Maryse F. Bouchard

Dr. Bouchard is a Professor of environmental health at INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), Laval, Canada. Previously, she was Professor at Université de Montréal School of Public Health. She trained in biology, environmental sciences, and epidemiology in Montreal, Boston, and Berkeley. Her research program focuses on the characterization of risks arising from exposure to environmental contaminants in food, water, air, and consumer products. As an environmental health scientist, she led several epidemiologic studies investigating the effects of pesticides, metals, and several other chemicals on public health, with a particular attention on vulnerable groups of the population. She serves as a co-principal investigator on the Canadian Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental contaminants (MIREC) Study, an important research platform based on an ongoing nationwide pregnancy cohort. Her work aims at advancing our understanding of adverse health effects arising from multiple toxic exposures, as well as designing prevention strategies for mitigating these risks. Dr. Bouchard has built productive relationships with policy makers and governmental agencies to translate research findings into tighter environmental standards. She serves on advisory boards of scientific organizations as well as a reviewer for several research funding agencies at the national and international levels.