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Paul Villeneuve (On Sabbatical 2026-2027)

Professor

• PhD (University of Toronto)
• 6307 Health Sciences Building, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
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Dr. Villeneuve completed his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. Afterwards, he worked as a Research Scientist at Health Canada where he undertook studies on environmental and occupational health topics, but primarily in the field of air pollution.

Eligible to supervise at the undergraduate and graduate level. (Please email me your CV, transcript and brief description of your interests).  However, please note, Dr. Villeneuve will be on sabbatical for the 2026/27 academic year and is not accepting new students at this time.

Courses Taught:

• NEUR 4002/5203: Neuroscience Meta-Analysis
• NEUR 3003/HLTH3201: Introduction to Epidemiology
• NEUR 4904: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses [Project]

Scholarly Work & Research Interests:

The Villeneuve lab in Occupational and Environment Epidemiology aims to understand the health impacts of occupational and environmental exposures.  Much of this research focusses on cancer, although more recently has been expanded to look at risk factors for depression, dementia, and Parkinson’s disease.  Research activities involve record linkage studies of health administrative data, and Dr. Villeneuve current work is investigating the health effects from wildfire smoke exposure, occupational exposure to radiation, diesel and crystalline silica, and the health effects related to features of the urban built environment.  These features include exposure such as access to green spaces, air pollution, noise, and walkability.

Selected Publications:

Recent papers selected from nearly 300 published manuscript ().

1. Villeneuve, P.J, Cottagiri, S.*; Jiang, Y.; DeGroh, M.; Fuller Thompson, E. PLoS One. 2025 Aug20;20(8):e0329141.

2. Frangione B, Colman I, Momoli F, Davesne E, Talarico R, Yu C, Villeneuve PJ. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2025 Aug 22:4246.

3. Ahmed A, Hawken S, Gunz A, Talarico R, Yu C, Chen H, Villeneuve PJ, Lavigne É. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;9(2):e379.

4. Momen NC, Baker MG, Driscoll T, Li J, Martínez-Silveira MS, Turner MC, Viegas S, Villeneuve PJ, Pega F.   Environ Int. 2025 Feb;196:109216.

5. Gattie J, Goldberg MS, Villeneuve PJ.   Can J Public Health. 2024 Dec 30. 

6. Le Provost B, Parent MÉ, Villeneuve PJ, Waddingham CM, Brook JR, Lavigne E, Dugandzic R, Harris SA. Cancer Epidemiol. 2024 Oct;92:102606.