Evaluative and Clinical Perinatal Research Unit (URCEP)

IRNPQEO – The Integrated Research Network in Perinatology of Quebec and Eastern Ontario

There are important knowledge gaps concerning the long-term impact of various adverse prenatal risk factors (social, behavioral, environmental and genetic) on the health of future generations. This is in part due to the lack of prospective clinical research on large cohorts, transcending pregnancy and extending to the neonatal period and the pediatric years. To untangle the complex casual pathways and identify potential effective preventive measures for many adverse birth outcomes, these gaps must be bridged.

Our proposed network-based clinical research program is poised to rise to these unmet challenges, addressing the intrauterine determinants of important perinatal health outcomes. Reproductive health issues are critically important public health concerns to Canadians: they create long-term societal and family burdens and have major cost implications. Our program, which spans the CIHR's four pillars, will promote knowledge transfer from the basic sciences to clinical research, culminating in evidence-based practice guidelines and public policy.

The IRNPQEO will transfer much needed new knowledge to legislators, policy makers, clinicians and consumers so that policy decisions will result in improved health and well-being for all Canadians.

French-language website: www.irnpqeo.ca/

Principal Investigator at the CHU Sainte-Justine:
William Fraser

Co-investigators:
Gregor U. Andelfinger
Francois Audibert
Anick Bérard
Nils Chaillet
Sylvain Chemtob
Zoha Kibar
Jacques Lacroix
Maryse Lassonde
Franco Lepore
Zhong-Cheng Luo
Jacques L. Michaud
Patricia Monnier
Anne-Monique Nuyt
Guy A. Rouleau
Mark E. Samuels
Jean R. Séguin
Richard E. Tremblay
Helen Trottier

Granting Agencies:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

Amount Funded:
9 998 025 $

Project Period:
2008-2013

Project Team:
Patricia Monnier, Executive director IRNPQEO network
Audrey Ganelle, Cohort coordinator
Isabelle Krauss, Administrative coordinator
Manouane Beauchamp, Communication agent
Linda Parent, Research assistant
Josée Poirier, Biobank coordinator

 

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