After obtaining a PhD in psychology from Laval University in 1993, Dr. Muckle completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Wayne State University (Detroit) and at the CHUL Research Center. She was first hired in 1997 as professor at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine of Laval University, then in 2003 by the School of Psychology of the same institution. Meanwhile, she was a member of the advisory committee of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child, and Youth Health, and of the Chemicals Management Plan Challenge Advisory Panel, which advises the Canadian government on chemical risks. Since 2016, Dr. Muckle is Vice-Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Laval University.

Dr. Muckle’s research approach encompasses epidemiology, toxicology, and developmental psychology. In addition to studying the toxicity of prenatal alcohol exposure, she pursues research on the developmental effects of exposure to environmental contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Dr. Muckle’s work showed associations between contaminants and physical development, fine motor function, as well as with behavioral aspects, such as attention problems, and also with indicators of cognitive development.

Dr. Muckle’s interest for the adverse effects of exposure to environmental contaminants led her to work with the most highly exposed populations, among them mothers and children from Guadeloupe exposed to the pesticide chlordecone and, above all, with the Inuit population of Northern Canada, who are exposed to industrial contaminants through their traditional diet. This work allowed her to develop a strong expertise in creating and following longitudinal cohorts, which are rarely conducted in aboriginal people. Dr. Muckle’s recent work extends to determinants of health among the Inuit, notably by her collaboration with the Nunavik Inuit Health Surveys Qanuippitaa? in 2004 and Qanuilirpitaa? in 2017.

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Oulhote Y, Rouget F, Michineau L, Monfort C, Desrochers-Couture M, Thomé JP, Kadhel P, Multigner L, Cordier S, Muckle G

Prenatal and childhood chlordecone exposure, cognitive abilities and problem behaviors in 7-year-old children: the TIMOUN mother-child cohort in Guadeloupe

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Environ Health, 22 (1), 2023.

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Farmus L, Till C, Green R, Hornung R, Martinez-Mier EA, Ayotte P, Muckle G, Lanphear B, Flora D

Critical windows of fluoride neurotoxicity in Canadian children by Farmus and colleagues - In reply to Guichon et al. (2022)

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Environ Res, 2023.

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Farmus L, Till C, Green R, Hornung R, Martinez-Mier EA, Ayotte P, Muckle G, Lanphear B, Flora D

Critical windows of fluoride neurotoxicity in Canadian children by Farmus and colleagues - In reply to Wood et al. (2023)

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Environ Res, 2023.

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Courtemanche Y, Poliakova N, Riva M, Fletcher C, Desrochers-Couture M, Moisan C, Pépin C, Fraser S, Muckle G, Bélanger RE

Sociocultural determinants of alcohol and cannabis use and misuse among Nunavimmiut

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Can J Public Health, 2023.

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Yonkman AM, Alampi JD, Kaida A, Allen RW, Chen A, Lanphear BP, Braun JM, Muckle G, Arbuckle TE, McCandless LC

Using Latent Profile Analysis to Identify Associations Between Gestational Chemical Mixtures and Child Neurodevelopment

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Epidemiology, 34 (1), 2023.

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Moisan C, Bélanger R, Calvin J, Shipaluk L, Fraser S, Morin V, Muckle G

Exploring ambivalence toward pregnancy among young Inuit women

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Cult Health Sex, 25 (1), 2023.

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Simard CO, Riva M, Dufresne P, Perreault K, Muckle G, Poliakova N, Desrochers-Couture M, Fletcher C, Moisan C, Fraser S, Bélanger R, Courtemanche Y, Bignami S

The psychosocial dimension of housing in Nunavik: does social support vary with household crowding

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Can J Public Health, 2022.

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Abed JY, Godon T, Mehdaoui F, Plante PL, Boissinot M, Bergeron MG, Bélanger RE, Muckle G, Poliakova N, Ayotte P, Corbeil J, Rousseau E

Gut metagenome profile of the Nunavik Inuit youth is distinct from industrial and non-industrial counterparts

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Commun Biol, 5 (1), 2022.

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Poliakova N, Riva M, Fletcher C, Desrochers-Couture M, Courtemanche Y, Moisan C, Fraser S, Pépin C, Bélanger RE, Muckle G

Correction: Sociocultural factors in relation to mental health within the Inuit population of Nunavik

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Can J Public Health, 2022.

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Poliakova N, Riva M, Fletcher C, Desrochers-Couture M, Courtemanche Y, Moisan C, Fraser S, Pépin C, Bélanger RE, Muckle G

Sociocultural factors in relation to mental health within the Inuit population of Nunavik

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