Jessica Gorgui

Dedicated pharmacoepidemiologist with a passion of data sciences, study design and methodology, as well as knowledge transfer/teaching. With expertise in medication use, metabolic disease, medically assisted reproduction and pregnancy, I quickly understood the importance of data linkage and medico-administrative databases to study vulnerable populations and improve their care. Since entering academia, I've had10+ years of experience in research (7+ in pharmacoepidemiology using big data), lectured for 150+ hours, mentored 20+ students, and published 25+ scientific/peer-reviewed articles.

• 2019/8 ISPE Scholarship - 1,200 (United States dollar) International Society of Pharamcoepidemiology
• 2019/6 Travel Award - 500 (United States dollar) Teratology Society
• 2018/10 ISPE Scholarship - 725 (United States dollar) International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology
• 2018/10 Travel Award - 750 (Canadian dollar) Université de Montréal
• 2018/6 Travel Award - 500 (United States dollar) Teratology Society
• 2017/11 Bourse d'excellence de la Fondation Louis Boivin - 2,000 (Canadian dollar) Université de Montréal
• 2016/9 - 2019/8 Doctoral training award - 60,000 (Canadian dollar) Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS)
• 2015/10 Trainee Travel Award - 500 (Canadian dollar) Hypertension Canada
• 2015/9 - 2016/8 Bourse de recrutement au doctorat - 9,000 (Canadian dollar) Université de Montréal
• 2015/9 - 2016/8 Bourse d'excellence de doctorat de la Fondation CHU Sainte-Justine - 20,000 (Canadian dollar) Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
• 2014/12 Bourse de la Faculté des Études Supérieures et Post-Doctorales - 1,500 (Canadian dollar) Université de Montréal

Awarded [n=2]

2023/5 - 2026/5 - Co-applicant

Canadian Mother-Child Collaborative Cohort - Outreach; a pan-canadian hub for knowledge transfer to pregnant persons concerning medication use in pregnancy. Funding source: CIHR - National Women's Health Research Initiative: Pan-Canadian Women's Health Coalition

Principal Investigator : Anick Bérard
2017/8 - 2018/8 - Collaborator
Seed Grant - Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society
Funding Sources: Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society (CFAS)

Under Review [n=1]
2023/9 - 2027/5 - Collaborator
Impact du traitement de la dépression et de l'anxiété pendant la grossesse sur le développement cognitif des enfants d'âge préscolaire, stratifié sur le statut maternel de la COVID-19 et du syndrome maternel post-COVID-19
Funding Sources: CIHR

• 2022/5 Member of the Advisory Committee, CAMCCO-L
• 2021/9 Project Supervision, Medication and Pregnancy Research Team
  Number of Mentorees: 11
  In the context of the "CONCEPTION Study" which aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health and child outcomes. Since my appointment as the project coordinator & lead pharmacoepidemiologist, I have supervised 8 students at the PhD, masters and undergraduate levels as well as 3 highly qualified personnel (epidemiologist, research assistant, web designer).
• 2014/8 - 2015/6 Training and supervision, Vascular Health Unit
  Number of Mentorees: 1
  In the context of the project "A study on the impact of Calcium on women’s vascular health (Calcium)", I single handedly trained the new master's student that would take over the project. I taught the student how to perform arterial stiffness and ultrasonographic assessments, subsequent image analysis, establish a new database for his data, and how to draft protocols. I also assisted him in data analysis and abstract redaction.
• 2014/2 - 2015/6 Training and supervision, Vascular Health Unit
  Number of Mentorees: 5
  In the context of the project ''Predictive Value of Arterial Stiffness in Pre-eclampsia Development (REVEAL)'', I was personally responsible for two clinic days per week. I had undergraduate and graduate students shadowing me and helping out in the clinic. I helped train 2 undergraduate/graduate students who had sub-projects to work on. I also showed them how to recruit and interact with patients and clinic staff, as well as train them in arterial stiffness assessments. I also assisted 3 medical students on a research rotation with their project, data collection and analyses.
• 2013/7 - 2015/6 Training and supervision, Vascular Health Unit
  Number of Mentorees: 7
  In the context of the project "Identification of the Unstable Atherosclerotic Plaque: from Bench to Clinical Practice (ICALCULATE)", I supervised the work of 3 undergraduate volunteers. I showed them the basis of the database, how to read medical charts, how to centrifuge blood samples, and how to perform arterial stiffness assessments. I also supervised the projects of 2 graduate diploma students and 2 medical students on research rotations. I assisted these students in their literature review, their data collection, as well as their data analyses.
• 2014/5 - 2015/1 Training and supervision, Vascular Health Unit
  Number of Mentorees: 3
  In the context of the project "Arterial stiffness as a maker for Severity,prognosis, and drug rEsponSe in hypertenSion (ASSESS)" I lead a portion of the project. This substudy involved the establishment of a new database and the training of 2 undergraduate students and 1 medical student on a research rotation, that helped with data extraction. I established guidelines for medical chart reviews to help these students understand what
  they were reading and how to appropriately report it into the database.

