Dr. Paul R. Fortin, MD, MPH, FRCPC holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases, is Professor at Laval University, and Clinical Investigator at the CHU Research Center of Quebec – Laval University. He obtained his medical degree from Laval University and is a graduate of McGill University in rheumatology. He then obtained a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University’s School of Public Health.

Dr. Fortin is working to better understand the bio-psycho-social impact of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD), such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic sclerosis, inflammatory myositis, and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). He is particularly interested in the development of interventions for the treatment of SLE, RA, and APS.

His methodological interests are the development and validation of diagnostic and prognostic tests, new treatments, and new ways to measure the impact of these treatments on the health status of the patient, and on the levels of activity or harm of the disease within SARDs. His other methodological interests include developing healthy lifestyle habits for people with SARD, and measuring the impact of patient knowledge.

Since 2011, Dr. Fortin has been working on the creation and establishment of a new computerized database and biobank that enables the collection of informative biospecimens and clinical data relevant to the study of SARDs. This biobank and database now has more than 13,000 biospecimens, from over 250 people, and has already contributed to translational and clinical research projects, as well as two projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Dr. Fortin received the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Young Investigator Award in 1999, the Kirkland Scholar Award in 2008, and the prestigious Research Achievement Award from The Arthritis Society of Canada (2007- 2012). In 2010, he received the Lupus Ontario Hope Award for his outstanding leadership in improving the lives of people with lupus. In May 2015, he received the Jeffrey Shiroky Research Award for his clinical research achievements in rheumatology.

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Rochon PA, Fortin PR, Dear KB, Minaker KL, Chalmers TC

Reporting of age data in clinical trials of arthritis. Deficiencies and solutions

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Arch Intern Med, 153 (2), 1993.

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Hamilton V, Benk V, Fortin P

Health insurance coverage and clinical outcomes in women with breast cancer

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N Engl J Med, 329 (27), 1993.

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Heath Jr, Fortin PR

Epidemiologic studies of rheumatoid arthritis: future directions

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J Rheumatol Suppl, 32 , 1992.

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Fortin PR

Quality assurance in Canada: does insurance affect assurance?

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J Rheumatol, 19 (1), 1992.

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Gladman D, Ginzler E, Goldsmith C, Fortin P, Liang M, Urowitz M, Bacon P, Bombardieri S, Hanly J, Hay E

Systemic lupus international collaborative clinics: development of a damage index in systemic lupus erythematosus

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J Rheumatol, 19 (11), 1992.

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Fortin PR, Fraser RS, Watts CS, Esdaile JM

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and systemic necrotizing vasculitis

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J Rheumatol, 18 (10), 1991.

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Liang MH, Stern S, Fortin PR, Louie DC, Marsh JD, Mudge Jr, Murphy G

Fatal pulmonary venoocclusive disease secondary to a generalized venulopathy: a new syndrome presenting with facial swelling and pericardial tamponade

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Arthritis Rheum, 34 (2), 1991.

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Liang MH, Fortin P

Quality assurance and audit: lessons from North America

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Ann Rheum Dis, 50 (7), 1991.

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Liang MH, Fortin PR, Isenberg DA, Snaith L

Quantitative clinical assessment of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus: progress report and research agenda

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Rheumatol Int, 11 (3), 1991.

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Liang MH, Fortin P

Management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee

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N Engl J Med, 325 (2), 1991.

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Active projects

  • Canada research chair in Innovate Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease, from 2019-07-01 to 2026-06-30
  • FcgRI as a potential therapeutic target in inflammatory arthritis, from 2022-01-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Platelets and neutrophils: the two culprits mediating pain in inflammatory arthritis, from 2020-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Risk stratification and personalized therapy in lupus pregnancies, from 2022-10-01 to 2027-09-30
  • Role of megakaryocytes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, from 2023-04-01 to 2028-03-31
  • Role of phosphatidylserine-specific phospholipase A1 (PLA1A) in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases, from 2023-01-01 to 2025-12-31

Recently finished projects

  • Booster dose of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine vs non mRNA vaccine for people living with systemic autoimmune rhumatic diseases without adequate humoral response post standard mRNA vaccination, from 2021-12-01 to 2022-11-30
  • COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune Diseases / La réponse immunitaire au vaccin contre la COVID-19 chez des patients immunosupprimés en raison de maladies auto-immunes, from 2021-03-16 to 2023-03-31
  • Hydroxychloroquine in systemic lupus, from 2018-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Maladies Rhumatismales Autoimmunes Systémiques (MRAS) , from 2020-12-15 to 2023-03-31
  • Megakaryocyte: a new player in systemic lupus erythematosus, from 2022-09-01 to 2023-08-31
  • Platelets and neutrophils: the two culprits mediating pain in inflammatory arthritis, from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
  • Role of autotaxin bound to platelet-derived microparticles to development of vascular damage in arthritis., from 2015-07-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Safety immUnogenicity of Covid-19 vaCcines in systEmic immunE mediated inflammatory Diseases (SUCCEED) , from 2021-04-01 to 2023-09-30
  • The impact of antimalarial drugs in arthritis patients exposed to SARS-CoV-2- the CoVIRAL project, from 2020-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Understanding the pathogenesis of COVID-19, from 2020-03-01 to 2023-02-28
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