Soren Harnois-Leblanc
Courriels
soren.harnois.leblanc@umontreal.ca (Travail)
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Stage postdoctoral
2026
, Épidémiologie et biostatistique , Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School (États-Unis)
Stage postdoctoral
2023
, Épidémiologie et biostatistique , Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University (Canada), Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine (Canada)
Doctorat (PhD)
2023
, Épidémiologie et biostatistique, Santé publique , École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (Canada), Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine (Canada)
Maîtrise ès science (MSc)
2017
, Sciences cliniques , Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l'Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (Canada)
Baccalauréat en sciences (honors)
2013
, Nutrition , Département de nutrition de l'Université de Montréal (Canada)
Education Programs
- Health Sciences Life Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Life Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development Administration and Management Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Social Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Life Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Social Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences
- Health Sciences Administration and Management Sciences
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Social Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences
- Health Sciences
Courses
- MSO6011 Concepts et méthodes en épidémiologie
Expertises
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Publications dans des revues scientifiques avec révision par les pairs:
Harnois-Leblanc S, Brown J M, Switkowski K M, Aris I M, Rifas-Shiman S L, Oken E, Gervis J E, Westerman K, Dashti H, Hivert MF, Merino J. Genetic Determinants of Macronutrient Intake Are Associated With Specific Food Intake in Youth: A Cohort Study Across Childhood and Adolescence. Diabetes Care. 2026. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc25-2975
Gamache I, Fagbemi K, Harnois-Leblanc S, Greenwood C M T, Henderson M, van Hulst A, Timpson, N J, Manousaki D. Nature vs nurture of glucose homeostasis trajectories in children from the ALSPAC study. Diabetologia. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-026-06722-5
Taschereau A, Wong J, Harnois-Leblanc S, Doyon M, Arguin M, Rifas-Shiman S, Oken E, Perron P, Jacques P-É, Hivert M-F, Bouchard L. Machine Learning-Derived Predictive Risk Score for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Development in Parous Women. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity. 2026;19:1-13. https://doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S590000
De La Barreira B, De La Barreira S, Gamache I, Harnois-Leblanc S, Fagbemi K, Ong K K, Manousaki D. Association between IGF-1 and height from childhood to adulthood: An observational and Mendelian randomization study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2026 Feb 20;111(3):e651-e658. doi :10.1210/clinem/dgaf532.
Harnois-Leblanc S, Rifas-Shiman S L, Switkowski K M, Perng W, Aris I M, Oken E, Young J G, Hivert M-F. Estimating sex-specific population-level effects of limiting sugar-sweetened beverages or 100% fruit juices during childhood on insulin resistance and glycemic outcomes in late adolescence. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2025 Oct 18:kwaf225. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf225
Lee, Y*, Harnois-Leblanc, S*, Rifas-Shiman, S, Oken, E, Hivert, MF. Associations of adiponectin concentrations from birth until late adolescence with insulin resistance. Pediatric Obesity. 2025; e70015. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.70015. *Co-first authors.
Thibodeau A, Jean-Denis F, Harnois-Leblanc S, Perron P, Mathieu ME, Dallaire F, Morrisset AS, Brochu M, Baillargeon JP. Obesity-fertility cohort study: protocol for the assessment of children aged 6–12 years and their mothers. BMJ Open. 2025; 15(4):e091140. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091140.
Ball GDC, Merdad R, Birken C S, Cohen T R, Goodman B, Hadjiyannakis S, Hamilton J, Henderson M, Lammey J, Morrison K M, Moore S A, Mushquash A R, Patton I, Pearce N, Ramjist J K, Rhyason Lebel T, Timmons B W, Buchholz A, Cantwell J, Cooper J, Erdstein J, Fitzpatrick-Lewis D, Hatanaka D, Lindsay P, Sajwani T, Sebastianski M, Sherifali D, St. Pierre J, Ali M U, Wijesundera J, Alberga A S, Ausman C, Baluyot T C, Burke E, Dadgostar K, Delacruz B, Dettmer E, Dymarski M, Esmaeilinezhad Z, Hale I, Harnois-Leblanc S, Ho J, Gehring N D, Kucera M, Langer J C, McPherson A C, Naji L, Oei K, O’Malley G, A M Rigsby, Wahi G, Zenlea I S, Johnston B C. Managing obesity in children: a clinical practice guideline. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2025; 197(14):E372-E389. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241456
Henderson M, Moore S A, Harnois-Leblanc S, Johnston B C, Fitzpatrick-Lewis D, Usman A, Sherifali D, Merdad R, Rigsby A M, Esmaeilinezhad Z, Morrison K M, Hamilton J, Ball G D C, Birken C S, Steering Committee for Updating Canada’s Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Pediatric Obesity. Effectiveness of behavioural and psychological interventions for managing obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis framed using minimal important difference estimates based on GRADE guidance to inform a clinical practice guideline. Pediatric Obesity. 2025; 20(3):e13193. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.13193.
