Researcher

Title

• Full professor, Institut national de recherche scientifique (2024)
• Researcher, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal (2010)
• Adjunct Professor, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la biologie la santé et l'environnement (CINBIOSE), Université du Québec à Montréal (2007)

• Post-Doctorat, Harvard School of Public Health (2010)
• PhD, Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (2007)
• MSc, Biology, Université du Québec à Montréal (2002)

The effects of exposure to environmental contaminants on child development are of significant concern in view of the growing number of these contaminants. The issue is of great interest, especially as this determinant of child development can be modified through interventions aimed at reducing exposure.

Dr. Maryse Bouchard specializes in studying the effects of environmental contaminants, such as metals (manganese, lead, mercury) and pesticides, on a child’s nervous system. Children are more vulnerable to exposure to neurotoxic substances, given that their nervous system is still developing and they receive a higher dose of exposure, given that they consume more food and water per body weight than do adults.

Awards and Distinctions

• Chairholder, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Contaminants and Community Health
• New Investigator Salary Award, CIHR, 2011-2016;
• Her research was selected as one of the top ten discoveries of 2011 by the magazine Québec Sciences;
• Her research was selected as one of the top ten discoveries of 2010 by the magazine Québec Sciences;
• Governor General of Canada’s Gold Medal Award, 2007.

Publications

• Tuerk C, Saha T, Bouchard MF, Booij L. (2023). Computerized Cognitive Test Batteries for Children and Adolescents-A Scoping Review of Tools For Lab- and Web-Based Settings From 2000 to 2021.Archives of clinical neuropsychology. 38(8): 1683-1710.
• Ntantu Nkinsa P, Fisher M, Muckle G, Guay M, Arbuckle TE, Fraser WD, Boylan, Booij L, Walker M , Bouchard MF. (2023). Childhood exposure to pyrethroids and neurodevelopment in Canadian preschoolers. Neurotoxicology. 99: 120-128.
• Arbuckle TE, Gaudreau É, MacPherson S, Kabasakal M, Borghese MM, Fisher M, Bouchard MF, Foster W, Ashley-Martin J, Provencher G. (2023). Measurement of 24 phthalate metabolites in 1st trimester urine samples: The MIREC study. Chemosphere. 338: 139603. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139603.
• Gbemavo MCJ, Bouchard MF. 2021. Concentrations of Lead, Mercury, Selenium, and Manganese in Blood and Hand Grip Strength among Adults Living in the United States (NHANES 2011-2014).Toxics 9(8). doi: 10.3390/toxics9080189.
• Azar N, Booij L, Muckle G, Arbuckle TE, Séguin JR, Asztalos E, Fraser WD, Lanphear BP, Bouchard MF. 2021. Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and cognitive ability in early childhood. Environment International 146:106296. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106296.
• Guth M, Pollock T, Fisher M, Arbuckle TE, Bouchard MF. 2021. Concentrations of urinary parabens and reproductive hormones in girls 6–17 years living in Canada. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 231:113633. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113633.
• Kullar SS, Shao K, Mergler M, Cormier P, Bellinger DC, Surette C, Barbeau B, Foucher D, Sauvé S, Bouchard MF. 2019. A Benchmark Concentration Analysis for Manganese in Drinking Water and IQ Deficits in Children. Environment International. 130:104889. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.083
• Bouchard MF et al. 2011. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year old children. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(8): 1189-1195. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1003185.
• Bouchard MF et al. 2011. Intellectual impairment in school-age children exposed to manganese from drinking water. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(1): 138-143. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002321
• Bouchard MF et al. 2010. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and urinary metabolites of organophosphate pesticides in U.S. children 8-15 years. Pediatrics, 125(6): 1270-1277. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-3058