Our Team

 

The PIRATES-COV study is led by Dr. Jean-Charles Pasquier, a senior clinician-scientist with extensive expertise in clinical research. The study is a collaboration between the University of Sherbrooke and Laval University and is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 

 

Main researchers

 

Jean-Charles Pasquier, MD

Gynecology/Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

Mélanie Plourde, MD, PhD

Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

Sheela Ramanathan, PhD

Immunology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 

Co-researchers

 

Hugues Allard-Chamard, PhD

Immunology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 

Guy Boivin, MD, PhD

Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University

 

Mélissa Généreux, MD, MSc

Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 

Alain Piché, MD, MSc

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

Geneviève Baron, MD

Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 

Nils Chaillet, PhD

Gynecology/Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University

 

Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, PhD

Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sherbrooke

 

Julie Robitaille, PhD

Nutrition, Centre Nutrition, Santé et Société, Laval University

Jean-François Beaulieu, PhD

Immunology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 

Tamas Fülöp, MD

Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 

Benoît Masse, PhD

Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal

 

Louis Valiquette, MD

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke

 
 

Research professionals

 

Sarah Bilodeau

Research professional

Line Boutet

Research professional

Georges Goulet

Shipping logistics

 

Audrey Hamel-Thibault

Research professional

Josée Lessard

Research professional

 

Catherine Hunter Lapointe

Research professional

 

Michel Kinumbe Elungu

Research professional

 

Involvement of senior partners in collaboration with the Laboratoire d'innovation pour et par les aînés (LIPPA)

 

Caroline Francoeur, Claude Desjardins, Matthew Garris & Marthe Gaudette

This study was approved by the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS Research Ethics Board.