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Dave Saint-Amour is an Associate Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology within the Faculty of Medicine at Université de Montréal. He is affiliated with the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, a leading research center in maternal and child health.
Research Interests focus on neurophysiological studies of the human visual system in developmental disorders, multisensory integration mechanisms, and environmental toxicology impacts on children's health. His work employs advanced techniques like scalp and intracranial evoked potentials, optical imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and magnetoencephalography (MEG).
Key Research Projects include:
- EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS ON BRAIN ORGANIZATION IN INUIT YOUTHS (2011-2016), funded by IRSC.
- CROSS-MODAL INTEGRATION AND PLASTICITY: ORGANIZATION AND LIMITS (2010-2016), co-researcher with Franco Lepore, funded by IRSC.
- Réseau de bio-imagerie du Québec (RBIQ) (2014-2015), co-researcher on tDCS effects in schizophrenia, funded by FRQS.
Notable Publications analyze environmental contaminant impacts on neurodevelopment, including manganese exposure studies (2017), vigabatrin-related visual field defects (2016), and organophosphate pesticide associations with myopia (2017). His work also explores sensory integration in autism spectrum disorder (2017) and stereopsis in microstrabismus (2015).
Graduate Students Directed include:
- Vickie Lamoureux-Tremblay (PhD, 2020): Anxiety and environmental contaminant exposure in Nunavik Inuit adolescents.
- Laura Lefebvre (PhD, 2016): Electrophysiological study of interocular suppression in amblyopia.
Teaching & Mentorship contributions focus on advising PhD and Master’s students in neuroscience and ophthalmology fields.
