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Yan Kestens

ResearcherUniversité de Montréal

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Yan Kestens

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
23 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 18 research grants (18 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Active Transportation Physical Activity Mobility Urban Health Healthy Cities Urban Interventions Urban Form Agent Based Modelling

Latest papers

Individual and Environmental Correlations with Vaccination Status in Canada: The COHESION study.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026
Temporal shifts in area-level access to cycling infrastructure for equity-deserving groups in three Canadian cities: A descriptive epidemiologic study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Exposure to built and social environments and momentary well-being: A geographic ecological momentary assessment study in Montreal.
Environment international · 2026 · senior author

All 87 publications

Latest funding

Supporting climate change interventions for urban health and equity: A participatory complex system perspective
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,977,525
Supporting participatory practices of cities and community organisations towards climate justice
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$124,773
A REV come true? Designing and evaluating a major cycling and walking network expansion for health and equity
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$68,065

All 33 grants and awards

87 publications.

Individual and Environmental Correlations with Vaccination Status in Canada: The COHESION study.

Firouraghi N, Dubé È, Thierry B, Kestens Y, Moullec G

Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11524-026-01110-1 PMID: 42423943

Temporal shifts in area-level access to cycling infrastructure for equity-deserving groups in three Canadian cities: A descriptive epidemiologic study.

Mamiya H, Thierry B, Stephens ZP, Bell S, Diab E, Kestens Y, Winters M, Fuller D

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01209-7 PMID: 42098458

Exposure to built and social environments and momentary well-being: A geographic ecological momentary assessment study in Montreal.

Khezri S, Thierry B, Fuller D, Winters M, Kanning M, Geneidy AE, Kestens Y

Environment international2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110159 PMID: 41759282

Socio-economic and environmental influences on post-pandemic mental health: insights from a pan-Canadian survey.

Bista S, Thierry B, Kestens Y, Moullec G

Psychology, health & medicine2026

DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2026.2632839 PMID: 41717954

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 health2026

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

Evaluating the protective effect of public open space on social connectedness: evidence from a natural experiment cohort study in three Canadian cities.

Sones M, Fuller D, Kestens Y, Thierry B, Winters M

Health & place2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103541 PMID: 40986969

Social network characteristics and levels of fluctuations in momentary depressive symptomatology among older adults.

Cail V, Beenackers MA, Van Lenthe FJ, Oude Groeniger J, Fancello G, Montanari A, Sueur C, Kestens Y, Vallée J, Chaix B

Journal of epidemiology and community health2025

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2024-222959 PMID: 40813055

Geographic environments, daily activities and stress in Luxembourg (the FragMent study): a protocol combining map-based questionnaires, geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment and vocal biomarkers of stress.

Perchoux C, Topalian N, Klein S, Chaix B, Tharrey M, Röcke C, Gerber P, Klein O, Missling A, Omrani H, Helbich M, Van Dyck D, Kestens Y, Dijst M, Fagherazzi G

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105499 PMID: 40897485

Cognitive maintenance in older adults in social classes: a secondary analysis of the longitudinal SHARE data.

Bodryzlova Y, Nasri B, Ramasy Razafindratovo RM, Kestens Y, Bélanger E, Moullec G

Journal of epidemiology and community health2025

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2023-220542 PMID: 40139758

Distinguishing associations between neighbourhood features and physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour time, and screen time in boys and girls.

