Francine M. DUCHARME
Francine M. Ducharme
- Professeure titulaire
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Faculté de médecine - Département de pédiatrie
- Professeure titulaire
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École de santé publique - Département de médecine sociale et préventive
Travail 1 : 514 345-4931 #4398
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Maîtrise
1990
, Épidémiologie et biostatistique , CHU Sainte-Justine (Canada)
Postdoctorat
1986
, Pédiatrie , Université de Montréal (Canada)
M.D.
1982
, Médecine de famille , Université de Montréal (Canada)
Affiliated institutions
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine)
Biography
M.Sc. 1990 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
McGill University, Montréal (Canada)
Supervisor: Dr. Michael S. Kramer
Thesis topic: Predictive factors of relapse following an emergency
department visit for acute pediatric asthma.
Specialist June 1982 Residence in paediatrics
Ste-Justine Hospital
University of Montreal, Montreal (Canada)
M.D. 1982
University of Montreal, Montreal (Canada)
Affiliations
- Membre – Chaire pharmaceutique AstraZeneca en santé respiratoire
- Membre – GRUM — Groupe de recherche universitaire sur le médicament
Research recruitment
1. PROJECT TITLE : Biomarker-centred clinical prediction modelling of asthma attacks in pediatric asthma
STUDENT POSITION : Funded post-doctoral position in clinical epidemiology applied to paediatric asthma..
WEB DESCRIPTION: https://research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/files/96/961d4d9e-1c98-4e0d-9786-7bfc3035b1d8.pdf
2. PROJECT TITLE : Clinical and pharmacoepidemiological studies on pediatric asthma
STUDENT POSITION : Funded post-doctoral position in clinical epidemiology applied to pediatric asthma.
WEB DESCRIPTION: https://research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/files/af/afb2208f-90c1-4402-945d-b9d30609b069.pdf
3. PROJECT TITLE : Biomarker-centred clinical prediction modelling of asthma attacks in pediatric asthma
STUDENT POSITION : Funded doctoral position in clinical epidemiology applied to paediatric asthma..
WEB DESCRIPTION: https://research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/files/69/69098cdb-5273-4f33-8cbd-08c04ed520ed.pdf
4. PROJECT TITLE : Impact of vitamin D3 supplementation on viral infections, metabolome, and bone turnover in preschool children
STUDENT POSITION : Funded doctoral position in clinical epidemiology or related sciencesWEB DESCRIPTION:
WEB DESCRIPTION: https://research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/files/e0/e08ba118-de92-48f1-849c-84cffb87dee7.pdf
5. PROJECT TITLE : Impact of vitamin D3 supplementation on the type of viral infections and their associated viral load in children with asthma
STUDENT POSITION : Funded master position in clinical epidemiology or related sciences
WEB DESCRIPTION: https://research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/files/4d/4ddb4dff-b3e0-4a7c-9c0e-7f1b46d5a82f.pdf
6. PROJECT TITLE : Effects of vitamin D3 supplementation on severity, functional and economic burden of asthma attacks of
young children
STUDENT POSITION : Funded master position in clinical epidemiology or related sciences
WEB DESCRIPTION:https://research.chusj.org/RECHERCHE/files/7d/7d3dd791-09fd-4736-93bf-903408ecbb4f.pdf
7. PROJECT TITLE : Impact of vitamin D3 supplementation on the bone remodeling in preschool aged children
STUDENT POSITION : Funded master position in clinical epidemiology or related sciences
WEB DESCRIPTION: to add
Expertises
- Respiratory System
- Asthma
- Child
- Life Cycles ( Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, etc.)
- Patient compliance
- Teenager
- Youths
- Epidemiology
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Healthcare/Healthcare quality evaluation
- Clinical medicine
- Qualitative methods
- Quantitative methods
- Mixed methods
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Decision making
- Quality of health care
- Evaluative research
- Operations research
- Randomized clinical trial
- Meta-Analysis
- Cohort studies
- COVID-19
Responsabilities and outreach Expand all Collapse all
Expert member - Scientific committee of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
Co-Author and expert member - International recommendations on childhood asthma
Expert member - Respiratory Effectiveness Group (REG)
Dr. Ducharme is a full professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Montreal. She is a pediatrician, clinical epidemiologist and head of the asthma clinic at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine. She has a productive career as a physician caring for children with asthma, as a teacher, research mentor and researcher.
