Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques received a PhD in Biology, specialty in environmental science from Queen's University in 2007 and joined Concordia University's Department of Geography, Planning and Environment in 2017. She holds masters degrees in botany and mathematics. After her doctorate, she spent nine years as a Research Associate at the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative, University of Regina. Her expertise is in paleoclimatology, climatology and hydrology. Her research is funded by NSERC. She collaboratives with a broad spectrum of colleagues and students, both in Quebec and abroad, who have expertise in the environmental sciences and studies, climatology, climate modelling, hydrology, botany, geology, statistics, aquatic sciences and Indigenous Studies.
Education
MA Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
MSc Botany, University of Toronto
PhD Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Research interests
From the perspective of epidemiology and applied (bio)statistics, my research falls into one of four domains within a broad overview of obesity and cardiovascular disease risk:
(1) health methodologies (validation)
(2) the environment (social and built) and health
(3) socioeconomic determinants of health
(4) health behaviours and chronic disease
Keywords: biostatistics, epidemiological methods, longitudinal data, obesity and cardiovascular disease risk
Current projects
- Longitudinal association between parenting style and health risk
- Measurement uncertainty of the built environment
- Health consequences of weight intentions and weight history
- Longitudinal association between neighbourhood socioeconomic position and the built environment on future health
Health methodologies (validation)
1. *van Rassel CR, *Bewski NA, *O'Loughlin EK, Wright A, *Scheel DP, *Puig L, Kakinami L. Validity of electrical impedance myography to estimate percent body fat: comparison to bio-electrical impedance and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2019;59(4):632-639.
2. Kakinami L, Henderson M, Chiolero A, Cole TJ, Paradis G. Identifying the best body mass index metric to assess adiposity change in children. Arch Dis Child. 2014;99(11):1020-4.
3. Kakinami L, Séguin L, Lambert M, Gauvin L, Nikiema B, Paradis G. Comparison of three lifecourse models of poverty in predicting cardiovascular disease risk in youth. Ann Epidemol. 2013;23(8):485-91.
4. Kakinami L, Henderson M, Delvin EE, Levy E, O’Loughlin J, Lambert M, Paradis G. Association between different growth curve definitions of overweight and obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children. CMAJ.2012;184(10):E539-50.
Environment (social/built) and health
1. Côté-Lussier C, Kakinami L, *Danieles PK. Ego-centered relative neighborhood deprivation and reported dietary habits among youth. Appetite. 2019;132:267-274.
2. Ghenadenik A, Kakinami L, van Hulst A, Henderson M, Barnett T. Neighbourhoods and obesity: a longitudinal study of characteristics of the built environment and their association with adiposity outcomes in children in Montreal, Canada. Prev Med. 2018;111:35-40.
3. Kakinami L, Serbin LA, StackDM, *Karmaker SC, Ledingham JE, Schwartzman AE. Neighbourhood disadvantage and behaviouiral problems during childhood and risk of cardiovascular disease and events from a prospective cohort. Prev Med Reports. 2017;5(8):294-300.
4. Kakinami L, Barnett TA, Paradis G. Parenting style and obesity risk in children. Prev Med. 2015;75:18-22.
Socioeconomic status and health
1. Kakinami L, *Wissa R, *Khan R, Paradis G, Barnett TA, Gauvin L. The association between income and leisure-time physical activity is moderated by utilitarian lifestyles: A nationally representative US population (NHANES 1999-2014). Prev. Med. 2018;113:147-152.
2. Kakinami L, Gauvin L, Séguin, L, Lambert M, Nikiema B, Paradis G. Persistent and occasional poverty and children’s food consumption: evidence from a longitudinal Québec birth cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health.2014;68(10): 987-92.
3. Kakinami L, Gauvin L, Barnett T, Paradis G. Trying to lose weight: the association of income and age to weight loss strategies in the US. Am J Prev Med. 2014;46(6):585-92.
4. Kakinami L, Séguin L, Lambert M, Gauvin L, Nikiema B, Paradis G. Poverty’s latent effect on adiposity during childhood: evidence from a Québec birth cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014;68(3):239-45.
Health behaviours and chronic disease
1. Kakinami L, Brunet J, Knauper B. Weight cycling is associated with adverse cardiometabolic markers in a cross-sectional representative US sample. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2020; 74(8): 662-667.
2. Kakinami L, *Houle-Johnson S, Demissie Z, Santosa S, Fulton JE. Meeting fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity recommendations among adolescents intending to lose weight. Prev Med Rep. 2018; 3:11-15.
3. *Houle-Johnson S, Kakinami L. Do sex differences in reported weight loss intentions and behaviours persist across demographic characteristics and weight status in youth? A systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2018; 18(1): 1343.