Journal Review

• 2017/07 Reviewer - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
• 2018/11 - 2019/11 Reviewer - Current Medical Research & Opinion
• 2017/07 - 2018/07 Reviewer - Austin Journal of Cerebrovascular Disease & Stroke

Editorial Activities

• 2023/03 Guest Editor, Special Issue on "New Advances in Maternal Mental Health" - International Journal of Environmental and Public Health Research (invited)
  

Journal Articles

1. Sheehy O, Eltonsy S, Hawken S, Walker M, Kaul P, Winquist B, Savu A, Dragan R, Pugliese M, Bernatsky S, Gorgui J , Bérard A. Health Canada advisory impact on the prevalence and trends of oral codeine use in the Pediatric Canadian population: A comparative study across provinces. 2023. The Lacet. (Under review)

2. Gorgui J , Odile Sheehy, Jacquetta Trasler, Anick Bérard. Trends in Medically Assisted Reproduction Utilization and Obstetrical as well as Perinatal Outcomes in Quebec between 2005 and 2015 - the Impact of the Universal Access Program: an interrupted time series analysis. 2023. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. (Under review)

3. Gorgui J , Tchuente V, Pages N, Fareh T, King S, Elgbeili G, Bérard A and the CONCEPTION Study Group. (2022). The impact of prenatal maternal mental health during the COVID-19pandemic on birth outcomes: A study within the CONCEPTION cohort.Canadian Journal of Public Health. (In press)

4. Phan K, Gomez Y, Gorgui J , El-Messidi A, Gagnon R, Abenhaim HA, Rahme E, Daskalopoulou S. (2023). Arterial Stiffness for the Early Prediction of preeclampsia Compared to Blood Pressure, Uterine Artery Doppler, and Angiogenic Biomarkers: a Prospective Cohort Study. BJOG. (In press)

5. Tchuente V, Sheehy O, Zhao JP, Gorgui J, Gomez YH, Berard A. Is in-utero exposure to cannabis associated with the risk of attention deficit with or without hyperactivity disorder? A cohort study within the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort. BMJ Open. 2022;12(8):e052220.

6. Phan K, Pamidi S, Gomez YH, Gorgui J , El-Messidi A, Gagnon R, Kimoff RJ, Abenhaim HA, Daskalopoulou SS.Sleep-disordered breathing in high-risk pregnancies is associated with elevated arterial stiffness and increased risk for preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022;226(6):833.e831-833.e820.

7. Pagès N, Gorgui J , Wang C, et al. The Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal Mental Health during Pregnancy: A Comparison between Canada and China within the CONCEPTION Cohort. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(19).

8. Gorgui J , Sheehy O, Trasler J, Bérard A. Medically assisted reproduction and the risk of being born small and very small for gestational age: Assessing prematurity status as an effect modifier. Frontiers in pharmacology. 2022;13:904885.

9. Gorgui J , Atallah A, Boucoiran I, Gomez YH, Bérard A. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake and reasons for hesitancy among Canadian pregnant people: a prospective cohort study. CMAJ open. 2022;10(4):E1034-e1043.

10. Bérard A, Kaul P, Eltonsy S, Winquist B, Chateau D, Hawken S, Sprague A, Walker M, Bernatsky S, Abrahamowicz M, Soares de Moura C, Vinet É, Carleton B, Hanley G, Oberlander T, Sheehy O, Gomez YH, Gorgui J , Savu A. The Canadian Mother-Child Cohort Active Surveillance Initiative (CAMCCO): Comparisons between Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. PLoS One. 2022;17(9):e0274355.

11. Bérard A, Gorgui J , Tchuente V, et al. The COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Maternal Mental Health Differently Depending on Pregnancy Status and Trimester of Gestation. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(5).

12. Zhao JP, Berthod C, Sheehy O, Kassaï B, Gorgui J , Bérard A. Prevalence and duration of prescribed opioid use during pregnancy: a cohort study from the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021;21(1):800.

