JACQUES G. BAILLARGEON, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health Phone: (409) 747-2624 Email: jbaillar@utmb.edu

Jacques G. Baillargeon, PhD

Dr. Jacques G. Baillargeon is an associate professor in the UTMB Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. He also serves as director of UTMB Community Health Services’ Division of Epidemiology. Jacques received an undergraduate degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate in epidemiology from UTMB. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical epidemiology at UTMB, he joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He returned to UTMB in September of 2006. 

Dr. Baillargeon’s research interests include correctional health care, HIV, psychiatric epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, and epidemiologic methods. He is the recipient of numerous research grants, including awards from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Justice. 

Selected Publications 

Baillargeon J, Soloway RD, Paar D, et al. End-stage liver disease in a state prison population. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17:808-13. 

Baillargeon J, Langevin AM, Lewis M, et al. Demographic correlates of body size changes in children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007;49:793-6

Baillargeon J, Pollock BH, Kristal AR, et al. The association of body mass index and prostate-specific antigen in a population-based study. Cancer 2005;103:1092-5.

Baillargeon J, Black SA, Leach CT, et al. The infectious disease profile of Texas prison inmates. Prev Med 2004;38:607-12. 

Baillargeon J, Ducate S, Pulvino J, et al. The association of psychiatric disorders and HIV infection in the correctional setting. Ann Epidemiol 2003;13:606-12.

 Baillargeon J, Wu H, Kelley MJ, et al. Hepatitis C seroprevalence among newly   incarcerated inmates in the Texas correctional system. Public Health 2003;117:43-8.