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Pierrich Plusquellec, Ph. D.
Fernand-Seguin Research Center
Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital
7401 Hochelaga Street
Dpt 226
Montreal (Quebec) H1N 3M5
Phone: 514-251-4015, ext. 3250
Fax: 514-251-7968
Email: Pierrich.Plusquellec@USherbrooke.ca
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University Affiliation (Position or Role)
- Associate professor, Department of Psychoeducation, Université de Sherbrooke
- Adjunct professor, École de Psychoéducation, Université de Montréal
- Researcher, Axis : Santé des Populations et Environnementale (CHUQ)
Profile / Research Interests
- Ethology, Environmental health, neurotoxicology, Dévelopmental psychology, Endocrine disrupting chemicals
Awards and Honours
- 1st Prize of the Faculty of Social Sciences (Université Laval-2004) Concours ‘’Les idées d’entreprises’’
- CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2005) Nasivvik Centre, Canadian Institutes of Heath Research (CIHR)
- Recipient of the HHAG/IASC Symposium on Contaminants and Arctic Human Health - Young Scientists Initiative to present the following: Plusquellec, P., Muckle, G. Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Contaminants on Behavioural Dimensions Objectively Measured in Inuit Children. Reykjavik, Iceland (2006)
Current Projects
- Long-term effects of background exposure to environmental contaminants on activity, attention and emotionality in 10-year-old Inuit children’’ financé par le Ministère des Affaires Indiennes, Programme de Lutte contre les Contaminants dans le Nord
- Evaluation of a program dealing with the improvement of child development and the improvement in the parent-child relationship in a disadvantaged population.’’ Finance par Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity and Fondation Chagnon Automonie Jeune Famille
- Association between environmental contaminants and cognitive impairments in aging people: the stress hypothesis’’
- The SAKKU Project: Providing Inuit children with a tool to deal with psychological stress’’
Teaching
- Methodology of intervention and evaluation in Psychoeducation (Master students in Psychoeducation - Université de Montréal)
- Elementary and advanced statistics (Graduate students in Psychology and Biology - Université François Rabelais, Tours, France)
- Behavioral Neurosciences (Graduate students in Psychology – Université François Rabelais, Tours, France)
- Biological bases of human development (PhD students in Psychology - Université Laval)
Recent Publications
Juster, R. P., Bizik, G., Picard, M., Arsenault-Lapierre, G., Sindi, S., Trepanier, L., Marin, M. F., Wan, N., Sekerovic, Z., Lord, C., Fiocco, A. J., Plusquellec, P., McEwen, B. S., Lupien, S. J. (2011). A transdisciplinary perspective of chronic stress in relation to psychopathology throughout life span development. Development and psychopathology, 23(3), 725-776. Pubmed
Plusquellec, P., Ouellet-Morin, I., Feng, B., Perusse, D., Tremblay, R. E., Lupien, S. J., Boivin, M. (2011). Salivary cortisol levels are associated with resource control in a competitive situation in 19month-old boys. Hormones and behavior. 60(2), 159-164. Pubmed
Verner, M. A., Plusquellec, P., Muckle, G., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E., Jacobson, S. W., et al. (2010). Alteration of infant attention and activity by polychlorinated biphenyls: Unravelling critical windows of susceptibility using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling. Neurotoxicology. Epub ahead of print. Pubmed
Verner, M. A., Plusquellec, P., Muckle, G., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E., Jacobson, S. W., et al. (2010). Alteration of infant attention and activity by polychlorinated biphenyls: Unravelling critical windows of susceptibility using physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling. Neurotoxicology, 31(5), 424-431. Pubmed
Donaldson, S. G., Van Oostdam, J., Tikhonov, C., Feeley, M., Armstrong, B., Ayotte, P…. Plusquellec, P., et al. (2010). Environmental contaminants and human health in the Canadian Arctic. The Science of the total environment, 48(22), 5165-5234. Pubmed
Plusquellec, P., Muckle, G., Dewailly, E., Ayotte, P., Begin, G., Desrosiers, C., et al. (2010). The relation of environmental contaminants exposure to behavioral indicators in Inuit preschoolers in Arctic Quebec. Neurotoxicology, 31(1), 17-25. Pubmed
Plusquellec P, Muckle G, Boivin M. Effects of perinatal exposure to environmental contaminants on activity, attention and emotionality in Inuit children : statistical analyses at 1 and 5 years of age and data collection of video recordings at 10 years of age In: Synopsis of Research Conducted under the 2007-2008 Northern Contaminants Program Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 2008. p.47-54.
Plusquellec P, Muckle G, Dewailly E, Ayotte P, Jacobson SW, Jacobson JL. The relation of low-level prenatal lead exposure to behavioral indicators of attention in Inuit infants in Arctic Quebec. Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2007. 29: 527-37.
Plusquellec P, Muckle G, Boivin M. Behavioural effects of perinatal exposure to environmental contaminants in Inuit children In: Smith S, Stow J, eds. Synopsis of Research Conducted under the 2006-2007 Northern Contaminants Program Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 2007. p.75-81.
Plusquellec P, François N, Boivin M, Pérusse D, Tremblay RE. Dominance among unfamiliar peers starts in infancy Infant mental health journal, 2007. 28: 324-343.
Plusquellec, P., Bouissou, M.F., Le Pape, G. Early predictors of dominance ability in heifers (Bos taurus, L.) of the Hérens breed. Behaviour 138, p. 1009-1031 (2001)
Plusquellec, P., Bouissou, M.F.. Behavioural characteristics of two dairy breeds of cows selected (Hérens) or not (Brune des Alpes) for fighting and dominance ability. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 72, p. 1-21 (2001)