13. Phan K, Schiller I, Dendukuri N, Gomez YH, Gorgui J , El-Messidi A, Gagnon R, Daskalopoulou SS.A longitudinal analysis of arterial stiffness and wave reflection in preeclampsia: Identification of changepoints. Metabolism: clinical and experimental. 2021;120:154794.

14. Amegadzie JE, Gorgui J , Acheampong L, Gamble JM, Farrell J, Gao Z. Comparative safety and effectiveness of inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids for treating asthma-COPD overlap: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 2021;58(3):344-359.

15. Gorgui J , Sheehy O, Trasler J, Fraser W, Bérard A. Medically assisted reproduction and the risk of preterm birth: a case-control study using data from the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort. CMAJ open. 2020;8(1):E206-e213.

16. Bérard A, Sheehy O, Zhao JP, Gorgui J , Bernatsky S, de Moura CS, Abrahamowicz M. Associations between low- and high-dose oral fluconazole and pregnancy outcomes: 3 nested case-control studies. Cmaj. 2019;191(7):E179-e187.

17. Bérard A, Sheehy O, Gorgui J , Zhao JP, Soares de Moura C, Bernatsky S. New evidence for concern over the risk of birth defects from medications for nausea and vomitting of pregnancy. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2019;116:39-48.

18. Zhao JP, Sheehy O, Gorgui J , Bérard A. Can We Rely on Pharmacy Claims Databases to Ascertain Maternal Use of Medications during Pregnancy? Birth defects research. 2017;109(6):423-431.

19. Gorgui J , Gasbarrino K, Georgakis MK, et al. Circulating adiponectin levels in relation to carotid atherosclerotic plaque presence, ischemic stroke risk, and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analyses. Metabolism: clinical and experimental. 2017;69:51-66.

20. Ong AM, Weiler HA, Wall M, Haddad R, Gorgui J , Daskalopoulou SS, Goltzman D, Morin SN.Feasibility of a clinical trial to assess the effect of dietary calcium v. supplemental calcium on vascular and bone markers in healthy postmenopausal women. The British journal of nutrition. 2016;116(1):104-114.

21. Gasbarrino K, Mantzoros C, Gorgui J , Veinot JP, Lai C, Daskalopoulou SS. Circulating Chemerin Is Associated With Carotid Plaque Instability, Whereas Resistin Is Related to Cerebrovascular Symptomatology. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology. 2016;36(8):1670-1678.

22. Gasbarrino K, Gorgui J , Nauche B, Côté R, Daskalopoulou SS. Circulating adiponectin and carotid intima-media thickness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Metabolism: clinical and experimental. 2016;65(7):968-986.

23. Doonan RJ, Gorgui J , Veinot JP, et al. Plaque echodensity and textural features are associated with histologic carotid plaque instability. Journal of vascular surgery. 2016;64(3):671-677.e678.

24. Gorgui J , Gorshkov M, Khan N, Daskalopoulou SS. Hypertension as a risk factor for ischemic stroke in women. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2014;30(7):774-782.

25. Gorgui J , Doonan RJ, Gomez YH, Kwong C, Daskalopoulou SS. Carotid endarterectomy improves peripheral but not central arterial stiffness. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery. 2013;45(6):548-553.

Book Chapters

1. Ait Belkacem N, Gorgui J, Bérard A. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health. 2023. InTech Open, United Kingdom (Under review)

2. Gorgui J, Bérard A. (2018). Medically Assisted Reproduction and the Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes. 2018. InTech Open, United Kingdom.

Community and Volunteer Activities

• 2013/4 Scouts Leader - Rover Scouts, Scout Montréal Métropolitain - Scout Notre Dame d'Égypte 282
  Leading a group of 38 young adults and providing them with the necessary tools to become the best version of themselves to serve others
• 2016/6 - 2022/12 Group Leader, Scout Montréal Metropolitan - Scout Notre Dame d'Égypte 282
  Leading a team of 15 adults responsible for a total of 100 kids under the age of 17
• 2020/8 - 2021/8 Executive board member, Scout du Montréal Métropolitain
• 2016/6 - 2019/10 Student representative, Réseau Québécois de Recherche sur les Médicaments
• 2016/9 - 2018/12 Graduate student representative, Université de Montréal - Member of the PharmD review committee
• 2015/9 - 2017/9 Graduate student representative, Université de Montréal - Member of the exclusion reassessment committee
• 2015/4 - 2016/5 Assistant to Group Leader, Scout Montréal Métropolitain - Scout Notre Dame d'Égypte 282

Knowledge and Technology Translation

• 2020/3 Social media - education, Citizen Engagement
• 2022/4 - 2022/6 Content creation - Vaccination campaign, Citizen Engagement