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Dr. Bérard has published a new article in the PLOS ONE, vol. 9, Issue 4 entitle: "The Quebec Pregnancy Cohort - Prevalence of Medication Use During Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes." This article describes the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort and present his potential for perinatal research and the validity of the variables included in this cohort.
Dr. Bérard has published a new article in the journal International Innovation, vol. 123. In the paper, ‘’Risky prescriptions”, Dr. Bérard shows the results of recent studies assessing the association between antidepressant use and negative birth outcomes. She also describes the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort and its potential for pharmacoepidemiological research on pregnancy and birth.
Dr. Bérard has obtained a grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) to conduct a case-control study on the association between the use of SNRIs, bupropion, and mirtazapine and the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn. This study will be conducted using two Canadian databases (the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort and the Saskatchewan database) and an American database (US Medicaid Cohort).
