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Researchers´ Profiles - Eric Dewailly

Eric Dewailly is Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at Laval University, Québec City, and Director of the Public Health Research Unit at the Laval University Medical Centre (CHUL-CHUQ). Originally from France, he received his MD and PhD in toxicology from Lille, and a Master of Science in epidemiology from Laval. He is a specialist in public health (in both France and Canada).

Prof. Dewailly is internationally recognized for his work among fishing communities, especially in the Arctic, dealing with risk assessment and risk management issues as well as nutritional outcomes. He has published more than 150 peer reviewed papers in exposure assessment, endocrine disrupting effects and seafood safety and nutrition. He is scientific director of the WHO Collaborating Centre in Environmental Health and co-director of the Nasivvik Centre.

Selected Recent Publications:

  • Lucas M, Dewailly E, Muckle G et al. Gestational age and birth weight in relation to n-3 fatty acids among Inuit (Canada). Lipids. 2004 Jul;39(7):617-26
     
  • Bjereegaard P, Young TK, Dewailly E, Ebesson SO. Indigenous health in the Arctic: an overview of the circumpolar Inuit population. Scand J Public Health. 2004;32:390-5.
     
  • Dallaire F, Dewailly E, Muckle G et al. Acute infections and environmental exposure to organochlorines in Inuit infants from Nunavik. Environ Health Perspect. 2004;112: 1359-65.
     
  • Van Oostdam JC, Dewailly E, Gilman A et al. Circumpolar maternal blood contaminant survey, 1994-1997 organochlorine compounds. Sci Total Environ. 2004;330:55-70.
     
  • Duchesne JF, Levesque BB, Gauvin D, Gingras S, Dewailly E. Estimating the mercury exposure dose in a population of migratory bird hunters in the St. Lawrence River region, Quebec, Canada. Environ Res. 2004 ;95:207-14.
     
  • Dallaire F, Dewailly E, Shademani R et al. Vitamin A concentration in umbilical cord blood of infants from three separate regions of the province of Quebec (Canada). Can J Public Health. 2003;94:386-90.
     
  • Dallaire F, Dewailly E, Muckle G, Ayotte P.Time trends of persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals in umbilical cord blood of Inuit infants born in Nunavik (Quebec, Canada) between 1994 and 2001. Environ Health Perspect. 2003;111:1660-4.
     
  • Dewailly E, Mulvad G, Sloth Pedersen H et al. Inuit are protected against prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003;12:926-7.
     
  • Rouja PM, Dewailly E, Blanchet C. Fat, fishing patterns, and health among the Bardi people of north Western Australia. Lipids. 2003;38:399-405.
     
  • Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Gigras S, et al. Fish consumption and blood lipids in three ethnic groups of Quebec (Canada). Lipids. 2003;38(4):359-65.
     
  • Ayotte P, Muckle G, Jacobsen JL, Dewailly E. Assessment of pre- and postnatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: lessons from the Inuit Cohort Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2003;111(9):1253-8.
     
  • Bjerregaard P, Dewailly E, Young TK, et al. Blood pressure among the Inuit (Eskimo) populations in the Arctic. Scand J Public Health. 2003;31(2):92-9.
     
  • Knap A, Dewailly E, Furgal C, et al. Indicators of ocean health and human health: developing a research and monitoring framework. Environ Health Perspect. 2002; 110(9):839-45
     
  • Dallaire F, Dewailly E, Laliberte C, et al. Temporal trends of organochlorine concentrations in umbilical cord blood of newborns from the lower north shore of the St. Lawrence river (Quebec, Canada). Environ Health Perspect. 2002;110(8):835-8.
     
  • Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Gingras S, et al. Cardiovascular disease risk factors and n-3 fatty acid status in the adult population of James Bay Cree. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 ;76:85-92.
     
  • Sandau CD, Ayotte P, Dewailly E et al. Pentachlorophenol and hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyl metabolites in umbilical cord plasma of neonates from coastal populations in Quebec. Environ Health Perspect. 2002;110(4):411-7.
     
  • Demers A, Ayotte P, Brisson J, Dodin S, Dewailly E. Plasma concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and the risk of breast cancer: a congener-specific analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2002;155(7):629-35.
     
  • Belles-Isles M, Ayotte P, Dewailly E et al. Cord blood lymphocyte functions in newborns from a remote maritime population exposed to organochlorines and methylmercury. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2002; 65(2):165-82.
     
  • Imbeault P, Chevrier J, Dewailly E, et al. Increase in plasma pollutant levels in response to weight loss is associated with the reduction of fasting insulin levels in men but not in women. Metabolism. 2002 Apr;51(4):482-6.
     
  • Imbeault P, Chevrier J, Dewailly E, et al Increase in plasma pollutant levels in response to weight loss in humans is related to in vitro subcutaneous adipocyte basal lipolysis. Int J Obes 2001;25(11):1585-91.
     
  • Muckle G, Ayotte P, Dewailly E et al. Prenatal exposure of the northern Quebec Inuit infants to environmental contaminants. Environ Health Perspect. 2001 ;109:1291-9.
     
  • Dewailly E, Blanchet C, Gingras S et al. Relations between n-3 fatty acid status and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Quebecers. Am J Clin Nutr2001;74:603-11.
     
  • Muckle G, Ayotte P, Dewailly E et al. Determinants of polychlorinated biphenyls and methylmercury exposure in inuit women of childbearing age. Environ Health Perspect. 2001;109(9):957-63.
     
  • Dewailly E, Ayotte P, Bruneau S, et al. Exposure of the Inuit population of Nunavik (Arctic Quebec) to lead and mercury. Arch Environ Health. 2001;56(4):350-7.

email: eric.dewailly@inspq.qc.ca
     
 
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