iCARE research team

iCARE collaborators are led by the iCARE team working out of the Montréal Behavioural Medicine Centre in Québec, Canada.

Locations of iCARE study collaborators

iCARE STUDY TEAM

Last updated: July 2, 2023

Primary Investigators  
Kim Lavoie, PhDUniversity du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)Canada
Simon Bacon, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
   
Staff  
Geneviève Szczepanik, PhDMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Guillaume Lacoste, BAMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Fanie St-Jean Miron, MScMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Katherine Séguin, BA (2019-2022)Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Alix Yok Tin Wong-Min, BScMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Maximilien Dialufuma, MScMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Mariam Atoui, BScMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Essé Julien Atto, MScMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada

iCARE STUDY COLLABORATORS (ACTIVE)

Last updated: July 21, 2023

Abu Zeeshan Bari, PhDTaibah UniversitySaudi Arabia
Mohamad Baydoun, PhDUniversity of ReginaCanada
Ariane Bélanger-Gravel, PhDUniversité LavalCanada
Mathieu Beraneck, PhDUniversité de Paris, CNRSFrance
Niroj Bhandari,Institute for Implementation Science and HealthNepal
Yves Boisvert, PhDÉcole nationale d’administration publiqueCanada
Jacqueline Boyle, PhDMonash UniversityAustralia
Lucie Byrne-Davis, PhDUniversity of ManchesterUK
Tavis Campbell, PhDUniversity of CalgaryCanada
Eduardo Caputo, PhDUniversidade Federal de PelotasBrazil
Linda Carlson, PhDUniversity of CalgaryCanada
Tamara Cohen,University of British ColombiaCanada
Kim Corace, PhDUniversity of OttawaCanada
Margie Danchin, PhDMelbourne Medical SchoolAustralia
Shrinkhala Dawadi, MScMonash UniversityAustralia
Frédérique Deslauriers, PhdcUQAM, MBMCCanada
Alysha Deslippe,University of British ColombiaCanada
Rubee Dev, PhDUniversity of British ColombiaCanada
Beate Ditzen, PhDHeidelberg UniversityGermany
Olivier Drouin, MDCHU Sainte-Justine/University of MontrealCanada
Hannah Durand, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Joanne Enticott, PhDMonash UniversityAustralia
Susanne Fischer, PhDUniversity of ZurichSwitzerland
Delfin Lovelina Francis, PhDVinayaka Mission’s Dental CollegeIndia
Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, BAUQAMCanada
Gary Garber, MDUniversity of Ottawa/Public Health OntarioCanada
Andrea Gershon, PhDSunnybrook Research InstituteCanada
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, PhDUniversity of MichiganUSA
Vincent Gosselin Boucher, MScUQAM; University of British ColombiaCanada
Nora Granana, PhDHospital DurandArgentina
Samir Gupta, MDUniversity of TorontoCanada
Joanne Hart, PhDManchester UniversityUK
Daisuke Hayashi Neto, BAUnicampBrazil
Catherine Herba, PhDUQAMCanada
Mahrukh Jamil, B. EngConcordia UniversityCanada
Jack  Jedwab, PhDCanadian Institute for Identities and Migration and the Association for Canadian StudiesCanada
Keven Joyal-Desmarais, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Lisa Kakinami, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Angelos Kassianos, PhDUniversity of CyprusCyprus
Jessica Kaufman, PhDMurdoch Children’s Research InstituteAustralia
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, MDMedizinische Universität WienAustria
Camille Léger, BScUQAMCanada
Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, PhDUniversidad EAFITColombia
Joanne Liu, PhDMcGill UniversityCanada
Siew Yim Loh, PhDUniversity of MalaysiaMalaysia
Callum MacLeay, BAUQAM, MBMCCanada
Ariany Marques Vieira, MScConcordia UniversityCanada
Oonagh Meade, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Susan Michie, PhDUniversity College LondonUK
Gerry Molloy, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Iveta Nagyova, PhDPJ Safarik University – UPJSSlovakia
Sarah Nethan,Community Empowerment LabIndia
Gregory Ninot, PhDUniversité de MontpellierFrance
Chris Noone, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Colleen Norris, PhDUniversity of AlbertaCanada
Hildah Oburu, PhDUniversity of NairobiKenya
Sarah O’Connor, PhDcUniversité LavalCanada
Michele Okun, PhDUniversity of Colorado, Colorado SpringsUSA
Johanne O’Malley, BAWebmasterCanada
Stefania  Paduano, MSc, PhDUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaItaly
Nicola Paine, PhDLoughborough UniversityUK
Sandra Pelaez, PhDUniversity de MontréalCanada
Paul Poirier, MDLaval UniversityCanada
Justin Presseau, PhDUniversity of OttawaCanada
Eli Puterman, PhDUniversity of British ColumbiaCanada
Kushan Ranakombu, PhDMonash UniversityAustralia
Valeria Raparelli, PhDSapienza – University of RomeItaly
Joshua Rash, PhDMemorial UniversityCanada
Felipe Reichert, PhDUniversidade Federal de PelotasBrazil
Johanne Saint-Charles, PhDUQAMCanada
Ceprail Şimşek, MDHealth Science UniversityTurkey
Theodora Skoura, PhDUniversity of AthensGreece
Michael Spivock, PhDShared Services CanadaCanada
Jovana Stojanovic, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Geneviève  Szczepanik, PhDMBMCCanada
Johannes Thrul, PhDJohns Hopkins UniversityUSA
Susana Torres, MScUniversidad EAFITColombia
Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Ph.D.Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthUSA
Michael Vallis, PhDDalhousie UniversityCanada
Zackary van Allen, PhDUniversity of OttawaCanada
Kyle Warkentin, MScThompson Rivers UniversityCanada
Abehaw Yohannes, PhDAzusa Pacific UniversityUSA

