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Dr. Kim Lavoie

PhD, FCPA, FABMR

Full Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Medicine, Department of Psychology, UQAM

Dr. Lavoie's work focuses on research in three areas: the impact of psychological stress and lifestyle factors on the development and progression of chronic illnesses, psychophysiological and behavioral mechanisms linking psychological stress to disease; and behavioural medicine (e.g., behavioral interventions for chronic illnesses, including motivational communication and cognitive-behavioral therapy).

Primary university affiliation(s)

Université du Québec à Montréal
Department of Psychology

Primary research centre affiliation(s)

Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal

Website(s)

https://www.ciusssnordmtl.ca/

Other affiliations

• Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal
• Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Medicine (CRC)
• Affiliate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University
• Researcher, Chronic Disease Research Division, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
• Associate Researcher, Research Centre, Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute
• Chair, Canadian Network of Health Behaviour Change and Promotion (CAN-Change)
• Co-Lead, International Behavioural Trials Network (IBTN)
• Adherence Committee, Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP)

Fields of interest/Keywords

• Asthma, COPD, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Obesity
• Anxiety disorders, mood disorders, panic disorder, depression, motivation, self-efficacy
• Health behaviors (physical activity, diet, smoking, adherence)
• Health behavior change interventions (motivational communication, cognitive-behavioral therapy)
• Impact of psychological and behavioral factors on disease morbidity and mortality
• Professional training in motivational communication

Dr. Simon Bacon

PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMR

Full Professor, CIHR SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials and FRQS Co-Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change, Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University

Dr. Bacon has won research awards from the Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, McGill University, National Institutes of Health (US), European Society of Hypertension, and International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology. Prior to joining Concordia he completed his postdoctoral studies at the Duke University Medical Center, McGill University, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, and the Montreal Heart Institute.

Primary university affiliation(s)

Concordia University
Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology

Primary research centre affiliation(s)

Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Concordia University PERFORM Centre

Website(s)

https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/health-kinesiology-physiology.html

Other affiliations

• Full Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University
• Fellow, Science College, Concordia University
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
• Affiliate Member, Department of Biology, Concordia University
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Affiliate Member, Department of Psychology, Concordia University
• Researcher, Research Centre, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
• Associate Researcher, Research Centre, Montréal Heart Institute

Fields of interest/Keywords

• Behavioural interventions for chronic illnesses
• Behavioural randomised controlled trials, behavioural epidemiology, ecological momentary assessment, and laboratory-based acute stress (both physical and mental) testing
• Epidemiological impact of behaviour on chronic illness
• Acute stress in the progression of chronic illnesses
• Impact of sex and gender on chronic illness.

Dr. André Cartier

Pulmonologist, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal and Clinical Professor, Department of medicine, Université de Montréal

Research interests: Asthma, Professional asthma, Hyperventilation syndrome, Bronchial hyperreactivity, Panic disorders and asthma, Perception of symptoms

Dr. Angela Alberga

Assistant Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University

Research Interests: Research program: An interdisciplinary approach to weight-related issues: Implications for population and public health. Dr. Alberga’s research program focuses on better understanding how (i) societal, and (ii) school and other institutional factors, influence weight-related issues including obesity, eating disorders, physical inactivity and weight stigma.

Dr. Ariane Bélanger-Gravel

Assistant Professor, Department of Information and Communication, Laval University

Research interests: Determining Factors of Behaviours, Behaviour Change Processes, Public Service Campaign Evaluation

Dr. Blaine Ditto

Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University

Research interests: Effects of stress on blood pressure, heart disease, and vasovagal reactions

Dr. Eric Granger

Professor, Département de génie des systèmes, ÉTS, Laboratoire en ingénierie cognitive et sémantique, Laboratoire d'imagerie, de vision et d'intelligence artificielle

Research Interests: Information and Communications Technologies, Health in the areas of Video Surveillance, Multi-Classifier Systems, Adaptive and Intelligent systems, Incremental and On-Line Learning, Pattern recognition, Evolutionary Computation, Biometrics, Computer and Network Security, Face recognition

Dr. Grégory Ninot

Professor, Université de Montpellier and Director, CEPS Platform

Research interests: Effectiveness, efficacy and cost efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions in patients with chronic disease

Dr. Hafedh Mili

Full Professor, Department of Computer Science, and Director, Research Laboratory on Emerging Internet Technologies

Research interests: software engineering, artificial intelligence, customer experience management, Internet of Things, e-Health Applications of IoT

Dr. Jean Bourbeau

Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Research Interests: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and disease management, self-management, pulmonary rehabilitation and cardiorespiratory exercise physiology. Research Methodology: Epidemiology (descriptive and analytic research), intervention (pharmacological and non-pharmacological), evaluative research including randomized clinical trials, knowledge translation research.

