Updated: Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:45

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.

Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Study

Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications

  • McLean, M., Klimos, C., Lequertier, B., Keedle, H., Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., Dahlen, H., & King, S. (2024) Model of perinatal care but not prenatal stress exposure is associated with birthweight and gestational age at birth: The Australian Birth in the Time of COVID (BITTOC) Study. Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare 40, 100981. doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2024.100981
  • Giesbrecht, G. F., van de Wouw, M., Rioux, C., Lai, B. P. Y., King, S., Tomfohr-Madsen, L., & Lebel, C. (2023). Cumulative effects of pre-pandemic vulnerabilities and pandemic-related hardship on psychological distress among pregnant individuals. General hospital psychiatry, 83, 93–100. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.04.016
  • Gladstone, M. E., Paquin, V., McLean, M. A., Lequertier, B., Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., Klimos, C., King, S., & Dahlen, H. G. (2023). Prenatal maternal stress was not associated with birthweight or gestational age at birth during COVID-19 restrictions in Australia: The BITTOC longitudinal cohort study. The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13673. Advance online publication.
  • Gorgui, J., Tchuente, V., Pages, N., Fareh, T., King, S., Elgbeili, G., Berard, A., and the CONCEPTION study group (2023). The impact of prenatal maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic on birth outcomes: two nested case-control studies within the CONCEPTION cohort. Can J Public Health 114, 755–773. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00814-0
  • Pages, N., Gorgui, J., Tchuente, V., Zhao, J-P., Wang, C., Wang, X., Lacasse, A., Coté, S., King, S., Muanda, F., Mufike, Y., Boucoiran, I., Nuyt, A.M., Quach, C., Ferreira, E., Kaul, P., Winquist, B., O’Donnell, K.J., Eltonsy, S., Chateau, D., Hanley, G.E., Oberlander, T., Kassai, B., Mainbourg, S., Bernatsky, S., Vinet, E., Brodeur-Doucet, A., Demers, J., Richébé, P., Zaphiratos, V., & Berard, A.. (2022) The COVID-19 Impact on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy: A Comparison Between Canada and China within the CONCEPTION study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 12386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph191912386
  • Di Paolo, A.L., King, S., McLean M.A., Lequertier, Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., & Dahlen, H. G. (2022). Prenatal stress from the COVID-19 pandemic predicts maternal postpartum anxiety as moderated by psychological factors: The Australian BITTOC Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 314, 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.06.055
  • Lequertier, B., McLean, M.A., Kildea, S., King, S., Keedle, H., Gao, Y., Boyle, J.A., Agho, K., Dahlen, H.G. (2022). Perinatal depression in Australian women during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Birth in the Time of COVID-19 (BITTOC) Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 5062 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095062
  • Bérard, A., Gorgui, J., Tchuente, V., Lacasse, A., Gomez, Y-H., Côté, S., King, S. et al. (2022) The COVID-19 pandemic impacted maternal mental health differently depending on pregnancy status and trimester of gestation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 2926. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052926
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