iCARE STUDY RESEARCH SUBGROUPS

Last update: Aug 25, 2022

Contact the iCARE team if you are interested in consulting groups members on a given topic

Chronic Disease

  • Frédérique Deslauriers (Chair)
  • Jovana Stojanovic
  • Abebaw Yohannes
  • Michael Vallis
  • Linda Carlson
  • Ariany Marques Vieira
  • Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin
  • Mohamad Baydoun

Vaccine Hesitancy

  • Kim Lavoie (Chair)
  • Jovana Stojanovic
  • Vincent Gosselin Boucher
  • Samir Gupta
  • Keven Joyal-Desmarais
  • Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin
  • Brigitte Voisard
  • Michael Vallis
  • Kim Corace
  • Justin Presseau
  • Simon Bacon
  • Hannah Durand
  • Stefania Paduano
  • Abebaw Yohannes
  • Joshua Rash
  • Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos
  • Angelos Kassianos

Pregnancy

  • Michele Okun (Chair)
  • Catherine Herba (Chair)
  • Eva Suarthana
  • Joanne Enticott
  • Stefania Paduano
  • Jacqueline Boyle
  • Angelos Kassianos

Sampling Bias

  • Keven Joyal-Desmarais (Chair)
  • Jovana Stojanovic
  • Joanne Enticott
  • Hung Vo
  • Vincent Gosselin Boucher
  • Kim Lavoie
  • Simon Bacon

iCARE STUDY COLLABORATORS (initial team 2019-2022, by country)

