblay A-M, Rodríguez DC

Global Public Health20226 citations

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.2020319

Valoriser la donnée de vie réelle pour soutenir l'usage optimal du médicament

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Motulsky, Aude; NIKIEMA, Jean N

Keywords: Codesign; Data Engineering; Digital Intervention; Implementation; Knowledge Engineering; Ontology; Pharmacovigilance; Semantic Web; Symbolic Artificial Intelligence; Terminology

$742,050

PRENA-E-COUT' : Évaluation mixte et participative de l'expérience et du coût des soins chez les femmes enceintes sans assurance maladie au Québec

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gautier, Lara; Brabant, Zoé; Tchouaket Nguemeleu, Eric

Keywords: Coûts Sociaux Et Économiques; Femmes Enceintes Migrantes Sans Assurance Maladie; Inégalités Sociales Et De Santé; Politiques De Santé Inclusives; Santé Des Migrants; Soins Prénataux Tardifs Ou Inadéquats; Évaluation Participative Des Services; Évaluation Économique

$413,100

CLIMPACT: Impacts of extreme climate change events on temporary agricultural workers in Québec: a mixed method, community-based participatory research

Nominated PICIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Gautier, Lara; Rojas, Carlos; Blanchet, Rosanne; Noisel, Nolwenn C

Keywords: Agriculture Sector; Community-Based Participatory Research; Impacts Of Climate Change; Temporary Foreign Workers

$121,000

Words Matter, Numbers Matter, Ways Matter: Establishing a Data and Resource Platform to Guide Equitable Healthcare for Women Living with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Access To Quality Health Care Services; Census Survey Data; Equity And Population Health; Estimates Of Prevalence; Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting; Immigration; Sex And Gender; Women And Girls

$100,000

Expériences des équipes communautaires et migration forcée : Quelles pratiques porteuses face aux enjeux d'accueil, de trauma et de pluralité?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jaimes, Annie

Keywords: Personnes réfugiées ou en demande d'asile; Organismes communautaires; Accueil et intégration des personnes issues de l'immigration; Épuisement professionnel; Transmission traumatique; Résilience; Méthodes qualitatives; Approche socioécologique; Discrimination; Diversité et vivre-ensemble

$62,977

#WeFeedYou, and yet...: How are temporary migrant workers' food security, nutrition and health shaped in Quebec's agri-food system - A participatory action research multiple-case study

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Blanchet, Rosanne; Gautier, Lara

Keywords: Agriculture And Agri-Food; Case Study; Food System; Inequities In Food Insecurity, Nutrition And Health; Participatory Action Research; Photovoice; Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Temporary Migrant Workers

$424,576

RÉAC ! Réactivité de la prise en charge des nouveaux arrivants face à la pandémie de COVID-19 à Montréal, Sherbrooke et Toronto : une recherche mixte participative

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant - PA: Pandemic and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Gautier, Lara; Rodriguez Del Barrio, Lourdes; Touati, Nassera

Keywords: Action Intersectorielle; Organismes Communautaires; Recherche Participative; Réactivité Des Systèmes De Santé; Réseau De La Santé Et Des Services Sociaux; Santé Des Migrants

$370,000

Learning from intersectoral care provision for unaccompanied minors in Montreal: a case study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gautier, Lara

Keywords: qualitative case study; vulnerable young migrants; intersectoral care provision; community-based organizations; public programs and services

$49,200

Evaluating the implementation, the process of empowerment, and the influence of context on a community mobilization intervention to reduce dengue infections in Brazil

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zinszer, Kate A; Caprara, Andrea; Ridde, Valéry

Keywords: Brazil; Community Mobilization; Dengue; Fidelity Evaluation; Process Evaluation; Qualitative Research; Realist Evaluation; Sustainability Evaluation

$221,851

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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Lara Gautier

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A Comparative Case Study of Collaborative Governance for Intersectoral Extreme Heat Response in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, Canada.

The influence of public health organization on response to the COVID-19 pandemic in four Canadian provinces: A comparative qualitative analysis.

How to formulate high-quality lessons learned: a rapid review.

Inequality in COVID-19 mortality in Quebec associated with neighbourhood-level vulnerability domains.

Learning from intersectoral initiatives to respond to the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants without status in the context of COVID-19 in Quebec and Ontario: a qualitative multiple case study protocol

Evaluating the implementation of a referral system for virtual pharmacy counselling in a province-wide nurse phone line.

Did the design and planning of testing and contact tracing interventions for COVID-19 consider social inequalities in health? A multiple case study from Brazil, Canada, France & Mali.

Attributes and Organizational Factors that Enabled Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Case Studies from Brazil, Canada and Japan.

Exploring how social inequalities in health have influenced the design of Mali's SARS-CoV-2 testing policy: a qualitative study.

Evidence attack in public health: Diverse actors’ experiences with translating controversial or misrepresented evidence in health policy and systems research

Valoriser la donnée de vie réelle pour soutenir l'usage optimal du médicament

PRENA-E-COUT' : Évaluation mixte et participative de l'expérience et du coût des soins chez les femmes enceintes sans assurance maladie au Québec

CLIMPACT: Impacts of extreme climate change events on temporary agricultural workers in Québec: a mixed method, community-based participatory research

Words Matter, Numbers Matter, Ways Matter: Establishing a Data and Resource Platform to Guide Equitable Healthcare for Women Living with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada

Expériences des équipes communautaires et migration forcée : Quelles pratiques porteuses face aux enjeux d'accueil, de trauma et de pluralité?

#WeFeedYou, and yet...: How are temporary migrant workers' food security, nutrition and health shaped in Quebec's agri-food system - A participatory action research multiple-case study

RÉAC ! Réactivité de la prise en charge des nouveaux arrivants face à la pandémie de COVID-19 à Montréal, Sherbrooke et Toronto : une recherche mixte participative

Learning from intersectoral care provision for unaccompanied minors in Montreal: a case study

Evaluating the implementation, the process of empowerment, and the influence of context on a community mobilization intervention to reduce dengue infections in Brazil

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Nassera Touati

Veena Sriram

Jessica Spagnolo

Muriel Mac-Seing

Nathalie Auger

Edward Xie

Pierre Pluye

Aude Motulsky

Christopher Furgal

Arnaud Duhoux

Firas Khalid

Peter Berman

Michel Lucas

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