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My research interests include the characteristics of anxiety after pediatric traumatic brain injury and its effects on social functioning, but also the neuropsychological impact of brain injury in children. My doctoral dissertation focuses on children and adolescent’s perspectives on friendship and socialization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the context of my thesis, I am interested in the cognitive and environmental predictors for social skills of children who suffered a traumatic brain injury.

I am primarily interested in pediatric traumatic brain injury as it relates to post-concussive symptoms and the emotional experience of parents after their young child has been injured.

My research interests are broad but are centered around behavioral, cognitive and biological neurosciences. I completed my honour’s thesis at University of Ottawa where I investigated HPG-axis disruptions in mice following an immune stress at a critical period of puberty. Starting Fall 2021, I will be pursuing a M. Sc. in Psychology at University of Montreal. Under the supervision of Dr. Miriam Beauchamp, I will attempt to understand the different underpinnings of social information processing (SIP) using the increasingly performant technology that is virtual reality. More precisely, I am interested in the influence of perceived social isolation (loneliness) on social cognition in adolescents and young adults.

I graduated with a BA in Psychology from McGill University in 2018. I am currently completing a dPsy in clinical psychology at the University of Montreal. During this period, I will look at the relationship between joint attention and the theory of mind in children. Apart from my research, I like reading, painting, movies and my two cats.

For my thesis, I would like to examine behavioral consequences of traumatic brain injury that occurred during early childhood. I wish to use a behavioral measure that is not only relying on parental perception, unlike most research projects. Thus, rather than using parental questionnaires, I would like to use an observational measure in order to assess children behavior after a traumatic brain injury.

In addition to my interest in my cat Ricardo, I am also interested in the potentially moderating effects of the parent-child relationship on the consequences of head trauma in children.

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Montreal in the Honor program. My research interests focus on the social cognition of children and adolescents. Having always worked with young people, I have developed a multidisciplinary experience, both in intervention, in animation and in teaching.

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychoeducation from the University of Quebec in Outaouais. In addition, I have additional training in psychology from the University of Quebec in Montreal, during which I completed an Honors thesis. My research interests focus on cognitive assessment in pediatrics following a brain injury. I worked and completed several internships in various intervention settings (DPJ, CLSC, community organizations, schools, etc.) and in various research laboratories. I am currently developing a tool to assess the cognitive functioning of children and adolescents who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.

My research interests focus on developmental neuropsychology, and more specifically on the bidirectional relationships between sleep, emotional regulation and childhood neuropsychological disorders. For the past few years, I have also been working for child protection in order to improve my expertise in intervention.