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Michèle Bouchard

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ProfessorDépartement de santé environnementale et santé au travailUniversité de Montréal

Michèle Bouchard

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Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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42 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 16 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CFI), most recently in 2025.

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175

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3,539

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Research

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Environmental Health Occupational health Public health Toxicological risk analysis Risk assessment Exposure Exposure science Exposure measurement Occupational exposure assessment Biological monitoring/Biomotoring Chemical contaminants Toxic substance

Latest papers

Determinants of human hair mercury, blood mercury, blood selenium, and plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels within northern Canada.
International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026
The street as transdisciplinary infrastructure: real world labs in One Urban Health-well-being corner shops in Québec, Canada.
BMC global and public health · 2026
Supplementary materials - Operationalizing the One Health Approach at the Intersection of Research and Development: The ELUZO project in Senegal and Burkina Faso
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2026

All 175 publications

Latest funding

Tracking trace elements in traditional foods: gaining insights into human exposure in the Peace River Valley
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$875,926
Contaminants chimiques et biosurveillance de l'exposition humaine
CFI · 2025 · Principal investigator
$694,024
Research platform for Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Health
CFI · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,680,358

All 8 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 175 publications.

Determinants of human hair mercury, blood mercury, blood selenium, and plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels within northern Canada.

Packull-McCormick S, Ratelle M, Drysdale M, Borghese MM, Bouchard M, Stark KD, Gamberg M, Swanson H, Skinner K, Laird BD

International journal of hygiene and environmental health20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114703 PMID: 41183436

The street as transdisciplinary infrastructure: real world labs in One Urban Health-well-being corner shops in Québec, Canada.

de Leeuw E, Aenishaenslin C, Batal M, Beauchet O, Bouchard M, Boudreau LeBlanc A, Frohlich K, Kestens Y, Lord S, Potvin L, Terrat Y, Torres J, Trépanier M, Harriet N

BMC global and public health2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s44263-025-00235-w PMID: 41501892

Supplementary materials - Operationalizing the One Health Approach at the Intersection of Research and Development: The ELUZO project in Senegal and Burkina Faso

Alexis Kafando, Malek Batal, Asseta Kagambéga, Adama Faye, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Muriel Mac-Seing, Frank Lionel Bouéko Bicaba, Zékiba Tarnagda, Thomas Druetz, Abel Bicaba, Rosanne Blanchet, Hélène Carabin, François M. Castonguay, Rianatou B ada Alambédji, Amadou Ibra Diallo, Maude Gilbert-Vanasse, Heather Murphy, Abdoul Kader Ilboudo, Rosalie Seck, Magali Martin, Philomène Coumba Tine, Hubert Marine, Adama Kazienga, Michèle Bouchard, Fatou Diop, Mylène Ratelle, Jane E Parmley

OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)2026Open Access

Operationalizing the One Health approach at the intersection of research and development: a study protocol for the ELUZO project in Senegal and Burkina Faso.

Hubert M, Martin M, Carabin H, Parmley J, Gilbert-Vanasse M, Kafando A, Seck R, Murphy HM, Ba MF, Ilboudo AK, Alambédji RB, Batal M, Bicaba A, Bicaba FLB, Blanchet R, Castonguay FM, Diallo AI, Diop F, Druetz T, Jobin-Gélinas M, Kagambéga A, Kazienga A, Korogo S, Mac-Seing M, Primeau MD, Ratelle M, Sougou NM, Tine PC, Tarnagda Z, Faye A, Bouchard M

Global health action2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2026.2705653 PMID: 42533692

Early postnatal exposure to permethrin and deltamethrin mixtures induces sex-specific hippocampal neurobehavioral and neurochemical alterations in adulthood

Sabrine Ben Slimene, Khadija Boukholda, Rahma Ammar, Chloé Aman, Anne‐Emilie Allain, Philippe De Deurwaerdère, Ons Boudawara, Abdeslam Chagraoui, Michèle Bouchard, Hamadi Fetoui