Zahir Vally, PhDUnited Arab Emirates UniversityAbu Dhabi
Nora Granana, PhDHospital DurandArgentina
Analía Verónica Losada, PhDUniversity of FloresArgentina
Jacqueline Boyle, PhDMonash UniversityAustralia
Margie Danchin, PhDMelbourne Medical SchoolAustralia
Shrinkhala Dawadi, MScMonash UniversityAustralia
Joanne Enticott, PhDMonash UniversityAustralia
Jessica Kaufman, PhDMurdoch Children’s Research InstituteAustralia
Shajedur Rahman Shawon, PhDCentre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW MedicineAustralia
Helena Teede, MDMonash UniversityAustralia
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, MDMedizinische Universität WienAustria
Arobindu Dash, MSInternational University of Business, Agriculture & TechnologyBangladesh
Eduardo Caputo, PhDUniversidade Federal de PelotasBrazil
Marilia Estevam Cornelio, PhDUniversity of CampinasBrazil
Marlus Karsten, PhDUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESCBrazil
Darlan Lauricio Matte, PhDUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESCBrazil
Felipe Reichert, PhDUniversidade Federal de PelotasBrazil
Shawn Aaron, PhDOttawa Hospital Research InstituteCanada
Ahmed Abou-Setta, PhDUniversity of ManitobaCanada
Angela Alberga, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Tracie Barnett, PhDMcGill UniversityCanada
Silvana Barone, MDUniversité de MontréalCanada
Mohamad Baydoun, PhDUniversity of CalgaryCanada
Ariane Bélanger-Gravel, PhDUniversité LavalCanada
Sarah Bernard, PhDUniversité LavalCanada
Lisa Maureen Birch, PhDUniversité LavalCanada
Yves Boisvert, PhDÉcole nationale d’administration publiqueCanada
Susan Bondy, PhDUniversity of TorontoCanada
Linda Booij, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Roxane Borgès Da Silva, PhDUniversité de MontréalCanada
Jean Bourbeau, MDMcGill UniversityCanada
Rachel Burns, PhDCarleton UniversityCanada
Tavis Campbell, PhDUniversity of CalgaryCanada
Linda Carlson, PhDUniversity of CalgaryCanada
Kim Corace, PhDUniversity of OttawaCanada
Rubee Dev, PhDUniversity of British ColumbiaCanada
Olivier Drouin, MDCHU Sainte-Justine/Université de MontréalCanada
Francine Ducharme, MDUniversité de MontréalCanada
Carl Falk, PhDMcGill UniversityCanada
Mohsen Farhadloo, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Richard Fleet, MD, PhDUniversité LavalCanada
Myriam Gagné, MScSt. Michael’s HospitalCanada
Michel Fournier, PhDDirection de la Santé publique de MontréalCanada
Gary Garber, MDUniversity of Ottawa, Public Health OntarioCanada
Lise Gauvin, PhDUniversité de MontréalCanada
Jennifer Gordon, PhDUniversity of ReginaCanada
Roland Grad, MDMcGill UniversityCanada
Samir Gupta, MDUniversity of TorontoCanada
Kim Hellemans, PhDCarleton UniversityCanada
Catherine Herba, PhDUniversité du Québec à MontréalCanada
Heungsun Hwang, PhDMcGill UniversityCanada
Jack Jedwab, PhDCanadian Institute for Identities and Migration and Association for Canadian StudiesCanada
Lisa Kakinami, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Eric Kennedy, PhDYork UniversityCanada
Sunmee Kim, PhDUniversity of ManitobaCanada
Urska Kosir, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Joanne Liu, PhDMcGill UniversityCanada
Colleen Norris, PhDUniversity of AlbertaCanada
Sandra Pelaez, PhDUniversité de MontréalCanada
Louise Pilote, MDMcGill UniversityCanada
Paul Poirier, MDUniversité LavalCanada
Justin Presseau, PhDUniversity of OttawaCanada
Eli Puterman, PhDUniversity of British ColumbiaCanada
Joshua Rash, PhDMemorial UniversityCanada
Paula AB Ribeiro, PhDMontreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Mohsen Sadatsafavi, PhDUniversity of British ColumbiaCanada
Paramita Saha Chaudhuri, PhDMcGill UniversityCanada
Michael Spivock, PhDCOVID-19 Task Force, Health CanadaCanada
Jovana Stojanovic, PhDConcordia UniversityCanada
Eva Suarthana, MD, PhDUniversité de Montréal / McGill UniversityCanada
Sze Man Tse, MDCHU Sainte-JustineCanada
Michael Vallis, PhDDalhousie UniversityCanada
Nicolás Bronfman Caceres, PhDUniversidad Andrés BelloChile
Manuel Ortiz, PhDUniversidad de La FronteraChile
Paula Beatriz Repetto, PhDUniversidad Católica de ChileChile
Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, PhDUniversidad EAFITColombia
Angelos Kassianos, PhDUniversity of CyprusCyprus
Naja Hulvej Rod, PhDUniversity of CopenhagenDenmark
Mathieu Beraneck, PhDUniversité de Paris; CNRSFrance
Gregory Ninot, PhDUniversité de MontpellierFrance
Beate Ditzen, PhDHeidelberg UniversityGermany
Thomas Kubiak, PhDMainz UniversityGermany
Sam Codjoe, MPhil,MScUniversity of GhanaGhana
Lily Kpobi, PhDUniversity of GhanaGhana
Amos Laar, PhDUniversity of GhanaGhana
Theodora Skoura, PhDAretaieio Hospital, Athens UniversityGreece
Naorem Kiranmala Devi, PhDUniversity of DelhiIndia
Delfin Lovelina Francis, PhD(c)Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical UniversityIndia
Suzanne Tanya Nethan, MDSSchool of Preventive Oncology, PatnaIndia
Lancelot Pinto, MDPD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research CentreIndia
Kallur Nava Saraswathy, PhDUniversity of DelhiIndia
Dheeraj Tumu, MDWorld Health Organization (WHO)India
