Permanent research staff
Valérie Boucher, scientific coordinator
Claire d’Assise Nduwamariya, research professional
Laurence Fruteau de Laclos, research professional
Anne-Julie Gagné, research professional
Isabelle Gagné, research professional
Sandrine Hegg-Deloye, scientific coordinator
Suzy Lavoie, research nurse
Alexandra Nadeau, scientific coordinator
Marianne Sabourin-Félix, administrative assistant
Research assistants
Coralie Beaulieu
Sarah Caissy
Julie Carrier
Emmanuelle Chartrand
Anthony Simard
Mélina Vachon
Graduate students
Valérie Boucher, master’s student (biomedical and clinical sciences)
Director: Marcel Émond Co-director: Marie-Eve Lamontagne
Research projects:
– Acceptability of older patients’ self-assessment in the Emergency Department (ACCEPTED) – a randomized cross-over pilot trial
– Unreported incident delirium in older patients treated in the Emergency Department
Awards:
– Joseph-Demers Master’s student award 2016 – 2017 – Université Laval
– Master’s training award FRQ-S/SPOR
– Student dissemination bursary: Axe Santé des populations et pratiques optimales en santé (2018)
– Best poster presentations :
Congress: 6e Journée de l’Axe SP-POS-CHU de Québec (2019)
Congress: 5e Journée de l’Axe SP-POS-CHU de Québec (2018)
Congress: Journées de la recherche en santé Université Laval (2018)
Laurence Fruteau De Laclos, master’s student (biomedical and clinical sciences)
Director: Marie-Josée Sirois Co-director: Andréanne Blanchette
Research projects:
– Impact of physiotherapy services access on the functional status of community‐dwelling seniors after a minor injury
– Physical activity interventions to prevent mobility losses in prefrail seniors following a minor injury.
Charles Gariepy, MD, master’s student (epidemiology)
Director: Marcel Émond
Research projects:
– Portrait and trajectories of emergency care for geriatric patients with head trauma
– Selective pre-reduction radiographies in Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: The Fresno-Quebec rule
Awards:
– Student award from the Association des Médecins d’Urgence du Québec (AMUQ) (2015)
Mathieu Groulx, master’s student (biomedical and clinical sciences)
Director: Marcel Émond Co-director: Éric Mercier
Research project:
Clinical practice implementation assessment: continuous flow oxygen device (b-card) in prehospital cardiac arrests
Awards:
– Student award from the Fondation du CHU de Québec (2018)
Antoine Laguë, MD, master’s student (biomedical and clinical sciences)
Director: Marcel Émond
Research projects:
– Using the Bergman-Paris question to screen seniors in the Emergency Department
– Potential benefits of incentive spirometry following a rib fracture: a propensity-score analysis
– Asymptomatic bacterium in older delirious patient
Awards:
– Canadian Frailty Network – 2016 Summer Student Awards Program recipient
– 2nd price for poster presentation – 35th annual congress of Association des Médecins d’Urgence du Québec (AMUQ) (2018)
– Joseph-Demers Master’s student award 2019-2020 – Université Laval
Krishan Yadav, MD MSc, emergency medicine fellow
Director: Marcel Émond
Research projects:
– Serial Ottawa 3DY Assessments to Detect Incident Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients
– Trauma care indicators and modifiers for major trauma in older adults; a Delphi study
– Elder abuse policy statement
Medical students / residents
Vincent Belhumeur, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
– Head injury in the elders with anticoagulation treated in the Emergency Department
– Trauma team leaders in Canada: A national survey
Myriam Carreau, medical student
Director: Marcel Emond Co-director: Christian Malo
Research project:
Complications following thoracic drains installation in the emergency room in trauma patients
Éloïse Corriveau, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
La Clinique des aînés : une transition innovante des soins pour aînés fragilisés – Éviter le retour à la case départ
Émile Fortier, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
– Current practices of management for mild traumatic brain injuries with intracranial hemorrhage
– Assessment of predictors of deterioration in mild traumatic brain injury with intracranial hemorrhage at emergency department
Nicolas Fournier, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
Adapting the Canadian CT head rule age criteria for mild traumatic brain injury
David Lachance-Perreault, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
– A retrospective cohort study of the impact of age and post-intubation hypotension threshold on mortality
– What is the impact of post-intubation hypotension on mortality and in-hospital length of stay?
Raphaël Langevin, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
Cost-benefit analyses of frailty reduction in non-institutionalized seniors from the CETI cohort
Marie-Pier Lanoue, resident
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
Influence of fear of falling on return to the emergency department and further falls in community-dwelling elderly presenting for minor trauma
Award:
– CAEP19 – Resident Research Abstract Award
Daniel Negreanu, medical student
Director: Christian Malo Co-director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
Evaluation of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to guide the orientation of patients with sepsis in the emergency department
Véronique Paquet, medical student
Director: Marcel Émond
Research project:
– Current practices of management for mild traumatic brain injuries with intracranial hemorrhage
– Assessment of predictors of deterioration in mild traumatic brain injury with intracranial hemorrhage at emergency department
Jean-Nicolas Tourigny, medical student
Director: Marcel Emond Co-director: Christian Malo
Research project:
Validation of the updated BIG criteria
