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Dr. Kim Lavoie

PhD, FCPA, FABMR

Full Professor, Chair of Behavioral Medicine and FRQS Chercheur-Boursier Senior, 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)

www.hscm.ca

Other affiliations

• Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal
• Affiliate Professor, Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University
• Researcher, Chronic Disease Research Division, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
• Associate Researcher, Research Centre, Nuclear Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute
• Chair, Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Section, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
• 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 Chair in Behavioural Medicine, 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)

www.concordia.ca/artsci/exercise-science

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 Arsenault

Department Head, Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Jean-Talon

Research interests: Nuclear medicine, Cardiovascular disease

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. Catherine Lemière

Pulmonologist (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal), Professor (Department of medicine, Université de Montréal), Researcher (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal Research Centre), and Assistant Director of Clinical Research (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal)

Research interests: Asthma, Work-related asthma, Bronchial inflammation

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. 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. Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Lecturer in Biological Psychology, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham

Research interests: Triggering of acute cardiovascular events, Rheological effects of acute mental stress, Cardiovascular disease in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr. Jocelyn Dupuis

Professor, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Associate Member, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, and Cardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute

Research interests: Pulmonary circulation, Pulmonary hypertension, Heart failure, Endothelial function, Molecular imaging, Vasoactive peptides

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

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, and Endocrinology and Metabolism, Royal Victoria Hospital, and Regular Member, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

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. Lucie Blais

Full Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy (Université de Montréal), Holder, AstraZeneca Chair in respiratory health, Researcher (Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal Research Centre), and Assistant Researcher, Faculty of Pharmacy (Université de Montréal)

Research Interests: Pharmaco-epidemiology of asthma, COPD, Perinatal epidemiology, Use of administrative databases

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