Silviana Lestari, MD, PhDUniversitas IndonesiaIndonesia
Grace Wangge, MD, PhDSEAMEO Regional Center for Food and NutritionIndonesia
Molly Byrne, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Hannah Durand, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Jennifer McSharry, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Oonagh Meade, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Gerry Molloy, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Chris Noone, PhDNational University of Ireland, GalwayIreland
Hagai Levine, MDHebrew UniversityIsrael
Anat Zaidman-Zait, PhDTel-Aviv UniversityIsrael
Stefania Boccia, PhDUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly
Ilda Hoxhaj, MDUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly
Stefania Paduano, PhDUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaItaly
Valeria Raparelli, PhDFerrara UniversityItaly
Drieda Zaçe, MD, MSc, PhDcUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly
Ala’S Aburub, PhDIsra UniversityJordan
Daniel Akunga, PhDKenyatta UniversityKenya
Richard Ayah, PhDUniversity of Nairobi, School Public HealthKenya
Chris Barasa, MPHUniversity of Nairobi, School Public HealthKenya
Pamela Miloya Godia, PhDUniversity of NairobiKenya
Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage, PhDAfrican Population and Health Research CenterKenya
Nicholas Mutuku, PhDUniversity of KenyaKenya
Violet Naanyu, PhDMoi UniversityKenya
Jackim Nyamari, PhDKenyatta UniversityKenya
Hildah Oburu, PhDUniversity of NairobiKenya
Joyce Olenja, PhDUniversity of NairobiKenya
Dismas Ongore, PhDUniversity of NairobiKenya
Abdhalah Ziraba, PhDAfrican Population and Health Research CenterKenya
Chiwoza Bandawe, PhDUniversity of MalawiMalawi
Siew Yim Loh, PhDUniversity of MalaysiaMalaysia
Andrea Herbert, PhDUniversity of CanterburyNew Zealand
Daniela Liggett, PhDUniversity of CanterburyNew Zealand
Ademola Ajuwon, PhDUniversity of IbadanNigeria
Nisar Ahmed Shar, PhDCoPI-National Center in Big Data & Cloud ComputingPakistan
Bilal Ahmed Usmani, PhDNED University of Engineering and TechnologyPakistan
Rosario Mercedes Bartolini Martínez, PhDInstituto de Investigacion NutricionalPeru
Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, M.Phil.Instituto de Investigacion NutricionalPeru
Paula Simão, MDS. Pneumologia de MatosinhosPortugal
Pierre Claver Rutayisire, PhDUniversity of RwandaRwanda
Abu Zeeshan Bari, PhDTaibah UniversitySaudi Arabia
Katarina Vojvodic, MDUniversity of BelgradeSerbia
Iveta Nagyova, PhDPJ Safarik University – UPJSSlovakia
Jason Bantjes, PhDUniversity of StellenboschSouth Africa
Brendon Barnes, PhDUniversity of JohannesburgSouth Africa
Bronwyne Coetzee, PhDUniveristy of StellenboschSouth Africa
Ashraf Khagee, PhDUniversity of StellenboschSouth Africa
Tebogo Mothiba, PhDUniversity of LimpopoSouth Africa
Rizwana Roomaney, PhDUniversity of StellenboschSouth Africa
Leslie Swartz, PhDUniversity of StellenboschSouth Africa
Juhee Cho, PhDSungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea
Man-gyeong Lee, PhDSungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea
Anne Berman, PhDKarolinska InstitutetSweden
Nouha Saleh Stattin, MDKarolinska InstitutetSweden
Susanne Fischer, PhDUniversity of ZurichSwitzerland
Debbie Hu, MD, MScTainan Municipal HospitalTaiwan
Ceprail Şimşek, MDHealth Science UniversityTurkey
Kara Yasmin, MDKanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research HospitalTurkey
Bilge Uzmezoglu, MDUniversity of Health ScienceTurkey
John Bosco Isunju, PhDMakerere University School of Public HealthUganda
James Mugisha, PhDUniversity of UgandaUganda
Lucie Byrne-Davis, PhDManchester UniversityUK
Paula Griffiths, PhDLoughborough UniversityUK
Joanne Hart, PhDManchester UniversityUK
Will Johnson, PhDLoughborough UniversityUK
Susan Michie, PhDUniveristy College LondonUK
Nicola Paine, PhDLoughborough UniversityUK
Emily Petherick, PhDLoughborough UniversityUK
Lauren Sherar, PhDLoughborough UniversityUK
Robert M. Bilder, PhD, ABPP-CNUCLA David Geffen School of Medicine; Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA; and Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLAUSA
Matthew Burg, PhDYale UniversityUSA
Susan Czajkowski, PhDNIH – National Cancer InstituteUSA
Ken Freedland, PhDWashington UniversityUSA
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, PhDUniversity of MichiganUSA
Alison Holman, PhDUniversity of California, IrvineUSA
Gilberto Lopez, ScD, MA, MPHArizona State University and University of Rochester Medical CenterUSA
Sylvie Naar, PhDFlorida State UniversityUSA
Michele Okun, PhDUniversity of Colorado, Colorado SpringsUSA
Lynda Powell, PhDRush UniversityUSA
Sarah Pressman, PhDUniversity of California, IrvineUSA
Tracey Revenson, PhDHunter College & the Graduate Center
City University of New York
USA
John Ruiz, PhDUniversity of ArizonaUSA
Sudha Sivaram, PhDNIH, Center for Global HealthUSA
Johannes Thrul, PhDJohns Hopkins UniversityUSA
Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, PhDHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthUSA
Abehaw Yohannes, PhDAzusa Pacific UniversityUSA

