Thierry Gagné, PhD

Welcome!

Introduction

I am a social epidemiologist using large public surveys to answer questions relevant to population health.

My program of research aims to better understand: 1) the role of the transition to adulthood in the development of health inequalities over the life-course and 2) changes in health inequalities among young adults across the most recent generations - Gen X's, Millennials, and Gen Z's - to have reached adulthood.

My work has focussed on cigarette smoking and mental health, and uses a wide range of datasets across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Do not hesitate to contact me at t.gagne@ucl.ac.uk!

Please see my Curriculum Vitae here

Funding

I am a Banting Research Fellow (2022-23) holding honorary positions in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UK) and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health at McGill University (Canada).

I was previously funded through fellowships from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS).

Recent publications

(OA = open access, contact me to access the others)

Socioeconomic inequalities in secondhand smoke exposure before, during and after implementation of Quebec's 2015 'An Act to Bolster Tobacco Control'

Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use among young adults in the United States: Findings from the 2016-18 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

The role of education and other transition milestones in the progression of social inequalities in cigarette smoking between the ages of 18 and 25: Evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey

Socio-economic distribution of e-cigarette use among recent former regular smokers and current smokers at ages 25-26 in England (OA)

Considering the age-graded nature of associations between socioeconomic characteristics and smoking during the transition towards adulthood

Trends in young adults' mental distress and its association with employment: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993–2019

Mental distress among young adults in Great Britain: long-term trends and early changes during the COVID-19 pandemic (OA)

Time trend analysis of social inequalities in psychological distress among young adults before and during the pandemic: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study COVID-19 waves (OA)

Changes in Patterns of Social Role Combinations at Ages 25–26 among Those Growing Up in England between 1996 and 2015–16: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort and Next Steps Studies (OA)

Transition milestones and life satisfaction at ages 25/26 among cohorts born in 1970 and 1989-1990 (OA)

Has the distribution of smoking across young adult transition milestones changed over the past 20 years? Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study (1996) and Next Steps (2015–16). (OA)

Parenthood and psychological distress among English Millennials during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the Next Steps cohort study (OA)

Is the self‑reporting of mental health problems sensitive to public stigma towards mental illness? A comparison of time trends across English regions (2009–19) (OA)

Do demographic and socioeconomic characteristics underpin differences in youth smoking initiation across Canadian provinces? Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015–2018) (OA)

Thierry Gagné, PhD

Welcome!

Recent publications

Socioeconomic inequalities in secondhand smoke exposure before, during and after implementation of Quebec's 2015 'An Act to Bolster Tobacco Control'

Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use among young adults in the United States: Findings from the 2016-18 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

The role of education and other transition milestones in the progression of social inequalities in cigarette smoking between the ages of 18 and 25: Evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey

Socio-economic distribution of e-cigarette use among recent former regular smokers and current smokers at ages 25-26 in England (OA)

Considering the age-graded nature of associations between socioeconomic characteristics and smoking during the transition towards adulthood

Methodological systematic review of studies on social inequalities in smoking among young adults: A field coming of age?

Tobacco smoking prevention and control in Canada: where do we go from here? (OA)

Health and voting over the course of adulthood: Evidence from two British birth cohorts (OA)

Trends in young adults' mental distress and its association with employment: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993–2019

Mental distress among young adults in Great Britain: long-term trends and early changes during the COVID-19 pandemic (OA)

Time trend analysis of social inequalities in psychological distress among young adults before and during the pandemic: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study COVID-19 waves (OA)

Changes in Patterns of Social Role Combinations at Ages 25–26 among Those Growing Up in England between 1996 and 2015–16: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort and Next Steps Studies (OA)

Transition milestones and life satisfaction at ages 25/26 among cohorts born in 1970 and 1989-1990 (OA)

Has the distribution of smoking across young adult transition milestones changed over the past 20 years? Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study (1996) and Next Steps (2015–16). (OA)

Parenthood and psychological distress among English Millennials during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the Next Steps cohort study (OA)

Is the self‑reporting of mental health problems sensitive to public stigma towards mental illness? A comparison of time trends across English regions (2009–19) (OA)

Do demographic and socioeconomic characteristics underpin differences in youth smoking initiation across Canadian provinces? Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015–2018) (OA)

Mental health inequalities during the second COVID-19 wave among Millennials who grew up in England: Evidence from the Next Steps cohort study (OA)

Pre-prints and open-access files

Papers on MedRXiv

OSF profile

Funding and affiliations

Email: t.gagne@ucl.ac.uk