Yi L, Harnois-Leblanc S, Rifas-Shiman S L, Suel E, Jimenez M P, Lin P I D, Hystad P, Hankey S, Zhang W, Hivert M-F, Oken E, Aris I M, James P. Satellite-Based and Street-View Greenspace and Adiposity in US children. JAMA Network Open. 2024; 7(12):e2449113. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49113
Harnois-Leblanc S and Hivert M-F (2025). Stopping the intergenerational risk of diabetes – from mechanisms to interventions: a Report on Research Supported by Pathway to Stop Diabetes. Diabetes. 2025; Mar 1;74(3):255-264. doi: 10.2337/dbi24-0014.
Syragakis KM, Henderson M, Harnois-Leblanc S, Barnett TA, Mathieu ME, Drapeau V, Benedetti A, Van Hulst A.. Neighbourhood Environments and Lifestyle Behaviours in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 2024; doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2024.07.003
Bonin S, Harnois-Leblanc S, Béland M, Simoneau G, Mathieu ME, Barnett T A, Sabiston C M, Henderson M. The association between depressive symptoms and overweight or obesity in prepubertal children: findings from the QUALITY cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024; 367:486-495. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.138
Harnois-Leblanc S, McNealis V, Friedrich MG, Bigras J-L, Van Hulst A, Nuyt A M, Barnett T A, Benedetti A, Mathieu M-E, Drapeau V, Sylvestre M-P, Henderson M. Role of physical activity and sedentary behaviors on vascular and myocardial structure in type 1 diabetes. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 275, 114196. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114196
Cho S, Rifas-Shiman S L, Harnois-Leblanc S, Aris I M, Oken E, Hivert MF. Associations of abnormal glucose regulation in pregnancy with offspring adiposity, insulin resistance, and adipokine markers during childhood and adolescence. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 272, 114100. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114100
Harnois-Leblanc S, Van Hulst A, Lucibello K, Harbec MJ, Sabiston C M, Maximova K, Sylvestre MP, Henderson M. Associations Between Weight-Loss Attempts, Weight-Related Stress, and Body Image during Childhood and Adolescence in Children with Parental Obesity. Childhood Obesity. 2024 Sep; 20(6):434-441, doi: 10.1089/chi.2023.0082
Harnois-Leblanc S, McNealis V, Friedrich MG, Bigras J-L, Van Hulst A, Nuyt A M, Barnett T A, Benedetti A, Mathieu M-E, Drapeau V, Sylvestre M-P, Henderson M. Vascular and Myocardial Structure and Function in Adolescents with type 1 Diabetes: The CARDEA Study. Pediatric Diabetes. 2023, Article ID 8662038, doi:10.1155/2023/8662038.
Gupta P, Maharaj T, Weiss M, Rahaman N, Alsurf H, Sharma A, Minoyan N, Harnois-Leblanc S, Schmidt V, St-Charles PL, Deleu T, Williams A, Patel A, Qu M, Bilaniuk O, Marceau Caron G, Carrier PL, Ortiz-Gagné S, Rousseau MA, Buckeridge D, Ghosn J, Zhang Y, Schölkopf B, Tang J, Rish I, Pal C, Merckx J, Muller E B, Bengio Y. Proactive contact tracing for COVID-19. PloS Digital Health. 2023; 2(3):e0000199, doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000199
Harnois-Leblanc S, Sylvestre MP, Van Hulst A, Barnett T A, Mathieu ME, Mesidor M, McGrath J J, Tremblay A, Drapeau V, Paradis G, Henderson M. Strengthening evidence for causal effects of physical activity and sedentary behaviors on type 2 diabetes risk in at-risk children from childhood to late adolescence using the QUALITY cohort. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 2023; 7(1):37-46. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00278-4
Harnois-Leblanc S, Van Hulst A, Ybarra M, Barnett T A, Mathieu ME, McGrath J J, Tremblay A, Paradis G, Drapeau V, Sylvestre MP, Henderson M. Natural history and determinants of dysglycemia in Canadian children with parental obesity from ages 8-10 to 15-17 years: the QUALITY cohort. Pediatric Diabetes. 2022; 23(3): 274-285. doi: 10.1111/pedi.13315
Harnois-Leblanc S, Hernandez M I, Codner E, Cassorla F, Oberfield S E, Leibel N I, Mathew R P, Ten S, Orio F, Magoffin D A, Lane C J, Goran M I, Azziz R, Baillargeon JP, Geller D H. Profile of Daughters and Sisters of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Role of Proband’s Glucose Tolerance. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2021; 107(3): e912-e923, doi :10.1210/clinem/dgab812
Roberge JB, Harnois-Leblanc S, McNealis V, van Hulst A, Barnett T A, Simoneau G, Kakinami L, Paradis G, Henderson M. Body Mass Index Z-score vs Weight-for-Length Z-score in Infancy and Cardiometabolic Outcomes at Age 8-10 Years. Journal of Pediatrics. 2021; 238: 208-214, doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.046.