Dr. Jean Diodati

Cardiologist, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, and Researcher, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal Research Centre

Research interests: Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and embolism, Circulation and blood transfusion, Cardiovascular disease

Dr. Justin Presseau

Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Assistant Professor, School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa; Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa; Member of the Centre for Implementation Research; Chair, Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Section, Canadian Psychological Association

Research Interests:Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, Prioritization and multiple behaviour change, Knowledge translation / implementation research, Health behaviour change (intervention development, randomized trials, systematic reviews), Healthcare professional behaviour change (intervention development, cluster randomized trials, systematic reviews), Habit, routines and automaticity, Theory-based process evaluation of interventions alongside trials, Medication adherence, Behaviour change theory, Altruistic behaviours (blood and blood plasma donation, organ donation and organ donation registration, early phase clinical trial participation)

Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta

Professor, Department of Medicine (Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, and Endocrinology and Metabolism) and Director and Physician-Scientist, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)

Research interests: Prevention and management of blood vessel disease, Health behaviour, Clinical trials and cohort studies

Dr. Lise Gauvin

Principal scientist, CHUM Research Centre; Theme leader, Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub , CRCHUM; Full professor, Department of social and preventive medicine, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal; Researcher, Léa-Roback Research Centre on Social Inequalities in Health in Montreal, Université de Montréal

Research Interests: Lifestyle habits, population health, epidemiology, health promotion, physical activity, eating disorders, healthy weights, built environment, social inequalities in health.

Dr. Louise Pilote

Professor, Department of Medicine (McGill University), James McGill Chair, Director, Division of General Internal Medicine (Department of Medicine, McGill University), Regular Member, Cardiovascular Diseases and Critical Care (Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre), and Medical Scientist and Division Director, General Internal Medicine (McGill University Health Centre)

Research interests: Sex differences in cardiovascular diseases, Maintenance of vascular health in women, Effectiveness and safety of cardiovascular drugs, Procedures using various study designs

Dr. Marco Pedersoli

Professor, Département de génie des systèmes, ÉTS

Research Interests:Information and Communications Technologies in the areas of Neural networks, Machine learning, Computer vision, Pattern recognition, Convolutional Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, Weakly Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Efficient Learning, Learning on embedded devices

Dr. Mark Hamer

Professor, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University and Chair in Exercise as Medicine, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine

Research interests: Physical activity/sedentary and population health, Physical activity promotion, Free-living physical activity measurement, Metabolically healthy obesity,
Psychobiology of exercise

Dr. Mohsen Farhadloo

Assistant Professor, Supply Chain and Business Technology Management, Concordia University

Dr. Molly Byrne

Professor and Health Research Board Research Leader, and Director of the Health Behaviour Change Research Group in the School of Psychology at NUI Galway

Research interests: Developing and evaluating behavioural health interventions, self-management and psychosocial aspects of chronic disease (particularly coronary heart disease and diabetes); and sexual issues, sexual counselling and chronic illness.

Dr. Nicola Paine

Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University

Research interests: Role of psychological stress on development of chronic disease, Interactions between health behaviours and physiological dysregulation

Dr. Sandra Peláez

Lecturer, Department of Education & Counselling Psychology, McGill University, and Research associate, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

Research interests: Role of social relationships in exercise and medication adherence, Sport psychology, Health psychology

Dr. Serge Sultan

Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and Pediatrics, Université de Montréal and Director, Centre of Psycho-Oncology, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine

Research interests: Relationship between emotions, emotional distress and the deterioration of health, specifically across the cancer trajectory, Promotion of health behaviors in cancer patients and survivors

Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou

Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University, Attending physician, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Director, Vascular Health Unit, and Associate Program Leader, Cardiovascular Health across the Lifespan, RI-MUHC

Research interests: Cardiovascular disease

Dr. Sylvia Santosa

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science Department, Concordia University, Associate Researcher, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Research Centre, and Chair, Canada Research Chair Tier II in Clinical Nutrition

Research interests: Metabolic and cellular mechanisms related to disease development among overweight people, Long-term effects of obesity

Dr. Tavis Campbell

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Licensed clinical psychologist, and Director, Behavioral Medicine Laboratory

Research interests: Bio-behavioral mechanisms related to the development and progression of chronic illnesses

Dr. Tracie Barnett

Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University; Researcher, Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine; Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Centre INRS–Institut Armand-Frappier

Research Interests: Epidemiology of Pediatric Obesity, Obesity, physical activity, sedentary behaviours, dietary habits, Cardiovascular risk factor profile and metabolic health of children and adolescents, Methods of longitudinal data analysis, Influence of residential neighbourhoods and schools

Dr. Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc

Full professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, and Canada Research Chair on Empirical Software Engineering for the IoT

Research interests: Software engineering, Software architecture, Software design, Idioms, Implementation, Test-data generation, Development, Release, Testing, Internet of Things