Chair of the coordinating Committee for Asthma treatment - CHU Sainte-Justine
Chair, Research Committee of the Department of paediatrics
Director, Asthma Clinic - CHU Sainte-Justine
Head of Quebec's inter-hospital network of pediatric asthma clinics
Her research program, which has received uninterrupted research grants of more than $30,000,000 since 1990, aims to improve the quality of life of children with asthma by improving their diagnosis, management, and long-term outcome. She has developed multiple child-specific instruments, educational and pharmacological interventions, systematic reviews and has been instrumental in disseminating evidence-based guidelines. She has published over 225 peer-reviewed articles (including NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, BMJ) and numerous editorials and given over 225 guest presentations in North America, Europe, Middle East and Australia. She has educated many scientists and physicians, many of whom hold academic positions around the world. She has received numerous career awards for her outstanding contribution to improving the care of children with asthma. Indeed, Dr. Ducharme's research findings have helped change guidelines around the world.
Having been co-author of the Canadian guidelines for the treatment of asthma in children and adults in the last 20 years and several other provincial, national and international guidelines, she currently sits on the Scientific Committee of the international group Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). Having been co-author of the Canadian guidelines for the treatment of asthma in children and adults in the last 20 years and several other provincial, national and international guidelines, she currently sits on the Scientific Committee of the international group Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).
Student supervision Expand all Collapse all
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
- 2020-2022: Banafsheh Hossein.
1. Prevention of COVID with Oral Vitamin D Supplemental Therapy.
2. Vitamin D In the prevention of Viral-induced in preschoolers: a randomized controlled multicenter trial (DIVA trial).
- 2019 Nicoleta Cutumisu: Investigating the influence of neighbourhood characteristics on asthma outcomes in a cohort of children and adolescents diagnosed with asthma
- 2018 Cristina Longo: Impact of asthma control in preschoolers on long-term asthma control and health care resource utilisation.
- 2017 Imane Jroudi : Interdevice agreement in respiratory resistance values by oscillometry in asthmatic children..
- 2015 Megan E. Jensen: Vitamin D vs. placebo in the prevention of viral-induced exacerbations in preschool aged children with asthma – a pilot RCT.
- 2012 Annie Gauthier: Exploring barriers to optimal asthma management by physicians.
- 2013 Bhupendrasinh F. Chauhan: Determinants of the response to oral corticosteroid in children with acute asthma.
- 2009 Samir Gupta: Online Collaboration Tool for Asthma Action Plan with Usability (OCTAPUS)
PhD
- 2020-present. Asmae El Abd. Impact of vitamin D supplementation in preschool children with repeated asthma attacks on various intermediate response biomarkers
- 2018 Cristina Longo: Treatment Considerations and Prescribing Issues for Obese Children with Asthma.
- 2017 François Després: Development and validation of a pharmaco-epidemiology asthma control score specific to children.
- 2010 Sanjit Kaur Bhogal: Adherence to clinical pratice guidelines for acute asthma in the Emergency Department (Co-supervision with Jean Bourbeau).
MSc
- 2023-present Harika Dasari - Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a novel device for self-collecting capillary blood samples in clinical trials in the context of the pandemic and beyond
- 2022 Wael Abdelmageed - Development of asthma severity thresholds in children using the oscillometric technique (4 month internship)
- 2022 Andrea Trevisan. Elaboration of severity cut-off values for oscillometry in asthmatic children. (8 month internship)
- 2018 Christiane Lawson: A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Asthma Control via Self-Monitoring and Referral to Guided Management in Children with Repeated Emergency Department Visits for Asthma .
- 2020 Bennet Desormeau: Clinical Utility of Respiratory Oscillometry Tests as an Addition to clinical assessment in preschool children with asthma.
- 2018 Pamela Mondragon: Impact of referral of children with acute asthma to the Asthma Education Centre and/or to the Asthma Centre on health care resources and drug utilization..