iCARE STUDY STUDENT COLLABORATORS (2019-2022)

Kirubel BirukMonash UniversityAustralia
Tewodros EsheteMonash UniversityAustralia
Rhea Navani, BScMonash UniversityAustralia
Kushan Ranakombu, PhDMonash UniversityAustralia
Daisuke Hayashi Neto, MScUnicampBrazil
Frédérique Deslauriers, BAUniversité du Québec à MontréalCanada
Anda Dragomir, PhDcUniversité du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, BAUniversité du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Claudia Gemme, MScUniversité du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Vincent Gosselin Boucher, PhDUniversity of British ColumbiaCanada
Mahrukh Jamil, B. EngConcordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Lisa Maria Käfer, BScMcGill UniversityCanada
Callum MacLeay, BAUniversité du Québec à MontréalCanada
Sarah O’Connor, PhD(C)Université LavalCanada
Tasfia TasbihConcordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Ariany Marques Vieira, MScConcordia UniversityCanada
Robbie WoodsConcordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Reyhaneh Yousefi, MDConcordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine CentreCanada
Susana Torres, BAUniversidad EAFITColombia
Tamila Roslyakova, MAUniversité de MontpellierFrance
Lilli PriesterrothMainz UniversityGermany
Tair Ben-Porat, PhDTel Aviv UniversityIsrael
Shirly EdelsteinHebrew University-Hadassah School of Public HealthIsrael
Ruth SnirHebrew University-Hadassah School of Public HealthIsrael
Yifat UriHebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health.Israel
Mohsen AlyamiUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand
Comfort SanuadeUniversity of IbadanNigeria
Katarina VojvodicUniversity of BelgradeSerbia

iCARE STUDY COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS (2019-2022)

Olivia CrescenziConcordia UniversityCanada
Kyle Warkentin, MScThompson Rivers UniversityCanada
Katya Grinko, MSc Denmark
Lalita Angne India
Jigisha Jain India
Nikita MathurSyncorp Clinical ResearchIndia
Anagha Mithe India
Sarah Tanishka NethanCommunity Empowerment LabIndia

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