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Luigi Bouchard

ResearcherBasic SciencesUniversité du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Luigi Bouchard

Researcher

Basic Sciences

Health Sciences

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
55 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2013.

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Research

Asthma Atopy Bronchial Epithelial Cells Epigenetics Expression Genetics Il1r1 Il1r2

Latest papers

Placental expression of GKN1 and diminished pancreatic beta cell function during pregnancy.
Diabetologia · 2026
Machine Learning-Derived Predictive Risk Score for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Development in Parous Women.
Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026
Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy is associated specifically with larger hypothalamic volumes at 12 years of age.
Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2026

All 115 publications

Latest funding

Comprehensive analysis of IL1R1 and IL1R2 genes in asthma considering smoking status
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 1 grants and awards

115 publications.

Placental expression of GKN1 and diminished pancreatic beta cell function during pregnancy.

Powe CE, White F, Allard C, Shook L, Edlow A, Bouchard L, Aguet F, Jacques PE, Ardlie K, Florez JC, Karumanchi SA, Hivert MF

Diabetologia2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-025-06623-z PMID: 41351688

Machine Learning-Derived Predictive Risk Score for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Development in Parous Women.

Taschereau A, Wong J, Harnois-Leblanc S, Brunet MA, Doyon M, Arguin M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Perron P, Jacques PÉ, Bouchard L, Hivert MF

Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2026

DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s590000 PMID: 41907110

Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy is associated specifically with larger hypothalamic volumes at 12 years of age.

Marchildon C, Arguin M, Doyon M, Côté S, Michaud A, Huck J, Gingras V, Perron P, Hivert MF, Bouchard L, Whittingstall K

Journal of developmental origins of health and disease2026

DOI: 10.1017/s204017442510041x PMID: 41742771

The Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Rare Candidate Germline BRIP1/FANCJ Variants Implicated in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers.

Alenezi WM, Milano L, Fierheller CT, Serruya C, Revil T, Oros KK, Bruce JP, Spiegelman D, Pugh T, Mes-Masson AM, Provencher D, Foulkes WD, El Haffaf Z, Rouleau G, Bouchard L, Greenwood CMT, Ragoussis J, Masson JY, Tonin PN

International journal of molecular sciences2026

DOI: 10.3390/ijms27021037 PMID: 41596682

Drinking water source and the gut microbiome of 5-year-old children: findings from Gen3G birth cohort.

Xiao S, Zhao N, Doyon M, Bouchard L, Perron P, Guérin R, Allard C, Massé E, Moore B, Hivert MF, Mueller NT

American journal of epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf168 PMID: 40820373

Multi-ancestry, trans-generational GWAS meta-analysis of gestational diabetes and glycaemic traits during pregnancy reveals limited evidence of pregnancy-specific genetic effects

Brito Nunes C, Rukins V, Cisse AH, White F, McBride N, Kuang A, Allard C, Ronkainen J, Hughes A, Elliott A

Nature Communications20261 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73509-y

Impact of ambient temperature exposure on miRNA stability in human plasma.

Desgagné V, Lavoie F, Soukar I, Hivert MF, Bouchard L, O'Tierney-Ginn PF

BioTechniques2025

DOI: 10.1080/07366205.2025.2555657 PMID: 40916661

Successes of an innovative population-based carrier screening program for 4 prevalent recessive hereditary diseases in a population with a founder effect in Quebec, Canada.

Fortin CA, Côté-Richer M, Truchon K, Leblanc J, Pratte A, Tardif J, Thomas MJ, Villeneuve J, Mathieu J, Grimard D, Desmeules M, Moreau C, Girard S, Cruz-Marino T, Bouchard L

Genetics in medicine open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2025.103435 PMID: 40584454

PCK1 and SLC22A2 gene variants associated with response to metformin treatment in type 2 diabetes.

St-Amour S, Tessier L, Harnois J, Allard C, Lavoie A, Caron P, Bouchard L, Perron P, Tremblay K

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305511 PMID: 39928707

Physical behaviours during pregnancy may alter the association of maternal insulin sensitivity with neonatal adiposity: a prospective pre-birth cohort of mother-child pairs.

Satkunanathan P, Allard C, Doyon M, Perron P, Bouchard L, Hivert MF, Peters TM

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-025-07148-4 PMID: 39833733

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Luigi Bouchard

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Placental expression of GKN1 and diminished pancreatic beta cell function during pregnancy.

Machine Learning-Derived Predictive Risk Score for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Development in Parous Women.

Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy is associated specifically with larger hypothalamic volumes at 12 years of age.

The Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Rare Candidate Germline BRIP1/FANCJ Variants Implicated in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers.

Drinking water source and the gut microbiome of 5-year-old children: findings from Gen3G birth cohort.

Multi-ancestry, trans-generational GWAS meta-analysis of gestational diabetes and glycaemic traits during pregnancy reveals limited evidence of pregnancy-specific genetic effects

Impact of ambient temperature exposure on miRNA stability in human plasma.

Successes of an innovative population-based carrier screening program for 4 prevalent recessive hereditary diseases in a population with a founder effect in Quebec, Canada.

PCK1 and SLC22A2 gene variants associated with response to metformin treatment in type 2 diabetes.

Physical behaviours during pregnancy may alter the association of maternal insulin sensitivity with neonatal adiposity: a prospective pre-birth cohort of mother-child pairs.

Comprehensive analysis of IL1R1 and IL1R2 genes in asthma considering smoking status

Frequent collaborators

Luigi Bouchard

Marie-France Hivert

Marie-Claude Vohl

Jean-Patrice Baillargeon

Julie Robitaille

Anne-Marie Mes-Masson

Cynthia Gagnon

Sophie Desroches

Cynthia Gagnon

Patrick Mathieu

Marie-France Langlois

Simone Lemieux

Sophie Bernard

Guy Rouleau

Benoît Lamarche

Pierre-Étienne Jacques

Isabelle Marc

Trevor Pugh

Marie-Eve Poitras

Jean-Yves Masson

Patrick Couture

Linda Booij

Linda Booij

Zhong-Cheng Luo

Lee-Hwa Tai

Robert Day

Simon Girard

Simon Gravel

Sasha Bernatsky

Marie Hudson

Tomi Pastinen

Aurelie Labbe

Sonia Anand

Ryan Van Lieshout

Padmaja Subbarao

Ines Colmegna

Laurent Briollais

Koon Teo

Anne-Marie Laberge