Harnois-Leblanc S, Van Hulst A, Sabiston C M, Maximova K, Béland M, Doré I, Sylvestre M-P, Henderson M. Self-reported weight loss attempts and weight-related stress in childhood: heightening the risk of obesity in early adolescence. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2021; 54(5): 764-772, doi: 10.1002/eat.23474
Manousaki D, Barnett T A, Mathieu M-E, Maximova K, Simoneau G, Harnois-Leblanc S, Benedetti A, McGrath J, Henderson M. Tune out and turn in: The influence of television viewing and sleep on lipid profiles in children. International Journal of Obesity. 2020; 44: 1173-1184. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0527-5
Harnois-Leblanc S, Henderson M. Prévenir l’obésité chez l’enfant ? Des stratégies prometteuses. Le Médecin du Québec, 2019; 54(12): 35-39.
Harnois-Leblanc S, Van Hulst A, Henderson M. Correspondence: Persistence of Obesity from Early Childhood Onward. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2019; 380: 193-195. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1814961
Van Hulst A, Paradis G, Harnois-Leblanc S, Benedetti A, Drapeau V, Henderson M. Lowering Saturated Fat and Increasing Vegetable and Fruit Intake May Increase Insulin Sensitivity 2 Years Later in Children with a Family History of Obesity. The Journal of Nutrition. 2018; 148(11): 1838-1844. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy189
Belan M, Harnois-Leblanc S, Lafferière B, Baillargeon JP. Optimizing reproductive health in women with obesity and infertility. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2018; 190(24): e742-e745. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171233
Harnois-Leblanc S, Trottier A, Leblanc S, Battista MC, Geller DH, Baillargeon JP. Evolution of metabolic alterations 5 years after early puberty in a cohort of girls predisposed to polycystic ovary syndrome. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 2017; 15(56): 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12958-017-0275-0
Chapitres de livre:
Van Hulst A, Savard C, Harnois-Leblanc S, Gingras V, Henderson M. Neonatal and Child Consequences of Maternal Obesity and Diabetes in Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Endocrinology (ed.: Kovacs C S and Deal C L). (2025). Elsevier/Academic Press.
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Harnois-Leblanc S, Aris I M, Switkowski K M, Perng W, Rifas-Shiman S L, Oken E, Hivert MF, Young J G, Wen L. (2026, June 22-23). Separating causal questions from statistics with application to dietary interventions in Project Viva cohort offspring [Oral presentation]. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER), Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Harnois-Leblanc S, Whooten R C, Rifas-Shiman S L, Aris I M, Yi L, Perng W, Oken E, Hivert MF. (2026, March 17-20). Replacing Sedentary Time by Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity or Sleep on a 24h Period in Early Adolescence Is Associated with Lower Insulin Resistance Five Years Later: Prospective Analysis Within the Project Viva Cohort [Oral presentation]. EPI Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2026, Boston, MA, USA.
Harnois-Leblanc S, Switkowski KM, Young JG, Aris IM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Gervis JE, Westerman K, Dashti HS, Hivert MF, Merino J. (2025, June 20-23). Genetic Susceptibility to Macronutrient Preference Is Associated with Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Fast Food in Children [Oral presentation and President’s select abstract]. American Diabetes Association 85th Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Harnois-Leblanc S, Henderson M, Drouin O, Bigras JL, Mathieu ME, Barnett T A, van Hulst A, Panagiotoglou D. (2023). Estimation of healthcare costs of pediatric obesity and cost-effectiveness of a pediatric weight management program in Québec. 8th Canadian Obesity Summit, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
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