Dr. Pouliot obtained doctorates in medicine (M.D.) and in Physiology-Endocrinology (Ph.D.) from Laval University. After completing a residency in Urology (F.R.C.S.C.), he did a post-doctoral fellowship in Urologic Oncology and molecular imaging at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 2010, he has practiced as a urologist-oncologist in the Quebec City University Hospital Center. He is also an associate professor in Laval University’s Department of surgery. He oversees the CHU de Québec multidisciplinary clinic in castration-resistant prostate cancer. In 2014, he was the recipient of the Prostate Cancer Canada/Movember Rising Star Award. He is also the recipient of the FRQS Clinical Research Scholars Junior 1 and 2 and Senior. His clinical and preclinical research interests include the detection and characterization of high risk, advanced and metastatic prostate cancers using transcriptional amplification systems or positron emission tomography (PET) with tracers such as fluoro-deoxyglucose or PSMA ligands (PyL, MP-1404).  He is also involved in the development of new radioligand therapeutics.

His research program has four aims: 1) To develop a dynamic imaging method based on a transcriptional amplification system allowing the sensitive detection of a luminescent reporter gene under the control of prostate cancer specific promoters. This microscopy method will allow predicting the patient’s response to antiandrogen treatments. 2) Use positron emission tomography imaging (PET/CT) as a quantitative method to identify the very high risk prostate cancer and to assess metastasis individual response, in addition to global response to systemic treatment. 3) Develop a prostate cancer immunotherapy based on a transcriptional amplification system specific to prostate cancer. This vaccine vector will allow the introduction of recombinant genes in patient’s prostate cancer cells to induce an efficient immune response against cancer cells.  4) Characterize the androgen receptor (AR) activation in castration resistant prostate cancer patients. This project aims to determine which steroids activate the AR under chemical castration and to identify new AR interacting partners using proteomics.

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Galey L, Olanrewaju A, Nabi H, Paquette JS, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

PSA, an outdated biomarker for prostate cancer: In search of a more specific biomarker, citrate takes the spotlight

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J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 243 , 2024.

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Jobin C, Harvey M, Lacouture A, Weidmann C, Neveu B, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

Protocol for transducing human primary epithelial prostate cells and patient-derived organoids with high efficiency

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STAR Protoc, 5 (3), 2024.

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Touma N, Larose M, Ouellet J, Bédard-Tremblay D, Singbo N, Hovington H, Neveu B, Archambault L, Pouliot F

External validation of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center preoperative nomogram predicting lymph node invasion in a cohort of high-grade prostate cancer patients

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Prostate, 84 (12), 2024.

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Touma N, Pouliot F

Response to the Letter to the Editor

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Prostate, 2024.

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Lafront C, Germain L, Campolina-Silva GH, Weidmann C, Berthiaume L, Hovington H, Brisson H, Jobin C, Frégeau-Proulx L, Cotau R, Gonthier K, Lacouture A, Caron P, Ménard C, Atallah C, Riopel J, Latulippe É, Bergeron A, Toren P, Guillemette C, Pelletier M, Fradet Y, Belleannée C, Pouliot F, Lacombe L, Lévesque É, Audet-Walsh É

The estrogen signaling pathway reprograms prostate cancer cell metabolism and supports proliferation and disease progression

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J Clin Invest, 134 (11), 2024.

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Galey L, Olanrewaju A, Nabi H, Paquette JS, Pouliot F, Audet-Walsh É

Rediscovering citrate as a biomarker for prostate cancer

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Nat Rev Urol, 2024.

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Millan B, Breau RH, Mallick R, Wood L, Rendon R, Finelli A, So AI, Lavallée LT, Pouliot F, Bhindi B, Heng D, Drachenberg D, Tanguay S, Dean L, Basappa NS, Lattouf JB, Bjarnason G, Lalani AK, Kapoor A

Comparison of patients with renal cell carcinoma in adjuvant therapy trials to a real-world population

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Urol Oncol, 41 (7), 2023.

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Beck J, Rouleau M, Lemire F, Neveu B, Déry M, Thériault B, Dubois G, Guérette D, Pouliot F

Mass spectrometry redefines optimal testosterone thresholds in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy

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Prostate, 83 (7), 2023.

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Gonthier K, Weidmann C, Berthiaume L, Jobin C, Lacouture A, Lafront C, Harvey M, Neveu B, Loehr J, Bergeron A, Fradet Y, Lacombe L, Riopel J, Latulippe É, Atallah C, Shum M, Lambert JP, Pouliot F, Pelletier M, Audet-Walsh É

Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 sustains a hybrid cytoplasmic-mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle that can be targeted for therapeutic purposes in prostate cancer

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Mol Oncol, 17 (10), 2023.

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Tremblay S, Alhogbani M, Weickhardt A, Davis ID, Scott AM, Hicks RJ, Metser U, Chua S, Davda R, Punwani S, Payne H, Tunariu N, Ho B, Young S, Singbo MNU, Bauman G, Emmett L, Pouliot F

Influence of molecular imaging on patient selection for treatment intensification prior to salvage radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a post hoc analysis of the PROPS trial

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Cancer Imaging, 23 (1), 2023.

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Active projects

  • 3TMPO (Triple-Tracer strategy against Metastatic PrOstate cancer), from 2018-03-07 to 2029-03-31
  • Analyse des vésicules extracellulaires dans le sang des hommes atteints d’un cancer de la prostate : utilité dans la stadification de la maladie et la réponse au traitement., from 2024-05-01 to 2027-05-01
  • Équipement de laboratoire radiopharmaceutique pour la théranostique et l'imagerie moléculaire innovantes, from 2022-07-01 to 2025-06-30
  • Four-Timepoint Multi-tracer PET imaging to characterize metastatic PrOstate Cancer heterogeneity impact on treatment resistance in subjects beginning a new line of therapy, from 2023-03-31 to 2025-03-31
  • Scale-up and validation of personalized outcome prediction model for newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients by integrating clinicopathological data and multi-task artificial , from 2024-06-17 to 2025-06-16
  • Surveillance of Complex Renal Cysts: The SOCRATIC study, from 2019-10-01 to 2028-09-30
  • Towards Personalized Dosimetry-Based Radioligand Therapy of Prostate Cancer as a New Standard of Practice, from 2022-04-01 to 2027-03-31
  • Understanding mitochondrial metabolism to identify prostate cancer metabolic vulnerabilities, from 2022-10-01 to 2027-09-30

Recently finished projects

  • Imagerie moléculaire relié au cancer de la prostate, from 2023-02-01 to 2024-01-31
  • National Program on Radioligand Therapy for Prostate Cancer, from 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31
  • Optimiser les soins des patients atteints du cancer de la prostate résistant à la castration en utilisant une stratégie de triple traceur en imagerie moléculaire et en radiothérapieléculaire et en radiothérapie ciblée, from 2018-04-01 to 2023-06-30
  • Utilisation de l’imagerie moléculaire par microscopie à bioluminescence ou par tomographie par émission de positrons afin d’optimiser les stratégies thérapeutiques des patients atteints de cancers urologiques, from 2019-07-01 to 2023-06-30
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