Lab Information
Bertrand Lebouché (MD/PhD)
ScientistCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Family Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
Keywords
HIV • adherence • antiretroviral therapy • patient engagement • patient-reported outcome measures • mHealth • HCV • men who have sex with men • HIV preventionResearch Interests
My research interests are especially centred on innovating HIV care through stakeholder engagement and the use of patient-centred mobile health technologies. I am currently developing a new patient-reported outcome measure for electronic administration during routine HIV care focused on patient-identified barriers to adhering to antiretroviral therapy. In partnership with developers of the Opal patient portal, I am adapting Opal for use in both HIV and COVID-19 follow-up. Furthermore, with a team from the Polytechnique de Montréal, I am creating a chatbot to conversationally help answer pragmatic questions people living with HIV may have about their antiretroviral therapy. The patient experience of HIV care is also a prominent theme of my research, including among HIV-positive newcomers to Quebec. My research program is affiliated with my CIHR Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Mentorship Chair, which enables trainees to gain experience with stakeholder engagement in research.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Isnard, S., Mabanga, T., Royston, L., Berini, C. A., Bu, S., Aiyana, O., Feng, H., Lebouché, B., Costiniuk, C. T., Cox, J., Kroemer, G., Durand, M., Routy, J.-P. & Biobanque Québécoise de la COVID-19 (BQC-19) (2024). Extracellular acyl-CoA-binding protein as an independent biomarker of COVID-19 disease severity. Frontiers in immunology, vol. 15, p. 1505752.
- Engler, K., Lessard, D., Lacombe, K., Palich, R. & Lebouché, B. (2025). Development of a core patient-reported outcome set for use in HIV care at the individual patient level in Montreal: protocol for a two-phased multimethod project. BMJ open, vol. 15, p. e088822.
- Avallone, F., Marbaniang, I., Engler, K., Cox, J., Lebouché, B. & Hickson, F. (2024). Earlier First Anal Sex Predicts Engagement in Chemsex Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United Kingdom. Journal of sex research, p. 1-9.
- Ma, Y., Lessard, D., Vicente, S., Engler, K., Rodriguez Cruz, A., Laymouna, M., Opal-COVID Patient Expert Committee, Hijal, T., Del Balso, L., Thériault, G., Paisible, N., Kronfli, N., Pomey, M.-P., Peiris, H., Barkati, S., Brouillette, M.-J., Klein, M., Cox, J., de Pokomandy, A., Asselah, J., Bartlett, S. J. & Lebouché, B. (2024). Implementing a Patient Portal for the Remote Follow-Up of Self-Isolating Patients With COVID-19 Infection Through Patient and Stakeholder Engagement (the Opal-COVID Study): Mixed Methods Pilot Study. Journal of participatory medicine, vol. 16, p. e48194.
- Kronfli, N., Mambro, A., Riback, L. R., Ortiz-Paredes, D., Dussault, C., Chalifoux, S., Del Balso, L., Petropoulos, A., Lim, M., Halavrezos, A., Sebastiani, G., Klein, M. B., Lebouche, B., Cox, J. & Akiyama, M. J. (2024). Perceived patient navigator services and characteristics to address barriers to linkage to hepatitis C care among people released from provincial prison in Quebec, Canada. The International journal on drug policy, vol. 133, p. 104624.
- Kudrina, I., Page, M. G., Choinière, M., Shir, Y., Eisenberg, M. J., Ben-Sasson, M., Lebouché, B. & Puzhko, S. (2024). Risk of infections among persons treated with opioids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ open, vol. 14, p. e083791.
- Attieh, R., Pomey, M.-P., Lebouché, B., Ma, Y., Hijal, T. & Poder, T. G. (2024). Cost Analysis of a Patient Portal Used to Remotely Monitor COVID-19 Patients in Quebec. Journal of primary care & community health, vol. 15, p. 21501319241271190.
- Ma, Y., Achiche, S., Tu, G., Vicente, S., Lessard, D., Engler, K., Lemire, B., MARVIN chatbots Patient Expert Committee, Laymouna, M., de Pokomandy, A., Cox, J. & Lebouché, B. (2025). The first AI-based Chatbot to promote HIV self-management: A mixed methods usability study. HIV medicine, vol. 26, p. 184-206.
- Wang, Z., Zhao, X., Shen, H., Wang, H., Cheng, G., Gao, Y. N., Zuo, W., Xu, Z., Avallone, F., Arora, A. K., Guo, M., Simmons, R., Lessard, D., Beesley, T., Zheng, J. C., Lebouché, B. & Bergman, H. (2024). Evaluation of the McGill-Tongji Blended Education Program for Teacher Leaders in General Practice: The importance of partnership and contextualization in International Primary Care Training Initiatives. Health care science, vol. 3, p. 238-248.
- Brenner, B. G., Ibanescu, R.-I., Oliveira, M., Margaillan, G., Lebouché, B., Thomas, R., Baril, J. G., Lorgeoux, R.-P., Roger, M., Routy, J.-P. & (2024). Phylogenetic Network Analyses Reveal the Influence of Transmission Clustering on the Spread of HIV Drug Resistance in Quebec from 2002 to 2022. Viruses, vol. 16.
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