Doctoral Students
Marie Santerre-Baillargeon
Marie is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the Université de Montréal (Ph.D. R/I) since 2014. Her clinical and research interests are the role of psychological factors in women’s vulvar pain and the third wave of behavioral and cognitive therapies for chronic pain. Her doctoral research project is on potential mediators of therapeutic change in the randomized clinical trial underway. She is a FRQS scholarship student.
Myriam Bosisio
Myriam is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the University of Montreal since September 2017. She is particularly interested in the impact of interpersonal factors on couple relationship and sexual well-being of couples from the general population. Myriam is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) scholarship recipient for 2017-2018 and a Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Society and Culture (FRQ-SC) scholarship recipient for 2018-2019. She also received a merit Scholarship from the Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales at Université de Montréal.
Myriam Pâquet
Myriam is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the Université de Montréal since 2014 (Ph.D. R/I). Her clinical and research interests focus on psychological and interpersonal factors affecting women's sexual health and well-being, with an emphasis on genito-pelvic pain. Using a daily diary approach, her doctorate research project attemps to examine the role of perceived injustice, shame and guilt among women with provoked vestibulodynia and their partners. She is a FRQS scholarship student.
Laurence de Montigny Gauthier
Laurence is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology (D.Psy) at the Université de Montréal since 2014. Her doctoral research project, which she defended in January 2017, was on the impact of childhood sexual aggression on the couple relationship in adulthood. The article issued from this research is published at the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. For 2018-2019, she is an intern at the “Clinique de consultation conjugale Poitras-Wright, Côté” and at the Family Medecine Clinique Notre-Dame. During her doctoral, she received three scholarships from CRIPCAS.
Jean-François Jodouin
Jean-François joined the lab in 2015. He is studying in Montréal University’s “Recherche et Intervention” doctoral program. His previous degrees include a PhD in Cognitive Science from the Université de Paris-Sud, and more recently, a BA in psychology from McGill University. Jean-François’ research focuses on sexual desire and motivation in couples. He is a Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Society and Culture (FRQ-SC) scholarship recipient.
Véronique Charbonneau-Lefebvre
Véronique is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the University of Montreal since September 2016. She is interested in better understanding the role of attachment in couples coping with chronic genito-pelvic pain and its influence on couple’s sex therapy outcome. Véronique was a Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Society and Culture (FRQ-SC) scholarship recipient for 2016-2018 and she is a Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQ-S) scholarship recipient for 2018-2021.
Alice Girouard
Alice holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Laval University and is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology (R/I) at Université de Montréal since September 2018. Her research interests focus on the determinants of psychological and sexual health, as well as resilience. Alice received a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for 2018-2019 and she is the recipient of a grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture for 2019-2020. She also received a merit Scholarship from the Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales.
Marie-Michèle Paquette
Marie-Michèle is a doctoral candidate in Research Psychology and Intervention at the University of Montreal since September 2019 (Ph.D. R/I). Her research interests focus on sexual behavior, sexting, sexual health and couple relationships. Marie-Michèle is a Fonds de Recherche du Québec- Society and Culture (FRQ-SC) scholarship recipient for 2019-2021.
