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
- Lin, J., Jaiswal, N., Ma, Y., Lebouché, B., Villanueva, S., Achiche, S., Lessard, D., Engler, K., Berthelot, S., Buckeridge, D., Celi, L. A., Gagnon, I., Gravel, J., Plotnick, L. H., Poenaru, D., Pomey, M.-P., Vang, Z. M., CHAMP Co-Construction Committee & Osmanlliu, E. (2026). Coconstructing CHAMP, an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot for Pediatric Infectious Symptoms Management: Protocol for a Multiphase Participatory Study. JMIR research protocols, vol. 15, p. e89852.
- Cinque, F., Nudo, M., Saeed, S., Lim, J., Kablawi, D., Mariano, G., Lupu, A., Elgretli, W., Moodie, E. E. M., Price, C., Monteith, K., Cooper, C., Walmsley, S., Kronfli, N., Cox, J., Costiniuk, C., De Pokomandy, A., Routy, J.-P., Klein, M. B., Lebouche, B. & Sebastiani, G. (2026). Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Is Associated With Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life in People With HIV. Gastro hep advances, vol. 5, p. 100966.
- Weight, C., Mambro, A., Dussault, C., Chalifoux, S., Del Balso, L., Petropoulos, A., Lim, M., Halavrezos, A., Lebouche, B., Sebastiani, G., Klein, M. B., Cox, J., Latimer, E. & Kronfli, N. (2026). A cost-effectiveness analysis of a multidisciplinary model of care on hepatitis C care among people released from provincial prison in Quebec, Canada. The International journal on drug policy, vol. 149, p. 105136.
- Engler, K., Lessard, D., Vicente, S., Tan, D. H. S., Lacombe, K. & Lebouché, B. (2026). A multi-phase project to develop a patient-reported measure of barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence for use in HIV care: The 7-Item I-Score. PloS one, vol. 21, p. e0324241.
- Jaiswal, N., Ma, Y., Lebouché, B., Poenaru, D., Pomey, M.-P., Achiche, S., Lessard, D., Engler, K., Montiel, Z., Acevedo, H., Gameiro, R. R., Celi, L. A. & Osmanlliu, E. (2025). Perspective on patient and non-academic partner engagement for the responsible integration of large language models in health chatbots. Research involvement and engagement, vol. 11, p. 143.
- Isnard, S., Berini, C. A., Parvathy, S. N., Feng, H., Aiyana, O., Royston, L., Mabanga, T., Lakatos, P. L., Bessissow, T., Klein, M. B., Lebouché, B., Costiniuk, C. T., Routy, B., Silverman, M. S. & Routy, J.-P. (2025). Fecal microbiota transplantation to reduce immune activation in ART-treated people with HIV with low CD4/CD8 ratio: protocol for the single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Gutsy study (CIHR/CTN PT038). Trials, vol. 27, p. 52.
- Avallone, F., Engler, K., Hickson, F., Cox, J., Fortin, E., Yaphe, S. & Lebouché, B. (2025). How gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV experience sexual dysfunction: a thematic analysis of interviews in Montreal, Canada. Sexual health, vol. 22.
- Xi, M., Bullock, S., Mendelsohn, J. B., Moravan, V., Burchell, A. N., Tan, D. H. S., Lebouché, B., Routy, J.-P., Daftary, A., Thompson, T. & Calzavara, L. (2025). The impact of Undetectable=Untransmittable and viral suppression on condomless sex among mixed HIV-status couples in Canada. PloS one, vol. 20, p. e0332926.
- Avallone, F., Engler, K., Hickson, F., Cox, J., Fortin, E., Yaphe, S. & Lebouché, B. (2026). Sexual dysfunction care needs of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men living with HIV in Montreal, Canada. HIV medicine, vol. 27, p. 74-85.
- Farina, F., Datta, A., Morin, S. N., Saeed, S., Lebouche, B., Guaraldi, G., Petta, S. & Sebastiani, G. (2026). Intersections of vitamin D deficiency, HIV and chronic liver diseases. HIV medicine, vol. 27, p. 4-17.
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