Research Axis
Infectious Diseases and Acute Care Axis
Research Theme
Prevention of infections
Address
CHUSJ - Centre de Recherche
Phone
514-345-4931 ext. 6909 / 4499
Fax
514 345-4648
Career Summary
Dr. Isabelle Boucoiran is an obstetrician-gynecologist at the CHU Sainte-Justine and a member of the infectious diseases committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
After a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at UdeM, and a fellowship in infectious diseases of reproduction at the University of British-Columbia, she joined the School of Public Health at UdeM and the department of obstetrics-gynecology at CHU Sainte-Justine, where she is co-director of the Center for Mother-Child Infectiology, provincial reference for congenital infections.
She is a FRQS Junior 2 clinician-researcher, with funding from CIHR, FRQS and NIH. She is the mentor of several medical students, residents, fellows, graduate students and young clinician-scientists. And is involved in several national and international networks (Canadian Preterm Birth Network, Infectious Diseases Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, CANCOVID-PREG...).
Research topics and interests
Her transdisciplinary research program focuses on the prevention of congenital infections and the improvement of the care of pregnant women with acute or chronic infections.
Research expertises
- HIV and pregnancy: perinatal complication, viral control and antiretroviral therapy
- Cytomegalovirus infection and pregnancy
- Antibiotic therapy in maternal-fetal medicine