The iCARE STUDY TEAM
The iCARE study is supported by the participation of a large team of international collaborators working in different regions and countries around the world.
This study would not be possible without the contributions of our collaborators working in different regions around the world.
PIs, STAFF, COLLABORATORS, STUDENTS & COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS
Last updated: October 18, 2021
| Primary Investigators | ||
| Kim Lavoie, PhD | University du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Canada |
| Simon Bacon, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Staff | ||
| Geneviève Szczepanik, PhD | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Guillaume Lacoste, BA | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Fanie St-Jean Miron, MSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Katherine Séguin, BA | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Khiran Armugan, BASc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Mariam Atoui, BSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Essé Julien Atto, MSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Collaborators | ||
| Zahir Vally, PhD | United Arab Emirates University | Abu Dhabi |
| Nora Granana, PhD | Hospital Durand | Argentina |
| Analía Verónica Losada, PhD | University of Flores | Argentina |
| Jacqueline Boyle, PhD | Monash University | Australia |
| Margie Danchin, PhD | Melbourne Medical School | Australia |
| Shrinkhala Dawadi, MSc | Monash University | Australia |
| Joanne Enticott, PhD | Monash University | Australia |
| Jessica Kaufman, PhD | Murdoch Children’s Research Institute | Australia |
| Shajedur Rahman Shawon, PhD | Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Medicine | Australia |
| Helena Teede, MD | Monash University | Australia |
| Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, MD | Medizinische Universität Wien | Austria |
| Arobindu Dash, MS | International University of Business, Agriculture & Technology | Bangladesh |
| Eduardo Caputo, PhD | Universidade Federal de Pelotas | Brazil |
| Marilia Estevam Cornelio, PhD | University of Campinas | Brazil |
| Marlus Karsten, PhD | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC | Brazil |
| Darlan Lauricio Matte, PhD | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC | Brazil |
| Felipe Reichert, PhD | Universidade Federal de Pelotas | Brazil |
| Shawn Aaron, PhD | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Canada |
| Ahmed Abou-Setta, PhD | University of Manitoba | Canada |
| Angela Alberga, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Tracie Barnett, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
| Silvana Barone, MD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
| Mohamad Baydoun, PhD | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Ariane Bélanger-Gravel, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
| Sarah Bernard, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
| Lisa Maureen Birch, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
| Yves Boisvert, PhD | École nationale d’administration publique | Canada |
| Susan Bondy, PhD | University of Toronto | Canada |
| Linda Booij, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Roxane Borgès Da Silva, PhD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
| Jean Bourbeau, MD | McGill University | Canada |
| Rachel Burns, PhD | Carleton University | Canada |
| Tavis Campbell, PhD | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Linda Carlson, PhD | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Kim Corace, PhD | University of Ottawa | Canada |
| Rubee Dev, MD | University of Alberta | Canada |
| Olivier Drouin, MD | CHU Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal | Canada |
| Francine Ducharme, MD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
| Carl Falk, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
| Mohsen Farhadloo, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Richard Fleet, MD, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
| Myriam Gagné, MSc | St. Michael’s Hospital | Canada |
| Michel Fournier, PhD | Direction de la Santé publique de Montréal | Canada |
| Gary Garber, MD | University of Ottawa, Public Health Ontario | Canada |
| Lise Gauvin, PhD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
| Jennifer Gordon, PhD | University of Regina | Canada |
| Roland Grad, MD | McGill University | Canada |
| Samir Gupta, MD | University of Toronto | Canada |
| Kim Hellemans, PhD | Carleton University | Canada |
| Catherine Herba, PhD | Université du Québec à Montréal | Canada |
| Heungsun Hwang, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
| Jack Jedwab, PhD | Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration and Association for Canadian Studies | Canada |
| Lisa Kakinami, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Eric Kennedy, PhD | York University | Canada |
| Sunmee Kim, PhD | University of Manitoba | Canada |
| Urska Kosir, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Joanne Liu, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
| Colleen Norris, PhD | University of Alberta | Canada |
| Sandra Pelaez, PhD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
| Louise Pilote, MD | McGill University | Canada |