NeuroToxicology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2026.103468 PMID: 42173172

Polystyrene nanoplastics exacerbate gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in adult rat by activating oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis pathways

Khadija Boukholda, Awatef Elwej, Sabrine Ben Slimen, Abir Mhadhbi, Rim Marrekchi, Ons Boudawara, Bülent Kaya, Michèle Bouchard, Hamadi Fetoui

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology20257 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00210-025-03798-5 PMID: 39960559

Toxicological Alterations Induced by Subacute Exposure of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles in Aged Rats: Behavioral, Biochemical, Molecular, and Histopathological Evidence

Khadija Boukholda, Awatef Elwej, Mohamed Abdelkodous, Rahma Ammar, Sabrine Ben Slimen, Bernd L. Fiebich, Michèle Bouchard, Hamadi Fetoui, Yassine Chtourou

Biological Trace Element Research20257 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12011-025-04562-9 PMID: 40056356

Bridging One Health and Sustainability: The anatomy of a socioethical issue

Antoine Boudreau LeBlanc, Jérôme Pelletier, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Olivier Beauchet, Manon Boiteux, Michèle Bouchard, Ryoa Chung, Evelyne de Leeuw, Charles Dupras, Xavier Gravend-Tirole, Timothée Poisot, Jean-Philippe Rocheleau, Nicolas Macia, Luc Stafford

BioScience20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf008

Silica nanoparticles trigger striatal oxidative stress, apoptosis, and histopathological alterations: in vivo and in silico molecular docking insights

Khadija Boukholda, Bakhta Aouey, Yassine Chtourou, Eman Elbayoumi, Melania Guerrero‐Hue, Cristina García‐Caballero, Fatma Boukholda, Mercedes Vallejo‐Mudarra, Bilqees Sameem, Fatiha Chigr, Michèle Bouchard, Juan Antonio Moreno, Hamadi Fetoui

Histochemistry and Cell Biology20252 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00418-025-02424-y PMID: 41071373

Descriptive analysis of whole blood concentrations of toxic, essential, and trace elements in adult females from the MIREC-ENDO study

Packull-McCormick S, Ashley-Martin J, Bouchard M, Fisher M, Arbuckle TE, Macey K, Bouchard M, Foster W, Borghese MM

Environmental Research20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.122095

Tracking trace elements in traditional foods: gaining insights into human exposure in the Peace River Valley

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Caron-Beaudoin, Élyse; Napoleon, Julian; Verner, Marc-André

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Exposure Assessment; Food Frequency Questionnaire; Isotopic Tracers; Trace Elements; Traditional Foods

$875,926

Contaminants chimiques et biosurveillance de l'exposition humaine

Principal investigatorCFI2025John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Bouchard, Michele

Keywords: Analyse du risque, Biomarqueurs d'exposition, Toxicocinétique, Études expérimentales, Études populationnelles Contaminants environnementaux, biomarqueurs d'exposition

$694,024

Research platform for Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Health

Co-investigatorCFI2025Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund 2025 Stream 1 (open)

Principal investigators: Hayes, Patrick

Keywords: Air pollution, airborne contamination, particulate matter, VOCs, greenhouse gases, climate change, biomonitoring, environmental health, toxicology Mobile lab, LIDAR, eddy covariance system, VOCUS CI-ToF, CH4/H2S/C2H6 sensors

$1,680,358

PURE: Particles in URban Environments

Co-investigatorCFI2020Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund 2020

Principal investigators: Nathalie Tufenkji, Kevin Wilkinson

Keywords: nanoparticle, microplastics, nanoplastics, aerosols, colloids, cities, pollution, health GED-ICP-MS, QQQ LC-MS, TOF-ACSM, GC-QTOF, AFM-TER, FCS, cold weather chamber

$4,877,303

Advanced Technological Training network on the risk and remediation of Pollution in URban Environments (PURE CREATE)

