Anick Bérard

Anick Bérard is Full Professor at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Pharmacy, holding the Canada Research Chair in Medication, Pregnancy, and Lactation. Her research examines medication safety during pregnancy using large-scale epidemiological datasets.

Research domains include:

• Perinatal pharmacoepidemiology
• Teratogenic risk assessment
• Maternal mental health treatments
• Long-term pediatric outcomes

She directs the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort and leads the Canadian Mother-Child Collaborative research platform. Current projects investigate antidepressant safety, assisted reproduction outcomes, and COVID-19 impacts on perinatal health.

Education:

• Postdoc Pharmacoepidemiology, Harvard (2000)
• PhD Epidemiology, McGill (1999)
• MSc Clinical Sciences, Sherbrooke (1993)
• BSc Statistics, Laval (1989)