Lungu AA, Ghenadenik AE, Van Hulst A, Mathieu ME, Henderson M, Kestens Y, Barnett TA

Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors2025

DOI: 10.1186/s44167-025-00074-y PMID: 40474313

Supporting climate change interventions for urban health and equity: A participatory complex system perspective

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kestens, Yan; Perez, Liliana

Keywords: Active Transportation; Agent Based Modelling; Climate Change; Environmental Equity; Greening Programs; Housing Policies; Mental Models; Participatory Research; Systems Science; Urban Health

$1,977,525

Supporting participatory practices of cities and community organisations towards climate justice

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

Principal investigators: Kestens, Yan; Rondia, Emmanuel

Keywords: Active Transportation; Climate Change; Concept Mapping; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Greening Programs; Mental Models; Participatory Methods; Place-Based Interventions; Urban Health

$124,773

A REV come true? Designing and evaluating a major cycling and walking network expansion for health and equity

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Active Transportation; Equity; Healthy Cities; Physical Activity; Public Space; Social Connectedness

$68,065

Healthy Cities as Complex Systems: Partnerships for navigating the interplay between urban health and gentrification

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Complex Systems; Equity; Gentrification; Healthy Cities; Population Health; Urban Health

$20,000

ENSEMBLE: improving rEsilieNce and Social cohEsion through transformed coMmunity and BuiLt spacEs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: THERRIEN, Marie-Christine

Keywords: Resilience ; Social Cohesion; Built environment; Social Capital; Framework ; co-development; Equity; Cities; Tools; community spaces

$249,987

Collaboratory Uni-Cité: Building bridges for science to equitable urban policy in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Science To Policy; Urban Health Equity; Urban Interventions

$19,955

Le transport actif en ville, équitable pour tous.te.s? : Effets d'une intervention urbaine sur les déplacements à vélo et les niveaux de bien-être liés au transport dans une perspective de justice socio-spatiale

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Kingsbury, Célia

Keywords: Activité Physique; Analyses Géospatiales; Bien-Être; Environnement Bâti; Infrastructures Urbaines; Inégalités Sociales; Mobilité Active; Évaluation D'Impact Sur La Santé

$105,000

COHESION Study 2.0: COvid-19, HEalth and Social InteractiOn in Neighbourhoods

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Moullec, Gregory; Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Covid-19; Determinants Of Health; Housing; Longitudinal Study; Mental Health; Mobility; Population Health; Social Interactions

$100,000

Impacts of the new Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) on mobility, health and equity: A pre-post intervention study

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: El-Geneidy, Ahmed

$672,503

Sustainable Healthy Cities: The Interplay between Urban Interventions, Gentrification, and Population Health

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Active Transportation; Gentrification; Mobility; Physical Activity; Social Participation; Sustainability; Urban Form; Urban Interventions; Urban Simulation; Well-Being

$527,851

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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Yan Kestens

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Individual and Environmental Correlations with Vaccination Status in Canada: The COHESION study.

Temporal shifts in area-level access to cycling infrastructure for equity-deserving groups in three Canadian cities: A descriptive epidemiologic study.

Exposure to built and social environments and momentary well-being: A geographic ecological momentary assessment study in Montreal.

Socio-economic and environmental influences on post-pandemic mental health: insights from a pan-Canadian survey.

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

Evaluating the protective effect of public open space on social connectedness: evidence from a natural experiment cohort study in three Canadian cities.

Social network characteristics and levels of fluctuations in momentary depressive symptomatology among older adults.

Geographic environments, daily activities and stress in Luxembourg (the FragMent study): a protocol combining map-based questionnaires, geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment and vocal biomarkers of stress.

Cognitive maintenance in older adults in social classes: a secondary analysis of the longitudinal SHARE data.

Distinguishing associations between neighbourhood features and physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour time, and screen time in boys and girls.

ENSEMBLE: improving rEsilieNce and Social cohEsion through transformed coMmunity and BuiLt spacEs

Impacts of the new Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) on mobility, health and equity: A pre-post intervention study

Frequent collaborators

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Lise Gauvin

Lise Gauvin

Meghan Winters

Andraea Van Hulst

Daniel Fuller

Daniel Fuller

Patrick Morency

Karen Laberee

Melanie Henderson

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Nazeem Muhajarine

Melanie Henderson

Bryna Shatenstein

Louis Drouin

Daniel Fuller

Louise Potvin

David Hammond

Norbert Schmitz

Catherine Morency

Bernard-Simon Leclerc

Belinda Nicolau

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