Jean-Pierre Grégoire is a Scientist with the Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit at the CHU de Québec-Laval University Research Center. He is also a Professor and a former Dean (2006-2011) at the Faculty of Pharmacy at Laval University. Professor Grégoire is a former President of the Quebec Order of Pharmacists (1993-1995) and of the Canadian Council for the Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (2000). He is on the Evaluation Commission of the “Conférence des Doyens de Facultés de Pharmacie d’expression Française” (CIDPHARMEF) for which he has led several external assessments of Faculties of Pharmacy in France, Africa, and Asia.
Professor Grégoire is a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology and of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Optimal use of drugs
In recent years, his research has focused on the optimization of drug use in chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, and schizophrenia. He has published extensively on the issue of non-adherence to drug treatments.
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Appropriateness of Ticagrelor Use at Initiation: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Journal ArticleJ Pharm Pharm Sci, 21 (1), 2018.
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Avoidable workload of care for patients living with HIV infection in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: A cross-sectional study
Journal ArticlePLoS One, 13 (8), 2018.
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Factors associated with adherence to asthma treatment with inhaled corticosteroids: A cross-sectional exploratory study
Journal ArticleJ Asthma, 55 (3), 2018.
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Neighbourhood Material and Social Deprivation and Exposure to Antidepressant Drug Treatment: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Data
Journal ArticleCan J Psychiatry, 63 (10), 2018.
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La vision englobante de l’analyse multivariée
Book ChapterSimpson A, Beaucage C, Bonnier Viger Y (Ed.): Épidémiologie appliquée, 3e édition - Une initiation à la lecture critique en sciences de la santé, Montréal, QC, Chenelière Éducation, 2017, ISBN: 9782765053347.
Contributions of community pharmacists to patients on antidepressants-a qualitative study among key informants
Journal ArticleInt J Clin Pharm, 39 (4), 2017.
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Improving medication adherence among community-dwelling seniors with cognitive impairment: a systematic review of interventions
Journal ArticleInt J Clin Pharm, 39 (4), 2017.
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Association between interpersonal continuity of care and medication adherence in type 2 diabetes: an observational cohort study
Journal ArticleCMAJ Open, 5 (2), 2017.
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The Association between Depression and Medication Nonpersistence in New Users of Antidiabetic Drugs
Journal ArticleValue Health, 20 (6), 2017.
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Effect of contraindicated drugs for heart failure on hospitalization among seniors with heart failure: A nested case-control study
Journal ArticleMedicine (Baltimore), 96 (9), 2017.
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