Julie Bruneau

Dr. Julie Bruneau serves as a Full Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Medicine. She holds dual appointments as a Regular Researcher at the CHUM Research Center (CRCHUM) within the Innovation Crossroads axis and as Director of the Quebec-Atlantic hub of the Canadian Research Initiative on Substance Misuse (CRISM). Her leadership extends to founding CHUM's Addiction Medicine Service—the largest such program in Canada—and holding the Canada Research Chair on Integrated Care for People Who Use Drugs.

Her research program focuses on HIV and hepatitis C transmission dynamics among injection drug users, utilizing longitudinal cohort studies linked to geographic information systems to analyze environmental and individual risk factors. Additional work evaluates hepatitis C treatment accessibility for active drug users and develops integrated care models. Collaborations span epidemiology, clinical research, and basic science across Quebec, Canada, and international partners.

Analysis of her publication trends reveals consistent focus on harm reduction policy implementation, evidence-based opioid crisis interventions, and health system adaptations for vulnerable populations. Recent work increasingly addresses pandemic-related service disruptions and spatial determinants of drug-related harms through multidisciplinary frameworks combining clinical care with population health approaches.

• Awards:
• Knight of the Order of Montreal (2022)
• Women of Distinction Awards - Public Services category (2021)
• Election to ACSS (2022)

Dr. Bruneau leads the Quebec-Atlantic CRISM hub implementing national opioid use disorder guidelines adopted as Canada's standard of care since 2018. Her work established Montreal's first syringe distribution program through CACTUS Montréal and now drives North America's first city-scale hepatitis C elimination initiative. Current grants support integrated care models addressing stigma barriers in evidence-based service access.

Her research infrastructure includes the Innovation Crossroads axis at CRCHUM, which fosters multidisciplinary collaboration across medicine, public health, and social sciences to address complex substance use challenges through learning hospital principles aligned with sustainable development goals.