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Alain Vanasse

ResearcherFamily Medicine and Emergency MedicineUniversité de Sherbrooke

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Alain Vanasse

Researcher

Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2020.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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Research

Amélioration Des Pratiques Cliniques Et Organisationnelles Analyse Comparative Fondée Sur Le Sexe Et Le Genre Populations Vulnérables Quadruple Aim Recherche En Partenariat Axée Sur Les Patients Santé Autochtone Science De L'Implantation Système De Santé Apprenant

Latest papers

Association between benzodiazepines and dementia: A case-control study from Canadian health surveys and medico-administrative databases.
Journal of the neurological sciences · 2025
Care trajectories for musculoskeletal disorders following a new episode of low back pain.
Pain · 2025 · senior author
Medication Exposure and Mortality in Patients With Schizophrenia.
JAMA network open · 2024

All 83 publications

Latest funding

Trajectoires de soins et troubles du spectre de l'autisme au Québec
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$302,174
Soutenir un système de santé apprenant, collaboratif, équitable et durable axé sur les patientes et les patients
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$13,748,750
Trajectoires et qualité des soins reliées aux profils de patients avec des troubles mentaux et résultats de santé associés
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$371,024

All 14 grants and awards

83 publications.

Association between benzodiazepines and dementia: A case-control study from Canadian health surveys and medico-administrative databases.

Legrand D, Roberge P, Vanasse A, Carrier N, Bocti C

Journal of the neurological sciences2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2025.123746 PMID: 41218578

Care trajectories for musculoskeletal disorders following a new episode of low back pain.

Dagenais P, Courteau M, Courteau J, Martel G, Vanasse A

Pain2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003409 PMID: 40106368

Medication Exposure and Mortality in Patients With Schizophrenia.

Brodeur S, Chiu YM, Courteau J, Dorais M, Oliver D, Stip E, Fleury MJ, Roy MA, Vanasse A, Lesage A, Leclerc J

JAMA network open2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.47137 PMID: 39576638

Care trajectories around a first dementia diagnosis in patients with serious mental illness.

Dufour I, Brodeur S, Courteau J, Roy MA, Vanasse A, Quesnel-Vallee A, Vedel I

Geriatrics & gerontology international2024

DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14889 PMID: 38710639

Treatment with psychostimulants and atomoxetine in people with psychotic disorders: reassessing the risk of clinical deterioration in a real-world setting.

Corbeil O, Brodeur S, Courteau J, Béchard L, Huot-Lavoie M, Angelopoulos E, Di Stefano S, Marrone E, Vanasse A, Fleury MJ, Stip E, Lesage A, Joober R, Demers MF, Roy MA

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2024

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2023.149 PMID: 38044665

Demand management processes to improve access to cognitive-behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders: a grounded theory study.

Carrier JD, Gallagher F, Vanasse A, Roberge P

Frontiers in health services2023

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1266987 PMID: 38274712

Erratum in Lesage A, Courteau J, Brodeur S, et al. Urbanicity, Schizophrenia and Equitable Specialist Services Allocation. Can J Psychiatry. 2022;67(2):160-161. doi: 10.1177/07067437211040606. Epub 2021 Sep 6. PMID: 34482764; PMCID: PMC8892047.

Lesage A, Courteau J, Vanasse A

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437231173818 PMID: 37165518

Machine learning to improve frequent emergency department use prediction: a retrospective cohort study.

Chiu YM, Courteau J, Dufour I, Vanasse A, Hudon C

Scientific reports2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27568-6 PMID: 36737625

Association between sustained opioid prescription and frequent emergency department use: a cohort study.

Racine-Hemmings F, Vanasse A, Lacasse A, Chiu Y, Courteau J, Dépelteau A, Hudon C

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ2023

DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2021-211180 PMID: 35288454

Distinct care trajectories among persons living with arthritic conditions: A two-year state sequence analysis.

Nguena Nguefack HL, Pagé MG, Choinière M, Vanasse A, Deslauriers S, Angarita-Fonseca A, Blanchette MA, Lacasse A

Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1014793 PMID: 36444387

Trajectoires de soins et troubles du spectre de l'autisme au Québec

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Couture, Mélanie

Keywords: Analyse De Séquences D'États; Services De Santé; Trajectoires De Soins; Trouble Du Spectre De L'Autisme

$302,174

Soutenir un système de santé apprenant, collaboratif, équitable et durable axé sur les patientes et les patients

Nominated PICIHR2020SPOR SUPPORT Unit Phase II - Quebec

Principal investigators: Vanasse, Alain; Desharnais, Daniel; Ahmed, Sara; Barnett, Tracie A; Boivin, Antoine; Couturier, Yves; Cumyn, Annabelle; Dumez, Vincent; Ethier, Jean-Francois; Gagnon, Marie-Pierre; Groulx, Antoine; Hudon, Catherine; Karazivan, Philippe; Laberge, Maude; Lacasse, Anaïs; LeBlanc, Annie; Légaré, France; Loignon, Christine; McComber, Alex M; Mendrek, Adrianna; Pelletier, Joe Guillaume; Pluye, Pierre; Poder, Thomas G; Poitras, Marie-Eve; Schuster, Tibor; Tremblay, Marie-Claude; Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Amélioration Des Pratiques Cliniques Et Organisationnelles; Analyse Comparative Fondée Sur Le Sexe Et Le Genre; Populations Vulnérables; Quadruple Aim; Recherche En Partenariat Axée Sur Les Patients; Santé Autochtone; Science De L'Implantation; Système De Santé Apprenant; Trajectoires De Soins Et De Services; Équité, Diversité Et Inclusion