| Paul Poirier, MD | Université Laval | Canada |
| Justin Presseau, PhD | University of Ottawa | Canada |
| Eli Puterman, PhD | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| Joshua Rash, PhD | Memorial University | Canada |
| Paula AB Ribeiro, PhD | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Mohsen Sadatsafavi, PhD | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| Paramita Saha Chaudhuri, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
| Michael Spivock, PhD | COVID-19 Task Force, Health Canada | Canada |
| Jovana Stojanovic, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
| Eva Suarthana, MD, PhD | Université de Montréal / McGill University | Canada |
| Sze Man Tse, MD | CHU Sainte-Justine | Canada |
| Michael Vallis, PhD | Dalhousie University | Canada |
| Nicolás Bronfman Caceres, PhD | Universidad Andrés Bello | Chile |
| Manuel Ortiz, PhD | Universidad de La Frontera | Chile |
| Paula Beatriz Repetto, PhD | Universidad Católica de Chile | Chile |
| Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, PhD | Universidad EAFIT | Colombia |
| Angelos Kassianos, PhD | University of Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Naja Hulvej Rod, PhD | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Mathieu Beraneck, PhD | Université de Paris; CNRS | France |
| Gregory Ninot, PhD | Université de Montpellier | France |
| Beate Ditzen, PhD | Heidelberg University | Germany |
| Thomas Kubiak, PhD | Mainz University | Germany |
| Sam Codjoe, MPhil,MSc | University of Ghana | Ghana |
| Lily Kpobi, PhD | University of Ghana | Ghana |
| Amos Laar, PhD | University of Ghana | Ghana |
| Theodora Skoura, PhD | Aretaieio Hospital, Athens University | Greece |
| Naorem Kiranmala Devi, PhD | University of Delhi | India |
| Delfin Lovelina Francis, PhD(c) | Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University | India |
| Suzanne Tanya Nethan, MDS | School of Preventive Oncology, Patna | India |
| Lancelot Pinto, MD | PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre | India |
| Kallur Nava Saraswathy, PhD | University of Delhi | India |
| Dheeraj Tumu, MD | World Health Organization (WHO) | India |
| Silviana Lestari, MD, PhD | Universitas Indonesia | Indonesia |
| Grace Wangge, MD, PhD | SEAMEO Regional Center for Food and Nutrition | Indonesia |
| Molly Byrne, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Hannah Durand, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Jennifer McSharry, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Oonagh Meade, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Gerry Molloy, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Chris Noone, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| Hagai Levine, MD | Hebrew University | Israel |
| Anat Zaidman-Zait, PhD | Tel-Aviv University | Israel |
| Stefania Boccia, PhD | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
| Ilda Hoxhaj, MD | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
| Stefania Paduano, PhD | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy |
| Valeria Raparelli, PhD | Ferrara University | Italy |
| Drieda Zaçe, MD, MSc, PhDc | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
| Ala’S Aburub, PhD | Isra University | Jordan |
| Daniel Akunga, PhD | Kenyatta University | Kenya |
| Richard Ayah, PhD | University of Nairobi, School Public Health | Kenya |
| Chris Barasa, MPH | University of Nairobi, School Public Health | Kenya |
| Pamela Miloya Godia, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
| Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage, PhD | African Population and Health Research Center | Kenya |
| Nicholas Mutuku, PhD | University of Kenya | Kenya |
| Violet Naanyu, PhD | Moi University | Kenya |
| Jackim Nyamari, PhD | Kenyatta University | Kenya |
| Hildah Oburu, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
| Joyce Olenja, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
| Dismas Ongore, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
| Abdhalah Ziraba, PhD | African Population and Health Research Center | Kenya |
| Chiwoza Bandawe, PhD | University of Malawi | Malawi |
| Siew Yim Loh, PhD | University of Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Andrea Herbert, PhD | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
| Daniela Liggett, PhD | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
| Ademola Ajuwon, PhD | University of Ibadan | Nigeria |
| Nisar Ahmed Shar, PhD | CoPI-National Center in Big Data & Cloud Computing | Pakistan |
| Bilal Ahmed Usmani, PhD | NED University of Engineering and Technology | Pakistan |
| Rosario Mercedes Bartolini Martínez, PhD | Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional | Peru |
| Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, M.Phil. | Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional | Peru |
| Paula Simão, MD | S. Pneumologia de Matosinhos | Portugal |
| Pierre Claver Rutayisire, PhD | University of Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Abu Zeeshan Bari, PhD | Taibah University | Saudi Arabia |
| Katarina Vojvodic, MD | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
| Iveta Nagyova, PhD | PJ Safarik University – UPJS | Slovakia |
| Jason Bantjes, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
