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Alain Gagnon is a Professor at the Université de Montréal in the Department of Demography. His research primarily focuses on the conditions of early life, such as nutrition, infections, and socioeconomic status, and their long-term implications for health and longevity. He examines intermediate factors that can modify or mitigate the effects of early life conditions, including socioeconomic level at adulthood, social mobility, fertility, and migration. Gagnon's research includes epidemiology and pandemics, particularly influenza and COVID-19, with a keen interest in the evolutionary and genetic implications of demographic behaviors. He is involved in projects examining the socioeconomic integration of immigrants and the health selection of immigrants across Canada and France. Gagnon is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Demography at the University of Strasbourg (France) for the academic year 2018-2019. His substantial contributions to the field include studies on demographics related to immigration and the impact of early-life exposures on mortality risk.
Université de Montréal • Montréal, QC, Canada
Teaching and conducting research in Demography, with a focus on health and migration.
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology - Research intensive with options in Neuropharmacology and Pharmacogenomics.