$13,748,750

Trajectoires et qualité des soins reliées aux profils de patients avec des troubles mentaux et résultats de santé associés

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fleury, Marie-Josée

Keywords: Analyse De Trajectoires De Soins De Santé Mentale; Données Clinico-Administratibes (Ramq); Enquêtes Populationnelles (Escc-Québec, Enquêtes Générales); Profils Des Patients; Qualité Des Soins (Accès, Continuité, Intégration); Résultats De Santé (Visites À L'Urgence, Hospitalisations); Troubles Liés À L'Usage De Substances Psychoactives; Troubles Mentaux (Cas Incidents); Utilisation Des Services; Variables Associées

$371,024

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart diseases in Canada: The FREQUENCY study

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dallaire, Frederic

Keywords: Congenital Heart Disease; Fetal Cardiology; Prenatal Diagnosis; Resource Utilisation

$218,026

Trajectoires de soins et conditions propices aux soins ambulatoires

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vanasse, Alain

Keywords: Analyses De Coûts; Analyses Secondaires De Données; Conditions Propices Aux Soins Ambulatoires; Données Médico-Administratives; Maladies Chroniques; Trajectoires De Soins; État De Santé Parçue

$761,176

Le sexe et l'âge du patient devrait-ils être pris en compte dans le choix d'un antipsychotique?

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Vanasse, Alain; Blais, Lucie

Keywords: Antipsychotiques; Efficacité; Innocuité; Schizophrénie; Sexe; Âge

$144,933

Canada crazy for our children and youth mental health

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant - Secondary Analysis of Databases

Principal investigators: Lesage, Alain D

Keywords: Children And Youth; Mental Health

$97,500

A scoping study of the neighbourhood environment literature: lessons to improve mobility and social participation in older adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Knowledge Synthesis Grant - PA: Age-Supportive Built Environment

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Mélanie; Genereux, Mélissa

Keywords: Aging; Built Environment; Community Mobility; Community Participation; Mobility; Mobility Disability; Neighbourhood Environment; Older Adults; Scoping Study; Social Participation

$50,000

Low back pain in Quebec's Multidisciplinary pain Treatment Clinics: how good and how much?

SupervisorCIHR2011Doctoral Research Award - PA:Patient-Oriented Research - Health Economics

Principal investigators: Beaudet, Nicolas

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Direct Costs; Epidemiology; Gender; Geographical System; Health Costs; Low Back Pain; Pharmacoeconomy; Population Health; Rural And Urban

$70,000

Inégalités sociales et géographiques dans la prévention primaire des maladies cardiovasculaires et cérébrovasculaires

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant: Prevention of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

Principal investigators: Vanasse, Alain

Keywords: Facteurs De Risque; Géomatique De La Santé; Inégalités; Maladies Cardiovasculaires; Santé Des Populations; Système D'Information Spatio-Temporel

$392,731

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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Alain Vanasse

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Association between benzodiazepines and dementia: A case-control study from Canadian health surveys and medico-administrative databases.

Care trajectories for musculoskeletal disorders following a new episode of low back pain.

Medication Exposure and Mortality in Patients With Schizophrenia.

Care trajectories around a first dementia diagnosis in patients with serious mental illness.

Treatment with psychostimulants and atomoxetine in people with psychotic disorders: reassessing the risk of clinical deterioration in a real-world setting.

Demand management processes to improve access to cognitive-behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders: a grounded theory study.

Erratum in Lesage A, Courteau J, Brodeur S, et al. Urbanicity, Schizophrenia and Equitable Specialist Services Allocation. Can J Psychiatry. 2022;67(2):160-161. doi: 10.1177/07067437211040606. Epub 2021 Sep 6. PMID: 34482764; PMCID: PMC8892047.

Machine learning to improve frequent emergency department use prediction: a retrospective cohort study.

Association between sustained opioid prescription and frequent emergency department use: a cohort study.

Distinct care trajectories among persons living with arthritic conditions: A two-year state sequence analysis.

Frequent collaborators

Catherine Hudon

Pasquale Roberge

Isabelle Dufour

Marie-France Demers

Nicole Dubuc

Jean-Daniel Carrier

Yohann Chiu

Frederic Dallaire

Alan Cohen

Ariane Marelli

Alain Lesage

Isabelle Gaboury

Martin Fortin

Christine Loignon

Joel Katz

Marie-Claude Beaulieu

Marie-France Hivert

Lucie Blais

Denis Talbot

Matthew Menear

Marie-Pascale Pomey

Philippe Apparicio

Isabelle Vedel

Janusz Kaczorowski

Brigitte Vachon

Emilie Belley-Cote

Pierre Pluye

Philippe Sarret

Ridha Joober