Linda Lévesque, BScPhm, MSc, PhD

Dr. Linda Lévesque joined the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology as an Assistant Professor and ICES as an Adjunct Scientist in 2006. She is also a Research Scientist at the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health.

Dr. Lévesque received her degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toronto and her postgraduate training in Epidemiology from Queen's University (MSc) and McGill University (PhD). Her current research program is primarily focused on the assessment of the unexpected effects of drugs on population health, particularly in the context of post-marketing drug safety evaluations.

Dr. Lévesque is also interested in the impact of research methodology on the validity of study results and in the ethics of pharmaceutical marketing. She is a practicing pharmacist who brings over 15 years of clinical practice experience to her research including in Cardiology, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

Key Research Interests:

• Post-marketing drug safety
• Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
• Research methodology and bias
• Ethics of pharmaceutical marketing

See current publications from PubMed

E-mail: linda.levesque@queensu.ca