Seasonal allergies affect many people, and they are only expected to increase with climate change. Though solutions exist, the lack of reliable data prevents us from implementing them. 

Do you have pollen allergies and do you live on the island of Montreal? We are currently looking for participants like you who are 18 years and older to answer our surveys on your allergic symptoms! Strikingly little is known about pollen monitoring and how pollen levels may vary within cities, but you can help change that. By participating in this study, you will help us better understand the effects of allergenic pollen on population health and improve our ability to model and forecast.

How to participate? Visit our website https://paqlab.uqam.ca/allergies/ to signify your interest in participating in the study and we will contact you with more details. Your task will be to regularly answer a short multiple-choice questionnaire online about your allergies and symptoms. You will receive reminders by email. Easy breezy, we promise.

What do you get in return? We will share the results of our study with you, and will award a $200 gift card prize to a random participant drawing from all eligible participants, i.e. those who complete all questionnaires. We expect approximately 200 participants.

Now’s your chance to help take charge of your allergies! We hope you will consider joining our research team.

In partnership with : INSPQ, MSSS, NSERC, Santé Canada, UQAM, and Université de Sherbrooke