| Brendon Barnes, PhD | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Bronwyne Coetzee, PhD | Univeristy of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
| Ashraf Khagee, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
| Tebogo Mothiba, PhD | University of Limpopo | South Africa |
| Rizwana Roomaney, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
| Leslie Swartz, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
| Juhee Cho, PhD | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea |
| Man-gyeong Lee, PhD | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea |
| Anne Berman, PhD | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
| Nouha Saleh Stattin, MD | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
| Susanne Fischer, PhD | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
| Debbie Hu, MD, MSc | Tainan Municipal Hospital | Taiwan |
| Ceprail Şimşek, MD | Health Science University | Turkey |
| Kara Yasmin, MD | Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital | Turkey |
| Bilge Uzmezoglu, MD | University of Health Science | Turkey |
| John Bosco Isunju, PhD | Makerere University School of Public Health | Uganda |
| James Mugisha, PhD | University of Uganda | Uganda |
| Lucie Byrne-Davis, PhD | Manchester University | UK |
| Paula Griffiths, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
| Joanne Hart, PhD | Manchester University | UK |
| Will Johnson, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
| Susan Michie, PhD | Univeristy College London | UK |
| Nicola Paine, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
| Emily Petherick, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
| Lauren Sherar, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
| Robert M. Bilder, PhD, ABPP-CN | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine; Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA; and Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA | USA |
| Matthew Burg, PhD | Yale University | USA |
| Susan Czajkowski, PhD | NIH – National Cancer Institute | USA |
| Ken Freedland, PhD | Washington University | USA |
| Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, PhD | University of Michigan | USA |
| Alison Holman, PhD | University of California, Irvine | USA |
| Gilberto Lopez, ScD, MA, MPH | Arizona State University and University of Rochester Medical Center | USA |
| Sylvie Naar, PhD | Florida State University | USA |
| Michele Okun, PhD | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs | USA |
| Lynda Powell, PhD | Rush University | USA |
| Sarah Pressman, PhD | University of California, Irvine | USA |
| Tracey Revenson, PhD | Hunter College & the Graduate Center City University of New York |
USA |
| John Ruiz, PhD | University of Arizona | USA |
| Sudha Sivaram, PhD | NIH, Center for Global Health | USA |
| Johannes Thrul, PhD | Johns Hopkins University | USA |
| Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, PhD | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | USA |
| Abehaw Yohannes, PhD | Azusa Pacific University | USA |
| Students | ||
| Kirubel Biruk | Monash University | Australia |
| Tewodros Eshete | Monash University | Australia |
| Rhea Navani, BSc | Monash University | Australia |
| Kushan Ranakombu, PhD | Monash University | Australia |
| Daisuke Hayashi Neto, BA | Unicamp | Brazil |
| Frédérique Deslauriers, BA | Université du Québec à Montréal | Canada |
| Anda Dragomir, PhDc | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, BA | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Claudia Gemme, MSc | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Vincent Gosselin Boucher, MSc | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Mahrukh Jamil, B. Eng | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Lisa Maria Käfer, BSc | McGill University | Canada |
| Callum MacLeay, BA | Université du Québec à Montréal | Canada |
| Sarah O’Connor, PhD(C) | Université Laval | Canada |
| Tasfia Tasbih | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Ariany Marques Vieira, MSc | Concordia University | Canada |
| Robbie Woods | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Reyhaneh Yousefi, MD | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
| Susana Torres, BA | Universidad EAFIT | Colombia |
| Tamila Roslyakova, MA | Université de Montpellier | France |
| Lilli Priesterroth | Mainz University | Germany |
| Tair Ben-Porat, PhD | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
| Shirly Edelstein | Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health | Israel |
| Ruth Snir | Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health | Israel |
| Yifat Uri | Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health. | Israel |
| Mohsen Alyami | University of Auckland | New Zealand |
| Comfort Sanuade | University of Ibadan | Nigeria |
| Katarina Vojvodic | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
| Community Participants | ||
| Olivia Crescenzi | Concordia University | Canada |
| Kyle Warkentin, MSc | Thompson Rivers University | Canada |
| Katya Grinko, MSc | Denmark | |
| Lalita Angne | India | |
| Jigisha Jain | India | |
| Nikita Mathur | Syncorp Clinical Research | India |
| Anagha Mithe | India | |
| Sarah Nethan | Community Empowerment Lab | India |