Biography

Title

• Associate Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal, 2022-
• Researcher, Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, 2018-
• General pediatrician, CHU Sainte-Justine
• Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal (2022-)

• Masters in Public Health (Profile Clinical Effectiveness) (MPH) Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2017
• Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, Harvard University, 2017
• Residency in general pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital & CHU Sainte-Justine, 2015
• Doctorate in medicine (MD CM), McGill University, 2011
• Masters of Science – Biochemistry (MSc), McGill University, 2007
• Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry (BSc), Université de Sherbrooke, 2005

At the intersection of public health, clinical medicine, and behavioral sciences, her research uses techniques from health services research, behavioral economics, epidemiology, experimental psychology, and health economics to improve children's health care. Her research also examines the impact of the socioeconomic environment on health and health inequities.

• Health services research
• Hospital pediatrics
• Public Health
• Behavioral Science
• Cardiometabolic disease prevention
• Asthma
• Health inequities

Career Summary

After completing his clinical training at the Montreal Children's Hospital and CHU Sainte-Justine, Dr. Olivier Drouin completed a Master's degree in Public Health and a research fellowship in pediatric health services research, both at Harvard. He joined the Department of Pediatrics at the Université de Montréal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center in 2017. His studies, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Research, focus on treatment adherence in pediatric asthma, variability of care for hospitalized children, and lifestyle screening in primary care. He is also currently conducting a clinical trial on smoking cessation among parents who smoke.

Dr. Drouin is a clinical fellow with the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (www.cahspr.ca) and holds leadership roles in the Canadian Paediatric Hospital Research Network (www.pirncanada.com) and the POPCORN Network (www.popcornpediatrics.ca/)

Awards and Distinctions

• 2023, Prix de la recherche - junior. Department of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal.
• 2021, Boursier PAL-STAR - Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP)
• 2021, Professor of the year, Department of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal.
• Spring 2021 Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - obtained as principal investigator for the project "Improving adherence to controller medication in children with asthma - the unexplored contribution of behavioral sciences"
• Chercheur-boursier clinicien Junior 1 – Fonds de recherche du Québec, Santé (2019)
• 2018, Rising Star, CCHCSP

Presentations

1. What’s new in hospital pediatrics? Top 10 articles of the past year. CPS Annual Conference 2025 – May 30th 2024, Québec city (QC)
2. Approche relative à l’hésitation des patients face aux vaccins - Perspectives des sciences comportementales. Conversations about pediatric vaccines in the context of COVID-19 Webinar, National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (Virtual) 13 juin 2022
3. Impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l’utilisation des soins de santé pédiatriques – Exemple d’utilisation de données hospitalières et d’urgence . Colloque Réseau Périnatologie, 90e congrès de l’Association Canadienne-Française pour l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS) (Virtuel) 9 mai 2023 
4. Addressing unmet social needs and parental smoking in a randomized controlled trial; a case study in pediatric health services research. Institut de recherche du British Columbia Children’s Hospital. Vancouver (BC) 22 février 2024 

Publications

1. Chadi N, Diamant E, Perez T, Al-Saleh A, Sylvestre MP, O'Loughlin J, Winickoff JP, Drouin O. A Brief Digital Screening and Intervention Tool for Parental and Adolescent Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Use in Pediatric Medical Care in Canada: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc.  2023 Nov 30;12:e47978. doi: 10.2196/47978
2. Drouin O, Perez T, Barnett TA, Ducharme F, Fleegler EW, Garg A, Lavoie KL, Li P, Metras ME, Sultan S, Tse SM, Zhao J. Impact of unmet social needs, scarcity and future discounting on adherence to treatment in children with asthma: Protocol for a prospective cohort study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Mar 7;12:e37318. doi: 10.2196/37318.
3. Diamant E, Perez T, Drouin O.* Nudging interventions to improve children’s sleep, physical activity and sedentary behavior: a scoping review. Prev Med. 2023 Aug;173:107572. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107572.
4. Drouin O, Smyrnova A, Bentinjane N, Ducharme F*. Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids prescribed once- vs twice-daily in children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2022;128(4):423-431.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2022.01.018  
5. Chadi N, Espinoso C, Osmanlliu E, Gravel J, Drouin O*. Mental health-related emergency department visits and hospitalization rates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicentric retrospective study. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Nov;69(5):847-850. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.036. 
6. Drouin O, Sato R, Drehmer JE, Nabi-Burza E, Hipple Walters B., Winickoff JP, Levy DE. Cost-Effectiveness of a Smoking Cessation Intervention for Parents in Pediatric Primary Care. JAMA Netw Open.  2021 Apr 1;4(4):e213927. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3927. 
7. Drouin O, Moore-Hepburn C, Farrar DS, Baerg K, Chan K, Cyr C, Donner EJ, et al. Characteristics of children hospitalized with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in Canada. CMAJ. 2021;193(38):E1483-E1493.