Doctoral Students
Silke Jacmin-Park
Silke is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology (R/I) at Université de Montreal since September 2021. Her research interests include attachment and stress reactivity in heterosexual and sexual/gender minority couples. Silke is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research scholarship recipient for 2021-2022 and a Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé scholarship recipient for 2022-2023.
Arianne Roy
Arianne is a 3rd year undergraduate student in psychology at the Université de Montréal. She has been a research assistant at the Sexual Health Laboratory since summer 2021. Her research interests include conjugal relationships and sexuality, intimacy and it’s impact on sexual satisfaction.
Maude Massé-Pfister
Maude is a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology (D.Psy) at Université de Montreal since September 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron. Before engaging in her study of psychology, Maude completed a Bachelor of Social Work in April 2019 from the same university. She began her involvement as a research assistant in Dr. Sophie Bergeron's Sexual Health Laboratory in the fall of 2019. Her research interests include sexual desire, sexual and relationship satisfaction, and body image.
Jessica Herrera-Roberge
Jessica (she/her) holds a bachelor's degree in communication sciences from the Université de Montréal (2018) and a master's degree in project management from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2020). She is currently a 3rd-year undergraduate student in psychology at the Université de Montréal and she is enrolled in the Honours program, under the supervision of Dr. Bergeron. Jessica has been part of the Sexual Health Laboratory since May 2022 as a research assistant. She is keenly interested in attachment insecurities, traumatic experiences within interpersonal relationships and sexual well-being. In 2023, she wishes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology (Research and Intervention).
Delphine Perrier Léonard
Delphine is a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology (D.Psy) at Université de Montréal since September 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Sophie Bergeron. Before continuing her studies at the University of Montreal, Delphine completed a Major in Psychology and a Minor in Human Services at SUNY Potsdam University (NY). She began her involvement as research assistant in Dr. Sophie Bergeron's Sexual Health Laboratory in the fall of 2020. Her research interests include intimacy, emotion regulation and sexual satisfaction.
Catherine Hamel
Catherine holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and is a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology at the University of Montreal since September 2022, under the supervision of Sophie Bergeron, Ph.D. Her research interests focus on couple psychology, more specifically in sexual well-being and sexual dysfunctions. She is also interested in adverse childhood experiences such as maltreatment. Catherine is the recipient of a scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for 2022-2023.
Alice Girouard
Alice holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the Université Laval and is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the Université de Montréal since September 2018. Her research interests focus mainly on experiences of adversity during childhood, sexual well-being, as well as sexual orientation and gender diversity. Alice received a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for 2018-2019 and a grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture for 2019-2020. She is currently the recipient of a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Society and Culture for 2020-2024.
Marie-Michèle Paquette
Marie-Michèle is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the Université de Montréal since September 2019 (Ph.D. R/I). Her research interests focus on sexual subjectivity, sexual behaviors, sexting and sexual well-being. Marie-Michèle was a Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Society and Culture (FRQ-SC) scholarship recipient for 2019-2021 and 2022-2025. She also received a merit Scholarship from the Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales at Université de Montréal.
