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Paul Villeneuve

Professor

Dr. Villeneuve completed his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. Afterwards, he worked as a Research Scientist at Health Canada where he undertook studies on environmental and occupational health topics, but primarily in the field of air pollution.

Eligible to supervise at the undergraduate and graduate level. (Please email me your CV, transcript and brief description of your interests).  However, please note, Dr. Villeneuve will be on sabbatical for the 2026/27 academic year and is not accepting new students at this time.

Courses Taught:

Scholarly Work & Research Interests:

The Villeneuve lab in Occupational and Environment Epidemiology aims to understand the health impacts of occupational and environmental exposures.  Much of this research focusses on cancer, although more recently has been expanded to look at risk factors for depression, dementia, and Parkinson’s disease.  Research activities involve record linkage studies of health administrative data, and Dr. Villeneuve current work is investigating the health effects from wildfire smoke exposure, occupational exposure to radiation, diesel and crystalline silica, and the health effects related to features of the urban built environment.  These features include exposure such as access to green spaces, air pollution, noise, and walkability.

Selected Publications:

Recent papers selected from nearly 300 published manuscript (Full list of publications).

  1. Villeneuve, P.J, Cottagiri, S.*; Jiang, Y.; DeGroh, M.; Fuller Thompson, E. Residential greenness and reduced depression during COVID-19: Longitudinal evidence from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. PLoS One. 2025 Aug20;20(8):e0329141.
  1. Frangione B, Colman I, Momoli F, Davesne E, Talarico R, Yu C, Villeneuve PJ. Exposure to protracted low-dose ionizing radiation and incident dementia in a cohort of Ontario nuclear power plant workers. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2025 Aug 22:4246.
  1. Ahmed A, Hawken S, Gunz A, Talarico R, Yu C, Chen H, Villeneuve PJ, Lavigne É. Associations of prenatal exposure to residential greenspace and active living environments with cerebral palsy: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada. Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 8;9(2):e379.
  1. Momen NC, Baker MG, Driscoll T, Li J, Martínez-Silveira MS, Turner MC, Viegas S, Villeneuve PJ, Pega F.  The effect of occupational exposure to welding fumes on trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer: A supplementary analysis of regular occupational exposure and of occasional occupational exposure based on the systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and Injury. Environ Int. 2025 Feb;196:109216.
  1. Gattie J, Goldberg MS, Villeneuve PJ.  Fist fighting and increased mortality post-retirement among National Hockey League players. Can J Public Health. 2024 Dec 30. 
  1. Le Provost B, Parent MÉ, Villeneuve PJ, Waddingham CM, Brook JR, Lavigne E, Dugandzic R, Harris SA. Residential exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and incident breast cancer among young women in Ontario, Canada. Cancer Epidemiol. 2024 Oct;92:102606.

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