Former students

Visiting researcher

Oldrich Tomasek (2018-2019)

Project title: International collaboration in ecological and evolutionary biology of vertebrates.

Current position: Post-doctoral research fellow, Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Post-doctoral fellows

Francis B. Lavoie (2019-2021)

Project title: Algorithm developement for human aging identification and quantification improvement. 

Current position: AI specialist, Prevalis platform in AI, Université de Sherbrooke.

F. Guillaume Blanchet (2019-2020, codirection: Dominique Gravel)

Project title: Development of statistical methods to better understand the immune system holistically using hierarchical models. 

Current position: Assistant professor, Université de Sherbrooke.

Marie Brunet (2016-2020, codirection: Xavier Roucou)

Project title: Study of evolution and function of alternative proteins. 

Current position: Research associate, Xavier Roucou's lab, Université de Sherbrooke.

Ahmed Ghachem (2018-2019)

Project title: Epidemiology, biostatistics, and elderly health.

Current position: Scientific professional in medico-administrative data management and analysis, Institut national d’excellence en santé et en service sociaux.

Julie Landes (2017-2019, codirection: Fanie Pelletier)

Project title: Study of senescence in wild animal populations and humans.

Current position: Project Manager - Biologist, Conseil du bassin versant de la région de Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

Valérie Jarry (2015-2017, codirection: Hélène Payette)

Project title: Influences of nutrition and socioeconomic context on physiological dysregulation and aging

Current position: Research professional, Montréal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre, Douglas Mental Health University Institute

Maimouna Bagna (2014-2017)

        Project title: Utilization of data mining methods to understand the complexity of the aging process

Clarence Schmitt (2017, ocdirection: Fanie Pelletier)

        Project title: Eco-physiology: where are we now and where are we going next

        Current position: Temporary Lecturer and Research Assistant, Pierre and Marie Curie University (France)

Jean-François Noël (2014, codirection: Xavier Roucou)

Project title: The alternative proteome: a new paradigm in translational research and personalized medicine

Current position: Project manager, PhenoSwitch Bioscience

Patrick Bergeron (2013-2014, codirection: Alain Vanasse)

Project title: Applied studies on cardiovascular diseases and meteorology/climate relationship in Quebec

Current position: Assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Bishop's University

Qing Li (2013-2015, codirection: Shengrui Wang)

Titre du projet : Informatics and statistics of aging biology through biomarkers analysis.

Poste actuel : Associate professor, School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University

Emmanuel Milot (2012-2014)

Project title: Aging mechanisms study from longitudinal human population data : Physiological dysregulation hypothesis testing

Current position: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

André Ngamini Ngui (2011-2012, codirection: Alain Vanasse)

Project title: Schizophrenia spatial modeling in Quebec : A GWR approach

Former position (deceased): Associate professor, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal

PhD students

Frédérik Dufour (2016-2021, codirection: Pierre-Étienne Jacques)

Project title: Study of dysregulation in physiological systems during aging: A bioinformatics approach.

Yasmine Kouredja Serme (2014-2020 - withdrawn, codirection: Larissa Takser)

Project title: Thyroid disrupters and child cerebral development: The case of brominated flame-retardants in the GESTE cohort.

Master students

Annie Larouche (2014-2017 - withdrawn, codirection: Alain Vanasse)

Project title: Association between antipsychotic treatment type and risk of rehospitalisation for patients who had an episode of schizophrenia

Vincent Morissette-Thomas (2013-2015, codirection: Taoufik Bouezmarni)

Project title: Multivariate analysis of inflammatory biomarkers to better characterize their impact on the aging process

Mariem Fourati (2012-2015, codirection: Taoufik Bouezmarni)

Project title: A method for the estimation of residual confusion effect on regression analyses 

Francis Dusseault-Bélanger (2011-2013)

Project title: Principal component analysis as a biostatistic tool : A routine to study biomarkers structure 

Undergrad interns

Cassandra Guillemette, Mathematics student (2020)

Marianne Malette, Ecology student (2020)

Amber Hewett, Computer science student, Bishop's University (2020)

Julien Corriveau-Trudel, Mathematics student (2019, co-supervisor)

Charlie Cloutier-Langevin, Mathematics student (2019, co-supervisor)

Marika Caouette, Ecology student (2019)

Francisco Maria Scoccimarro, Computer science student (2019)

Fatima Bouslimi, Biochemistry student, Bishop's University (2019)

Mingxin Liu, Mathematics student, Bishop's University (2019)

Alexandre Racine, Ecology student (2018)

Nicolas Raymond, Mathematics student (2018)

Émy Roberge, Biology student (2017)

Gabriel Dansereau. Ecology student (2017)

Vincent-Daniel Girard, Biotechnology engineering (2017)

Guillaume Provost, Biochemistry student (2017)

Jason Argouin, Ecology student (2016)

Michael Reddick, Physics student (2016) 

Boureima Traore, Economics student (2016)

René St-Onge, Physics student (2016)

Olivier Germain, Mathematics student (2016)

Mélissa Paquet, Ecology student (2015)

Samuel Faucher, Physics student (2013)

Raphaelle Mercier-Gauthier, Ecology student (2013)

Roxane Poirier, Ecology student (2013)

Maxime Leroux, Economics student (2013)

Jean-Louis Barnwell-Ménard, Economics student (2012)

Ridha Louati, Computer Science student (2012)

Vincent Morissette-Thomas, Mathematics student (2012)

Marie Thuy Mai Dang, Pharmacology student (2011)

Jian Yong, Biostatistics student (2011)

Claudia Barboni, Geomatics student (2011)

Francis Dusseault-Bélanger, Mathematics student (2010)

Graduate student trainees

Thomas Gobeil, Physics MSc intern (2020)

Seyed Mahdi Sedighi, intern (2019)

Diana Leung, Foreign trainee (2017-2018)

Elise O’Carroll, Medicine student (2014-2015)

Véronique Croteau, Biostatistics MSc intern (2011)