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Marie-France Hivert

ResearcherMedicineUniversité de Sherbrooke

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Marie-France Hivert

Researcher

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.
45 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2012.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2013.

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129

Publications

255

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Research

Adipokines Epidemiology Epigenetic Fetal Development Gestational Diabetes Glucose Regulation Heritable Risk Factors Lifestyle Intervention

Latest papers

Multi-ancestry, trans-generational GWAS meta-analysis of gestational diabetes and glycaemic traits during pregnancy reveals limited evidence of pregnancy-specific genetic effects
Nature Communications · 2026
Placental expression of GKN1 and diminished pancreatic beta cell function during pregnancy.
Diabetologia · 2026 · senior author
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 · senior author

All 129 publications

Latest funding

MicroRNAs in pregnancy and gestational diabetes: origin and functions for clinical applications
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$455,175
Development of a microRNAs-based panel for early prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$582,823
Developmental origins of childhood obesity: tracking the causal epigenetic changes programming adiposity in children
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$948,600

All 10 grants and awards

129 publications.

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

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

Diabetologia2026Senior author

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 therapy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s590000 PMID: 41907110

Placental DNA methylation captures shared and trait-specific genetic susceptibility across complex health conditions.

Cilleros-Portet A, González-Moro I, Sadikki H, Marí S, Everson TM, Hernangómez-Laderas A, Broséus L, Tost J, Cosín-Tomàs M, Groleau M, Czamara D, Lozano M, Hao K, Tuhkanen J, Fallin MD, Schmidt RJ, Breeze CE, Deleuze JF, Aguilar-Lacasaña S, Jacques PE, Hytti S, Irizar A, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Bakulski KM, Dou J, Lahti J, Vrijheid M, Räikkönen K, Hivert MF, Sunyer J, Heude B, Lepeule J, London SJ, Chen J, Bustamante M, Marsit CJ, Bilbao JR, Lesseur C, Fernandez-Jimenez N

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2026

DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.07.26357471 PMID: 42465918

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

Long-read assembly reveals vast transcriptional complexity in the placenta associated with metabolic and endocrine function.

Bresnahan ST, Yong HEJ, Nemani A, Wu WH, Lopez S, Chan JKY, White F, Jacques PÉ, Hivert MF, Chan SY, Love MI, Huang JY, Bhattacharya A

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71303-4 PMID: 41927596

Cord Blood DNA Methylation at CHD13 Is Associated with Adiponectin Levels at 10 to 14 Years of Age.

Bianco ME, Gurra MG, Scholtens DM, Hivert MF, Lowe WL, Josefson JL

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2026

DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaf369 PMID: 40587656

Evaluating ancestry adjustment in multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analysis.

Liu Y, Kuang A, Hivert MF, Lowe WL, Josefson JL, Scholtens DM

Epigenetics2026

DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2026.2646063 PMID: 41859971

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

Fetal sex-specific differences in the placental transcriptome of gestational diabetes.

Shook LL, White F, Acharya KD, Torres-Bigio S, Ibanez-Pintor L, Han D, Aguet F, Ardlie KG, Florez JC, Bouchard L, Jacques PÉ, Karumanchi SA, Powe CE, Hivert MF, Edlow AG

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-39975-6 PMID: 41699151

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Marie-France Hivert

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

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

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.

Placental DNA methylation captures shared and trait-specific genetic susceptibility across complex health conditions.

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

Long-read assembly reveals vast transcriptional complexity in the placenta associated with metabolic and endocrine function.

Cord Blood DNA Methylation at CHD13 Is Associated with Adiponectin Levels at 10 to 14 Years of Age.

Evaluating ancestry adjustment in multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analysis.

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

Fetal sex-specific differences in the placental transcriptome of gestational diabetes.

Frequent collaborators

Luigi Bouchard

Luigi Bouchard

Jean-Patrice Baillargeon

Pierre-Étienne Jacques

Marie-France Langlois

Annie Ouellet

Marie-Claude Vohl

Alain Vanasse

Christiane Auray-Blais

Alan Cohen

Frederic Dallaire

Kevin Whittingstall

Zhong-Cheng Luo

Laurent Biertho

Benoît Cossette

Julie Robitaille

Sasha Bernatsky

Ellen Greenblatt

Pedro Geraldes

Marie Hudson

Tomi Pastinen

Russell de Souza

Diana Sherifali

Koon Teo

Sonia Anand

Padmaja Subbarao

Eric Massé

Ines Colmegna

Ryan Van Lieshout

Laurent Briollais