Title:
Full Professor

Institute:
Institut national de la recherche scientifique, University of Quebec

Department:
Institut Armand-Frappier

Province: 
Quebec

Training:
Postdoctoral fellow, Epidemiology & biostatistics unit, Institut Armand-Frappier, University of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
PhD, Nutrition department, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MSc, Department of nutritional sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BSc, Nutrition department, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Research interests:
Epidemiology, cancer, environmental risk factors

Recognitions and awards:
Senior investigator award, Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec
Award for high academic performance, Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Career highlights:
Member, Editorial Board, Cancer Epidemiology (2009-pr.)
Director-at-Large-Research, Board of Directors, Canadian Cancer Society (2010-pr.)
Member, Science Advisory Board, Health Canada (2010-pr.)

Research Projects

Project title:
Quebec Research Program for Prostate Cancer Prevention

Funding period: 
2010-2015

Program:
GRePEC

Summary:
Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer among Canadian men. Unlike many other cancers (i.e., lung, melanoma, etc) for which preventive measures can already be implemented, we are still completely empty-handed when it comes to prostate cancer.  Our team has just completed one of the largest epidemiologic studies (3,000 men) of factors that can increase the risk of prostate cancer, including a wide range of lifestyle factors (physical activity, diet, obesity, etc.). For each subject, we also collected a detailed work history and biological specimens (saliva, toenail and hair samples). Building on this massive existing infrastructure ($2 million), we are proposing to establish in Quebec a brand new collective and lasting effort in prostate cancer prevention by adding several new components to the base study. These include accruing 1,000 more subjects to have stronger statistical strength, coding the occupational histories into 100 chemical exposures, coding the diet history into several suspected nutrients, assessing the role of air pollution, assessing the role of genetic susceptibility to environmental factors, and training a new generation of researchers in the area of prostate cancer prevention.

CRS publications:
Parent M.-É., Crouse D.L., Ross N.A., Chen H., Goldberg M.S., Valois M.-F.,  Liautaud A. Traffic-related air pollution and prostate cancer risk. (In preparation.)

Mansure J.J., Franco E., Parent M.-É. Lifetime use of NSAIDs and statins, and risk of prostate cancer. (In preparation.)

Parent M.-É., Vilela L., Rousseau M.-C., Vida S., Nicolau B.  Is there a link between stress at work and cancer risk? (In preparation.)

Lebas N., Nadon L., Rhazi M., Richard H., Désy M., Parent M.-É. Exposure to occupational and domestic pesticides, and prostate cancer risk:  preliminary findings from a case-control study in Montreal, Canada. (In preparation.)