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Wilkinson, Kevin K

Keywords: air pollution; analytical instrumentation; cities; effects measurements; metals; organics; risk analysis; soil pollution; training; water pollution

$1,650,000

Gestational exposure to chemicals related to hydraulic fracturing in Northeastern British Columbia, and their endocrine disrupting potential

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Verner, Marc-André

Keywords: Biomonitoring; Developmental Toxicology; Endocrine Toxicology; Environmental Health; Environmental Justice; Exposure Assessment; Gestational Exposure To Contaminants; Heavy Metals; Pharmacokinetic Modeling; Volatile Organic Compounds

$516,376

Contaminants environnementaux, exposition et biomarqueurs

Principal investigatorCFI2016John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Bouchard, Michele

Keywords: Analyse du risque, Biomarqueurs d'exposition, Biomarqueurs d'effets précoces, Toxicocinétique, Études expérimentales, Études populationnelles Contaminants environnementaux, biomarqueurs d'exposition et d'effets

$272,000

Xénobiotiques et nanoparticules: nouvelles approches pour la caractérisation, l'expologie et la biosurveillance.

Principal investigatorCFI2009Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2009

Principal investigators: Bouchard, Michele

Keywords: Risques sanitaires, faibles doses, nanoparticules, biomarqueurs, inhalation, exposition professionnelle, exposition environnementale, vecteur de médicaments, santé publique.

$1,838,583

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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Michèle Bouchard

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Determinants of human hair mercury, blood mercury, blood selenium, and plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels within northern Canada.

The street as transdisciplinary infrastructure: real world labs in One Urban Health-well-being corner shops in Qu&#xe9;bec, Canada.

Supplementary materials - Operationalizing the One Health Approach at the Intersection of Research and Development: The ELUZO project in Senegal and Burkina Faso

Operationalizing the One Health approach at the intersection of research and development: a study protocol for the ELUZO project in Senegal and Burkina Faso.

Early postnatal exposure to permethrin and deltamethrin mixtures induces sex-specific hippocampal neurobehavioral and neurochemical alterations in adulthood

Polystyrene nanoplastics exacerbate gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in adult rat by activating oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis pathways

Toxicological Alterations Induced by Subacute Exposure of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles in Aged Rats: Behavioral, Biochemical, Molecular, and Histopathological Evidence

Bridging One Health and Sustainability: The anatomy of a socioethical issue

Silica nanoparticles trigger striatal oxidative stress, apoptosis, and histopathological alterations: in vivo and in silico molecular docking insights

Descriptive analysis of whole blood concentrations of toxic, essential, and trace elements in adult females from the MIREC-ENDO study

Tracking trace elements in traditional foods: gaining insights into human exposure in the Peace River Valley

Contaminants chimiques et biosurveillance de l'exposition humaine

Research platform for Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Health

PURE: Particles in URban Environments

Advanced Technological Training network on the risk and remediation of Pollution in URban Environments (PURE CREATE)

Gestational exposure to chemicals related to hydraulic fracturing in Northeastern British Columbia, and their endocrine disrupting potential

Contaminants environnementaux, exposition et biomarqueurs

Xénobiotiques et nanoparticules: nouvelles approches pour la caractérisation, l'expologie et la biosurveillance.

Frequent collaborators

Sami Haddad

Mylène Ratelle

Pierre Ayotte

Marc-André Verner

Nathalie Gosselin

Nolwenn Noisel

Elyse Caron-Beaudoin

Maryse Bouchard

Brian Laird

Katherine Frohlich

Malek Batal

Claude Viau

Delphine Bosson-Rieutort

Shannon Majowicz

Ken Stark

Kelly Skinner

Cécile Aenishaenslin

Patrick Levallois

Maximilien Debia

Rosanne Blanchet

Kevin Wilkinson

Olivier Beauchet

Michael Borghese

Robert Tardif

Mathieu Valcke

Joseph Zayed

The street as transdisciplinary infrastructure: real world labs in One Urban Health-well-being corner shops in Québec, Canada.