Cathy Vaillancourt

Chercheuse
CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal

Professeure titulaire
Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS)

Professeure associée
Département d’obstétrique-gynécologie, Université de Montréal

Directrice, Réseau Communautés rurales et éloignées en santé (CARES) du FRQ-Secteur
Co-directrice axe santé, Institut nordique du Québec (INQ)

La professeure Cathy Vaillancourt détient un B.Sc. en biochimie (1990) de l’Université de Sherbrooke, et des diplômes de M.Sc. (1993) et de Ph. D. (1997) en sciences biomédicales, option obstétrique et gynécologie (1993) de l’Université de Montréal. Elle a effectué un premier stage postdoctoral (1997-2000) dans le laboratoire de Dr Patricia Boksa au Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Douglas de l’Université McGill et un deuxième stage postdoctoral (2000-2001) dans le laboratoire du Pr Philip Strange à l’Université de Reading en Angleterre Elle était alors boursière du FRSQ et des IRSC. Elle devient, en 2001, professeure de chimie et biochimie à l’Université de Moncton, puis professeure agrégée à l’INRS-Institut Armand Frappier en 2005. La professeure Cathy Vaillancourt est également professeure associée au Département de biochimie de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Les travaux de recherche de la professeure Vaillancourt se concentrent sur les aspects associés à l’implication des contaminants environnementaux et des étapes de la grossesse sur la physiologie du placenta humain et, tout particulièrement, sur les systèmes sérotoninergiques et mélatoninergiques placentaires.

Publications

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