Dr. Alain Milot received his medical degree from Laval University in 1985. Following his residency in internal medicine, he completed a fellowship in clinical pharmacology at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal. He holds a master’s degree in pharmacology from the Université de Montréal and is a certified specialist in clinical hypertension from the American Society of Hypertension. He is also a fellow of the Society for Vascular Medicine.
He has been practicing at the Hôpital Saint-François d’Assise of the CHU de Québec since 1996 where he heads the group of vascular medicine. In addition, he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Laval University and Director of the vascular medicine fellowship program.
He is a regular researcher in the Populations Health and Optimal Health Practices Area at the CHU de Québec Research Center. His main clinical and epidemiological research projects focus on the study of the relationships between adverse psychosocial work factors, cardiovascular risk factors, masked hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and cognitive functions.
Dr. Milot is a former president of the Société québécoise d’hypertension artérielle as well as co-editor-in-chief of the Therapeutic Guide published by this society. He is also a member of the committee that provides annually-updated Hypertension Canada Guidelines.
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Validity of participants' self-reported diagnosis for a work absence due to a mental health problem compared with physician-certified diagnosis for the same work absence among 709 Canadian workers.
Journal ArticleOccup Environ Med, 2020, ISSN: 1351-0711.
Job strain and incident cardiovascular disease: the confounding and mediating effects of lifestyle habits. An overview of systematic reviews.
Journal ArticleArch Environ Occup Health, pp. 1-8, 2020, ISSN: 1933-8244.
Psychosocial Stressors at Work and the Risk of Sickness Absence Due to a Diagnosed Mental Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Journal ArticleJAMA Psychiatry, 77 (8), pp. 842-851, 2020, ISSN: 2168-622X.
Long Working Hours and the Prevalence of Masked and Sustained Hypertension.
Journal ArticleHypertension, 75 (2), pp. 532-538, 2020, ISSN: 0194-911X.
Differences between women and men in the relationship between psychosocial stressors at work and work absence due to mental health problem.
Journal ArticleOccup Environ Med, 77 (9), pp. 603-610, 2020, ISSN: 1351-0711.
Hypertension Canada's 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children.
Journal ArticleCan J Cardiol, 36 (5), pp. 596-624, 2020, ISSN: 0828-282X.
Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Journal ArticleLancet, 394 (10193), pp. 121-130, 2019, ISSN: 0140-6736.
Dulaglutide and renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: an exploratory analysis of the REWIND randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Journal ArticleLancet, 394 (10193), pp. 131-138, 2019, ISSN: 0140-6736.
Masked hypertension incidence and risk factors in a prospective cohort study.
Journal ArticleEur J Prev Cardiol, 26 (3), pp. 231-237, 2019, ISSN: 2047-4873.
Assessment of the healthy worker survivor effect in the relationship between psychosocial work-related factors and hypertension.
Journal ArticleOccup Environ Med, 76 (6), pp. 414-421, 2019, ISSN: 1351-0711.
Active projects
- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Subvention, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Centres de recherche affiliés, from 2017-01-01 to 2099-12-31
- Coûts des maladies cardiovasculaires et des problèmes de santé mentale attribuables aux contraintes psychosociales au travail : Une étude longitudinale de 22 ans auprès de 9 000 cols blancs., Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Volet Projet: Concours pilotes, from 2016-07-01 to 2021-03-31
Recently finished projects
- Exposition cumulée aux stresseurs psychosociaux, marqueurs inflammatoires, télomères et fonction cognitive : une étude prospective de 20 ans, Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement, from 2014-07-01 to 2019-06-30
- Inégalités sociales de santé mentale, contraintes psychosociales au travail, vie active et retraite: une étude prospective de 20 ans., Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement, from 2014-04-01 to 2020-03-31
- Inégalités sociales, environnement psychosocial au travail, vie active, retraite et santé cardiovasculaire: une étude prospective de 20 ans chez 9000 femmes et hommes., Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement, from 2012-01-01 to 2019-09-30