Research

Research Interests

Nonparametric econometrics, health economics, survey statistics.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Clair, Luc, Hope Anderson, Christopher Anderson, Okechukwu Ekuma, and Heather Prior. (2022). “Cardiovascular Disease and the Risk of Dementia: A Survival Analysis Using Administrative Data from Canada”. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00589-2
Riediger, Natalie, Laplante, Jeffrey, Mudryj, Adriana, and Clair, Luc. (2022). “Examining differences in diet quality between Canadian Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults: results from the 2004 and 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey Nutrition Surveys”. The Canadian Journal of Public Health. DOI: 10.17269/s41997-021-00580-x.
Riediger, Natalie, Laplante, Jeffrey, Mudryj, Adriana, and Clair, Luc. (2021). “Diet quality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth in Canada in 2004 and 2015: a repeated cross-sectional design”. Public Health Nutrition. Jun 10:1-10. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980021002561
Mahon KN, SN Garland, G Eaton, K Chalifour, BE Lane, K Fowler, L Gambin, and L Clair. (2021). “The Financial Impact of Cancer on Canadian Young Adults”. Journal of Cancer Survivorship : Research and Practice.
Pauls, Samantha, Youjia Du, Luc Clair, Tanja Winter, Harold M. Aukema, Carla G. Taylor, Peter Zahradka. (2020). “Impact of Age, Menopause, and Obesity on Oxylipins Linked to Vascular Health”. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 41(2): 883-897.
Gibson, Grant and Luc Clair. (2019). “Oh Brother How Art Thou? Differential Reporting of Unmet Need - Evidence from Ontario”. Social Science and Medicine. 243. 112632.
Clair, Luc. (2019). “Nonparametric Kernel Regression Using Complex Survey Data”. Advancesin Econometrics. Vol. 39.
Moghadasian, Mohammed H., Luc Clair, Francesca Bonomini, Gaia Favero, and Rita Rezzani. (2018). “Obesity and Related Disorders: An International Perspective”. Current Research inDiabetes & Obesity Journal. 7(5): 55721.

Works Submitted for Publication

Abo Aoun, Mohamed; Meek, Benjamin; Clair, Luc; Wikstrom, Sara; Prasad, Benjamin; Modirrousta, Mandana. ”Prognostic factors in major depressive disorder: comparing responders and non-responders to Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), a naturalistic retrospective chart review”. Revise and Resubmit at The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Working Papers

Private Supplemental Insurance and Mental Health Care Utilization in Canada: An Investigation using Nonparametric Estimation Methods. Collaborative Applied Research in Economics, Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Technical Reports

Clair, Luc, Angela Tan, Carla Taylor, and Peter Zahradka. “Estimating the Additional Health Care Costs Associated with Peripheral Artery Disease in Manitoba.” Prepared for Manitoba Agriculture on October 31, 2021.
Clair, Luc. “Estimating the Economic Impact of Agri-Food-Based Health Care Interventions”. Prepared for Manitoba Agriculture on March 31, 2021.

Unpublished Manuscripts

1. Nonparametric Kernel Estimation Methods using Complex Survey Data (2016), PhD Thesis, McMaster

University.

Works in Progress

Probability-Weighted Nonparametric Conditional PDF Estimation
Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation Using Complex Survey Data
Socioeconomic Impact of Pulse-Based Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease
Nonparametric Multiple Imputation.
Writing an R package for nonparametric kernel estimation methods for survey data.
Genome 360 Phase II: Manitoba’s Provincial Applied Genomics Enterprise Platform.
The effect of flax milk on arterial hypertension: Evaluation of blood pressure response by 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. with Dr. Delfin Rodrigez-Leyva, and Dr. Grant Pierce.
Flaxseed prevents broken hearts in breast cancer (CANFLAX study). With Dr. Davinder Jassal, Dr. Grant Pierce, and Dr. Pawan Singal.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Flax Oil. With Dr. Grant Pierce, Dr. Carla Taylor, Dr. Peter Zahradka, and Dr. Samantha Pauls.
Effects of dietary Flaxseed on Memory and Cognition. With Dr. Ben Albensi, Dr. Mandana Modirrousta, Dr. Colleen Millikin, and Dr. Grant Pierce.

Referee Activities

Academic Journals

Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Reviewed chapters in “Macroeconomics: Canada in the Global Economy, 11the Edition” for Pearson Publishing.
Quality of Life Research
Advances in Econometrics

Textbooks

Reviewed chapters in “Macroeconomics: Canada in the Global Economy, 11the Edition” for Pearson Publishing.

Research Experience

Research Assistant (2016), Dr. Jeremiah Hurley, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, McMaster University.
Research Assistant (2014-2015), Dr. Rick Audas, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Research Policy Analyst (2012), St. John’s Board of Trade, St. John’s NL.