- 2017 Joanna Trees-Merckx: Asthma and risk of Emergency Department management failure: burden and impact of variousrespiratory pathogens in a pediatric population.
- 2017 Roba Bairakdar: Vitamin D intervention in preschoolers with viral-induced asthma (DIVA).
- 2015 Alexandrine J. Lamontagne: Exploring barriers to optimal asthma management by physicians.
- 2015 Gladys Osien: The Effect of Excess Weight on Asthma Control among Children.
- 2008 Maala Bhatt: Validation of an appendicitis score.
- 2010 Anne-Marie Parent: Determinants of adherence to physician’s recommendations in childhood asthma.
Research projects Expand all Collapse all
Determinants of fixed airflow obstruction in children with asthma (Rôle: Chercheuse principale Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2024
Élaboration de valeurs seuils de gravité de l’asthme chez l’enfant par la technique d’oscillométrie Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2023
Prevention of COVID-19 with high dose Oral Vitamin D supplemental Therapy in Essential healthCare Teams (PROTECT) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2023
Predicting Admission Risk in kids with Asthma (PARKA). Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2021
The Paediatric Asthma Database and Biobank of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2021
Preuve de concept de la mesure de la fonction pulmonaire par la technique de l'occulsion inversée. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2019
Long-term clinical and financial impact of asthma control during pregnancy and preschool years on disease evolution until adulthood. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2019
Improved delivery of respiratory health care services using a metabolomic approach. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2019
Vitamin D in the prevention of viral-induced asthma of preschoolers: a RCT (DIVA) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2015 - 2016
Determinants of oral corticosteroid responsiveness in wheezing asthmatic youth (Doorway) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2009 - 2016
Vitamin D in the prevention of viral-induced asthma of preschoolers: a RCT (DIVA) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2014 - 2015
Investigating the influence of neighbourhood characteristics and obesity on asthma outcomes in children and adolescents Projet de recherche au Canada / 2013 - 2015
Nouvelles mesures des patterns de prescriptions et d’adhésion au traitement chez les patients asthmatiques. Projet de recherche au Canada / 2011 - 2014
Exploring barriers to optimal asthma management by physicians Projet de recherche au Canada / 2011 - 2014
Publications Expand all Collapse all
Dre Ducharme a publié plus de 230 articles revus par des comités de pairs (incluant le NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, BMJ) dont 65 dans les cinq dernières années), 3 rapports ont été revu par les pairs de même que 9 pamphlets, 12 lettres à l’éditeur et 4 livres ou chapitres de livres.
Communications Expand all Collapse all
Dre Ducharme a donné plus de 225 présentations à titre d’experte invitée en Amérique du Nord, en Europe, Moyen Orient et Australie.
Recognition and Awards
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Most recent awards
2023 Invited Professor for the 2023 Brian J. Sproule Lectureship in recognition of an indvidual’s outstanding contribution as medical pioneer, innovator and caregiver in respiratory health. Research Centre, University of Calgary, Edmonton, Canada
2023 2023 Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Visiting Professorship, Harvard Medical School, in recognition of an individual’s outstanding contribution to the advancement of respiratory science.
2023 Recipient of the 2023 CIHR-ICRH/CTS Distinguished Lecturer Award in Respiratory Sciences [Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health and the Canadian Thoracic Society Award in Respiratory Sciences]
in recognition of an individual's outstanding contribution to the advancement of respiratory sciences both in Canada and internationally.
2023 Awardee of the 2022 Price of excellence of the College of physicians of Quebec. The Award of Excellence honors a physician for his outstanding achievements in the clinical, research or teaching field and whose outstanding contribution makes a significant difference for the medical community or the evolution of the profession.
2022 Awardee of the 2022 Award of excellence in Research of the Department of Pediatrics. The Award of Excellence honors a physician for his outstanding achievements in research and whose outstanding contribution makes a significant difference for the pediatric community.
2021 Nomination for the 2021 Price of excellence of the College of physicians of Quebec. One of the five finalists. The Award of Excellence honors a physician for his outstanding achievements in the clinical, research or teaching field and whose outstanding contribution makes a significant difference for the medical community or the evolution of the profession.
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