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iCARE STUDY TEAM
Last updated: June 13, 2022
Primary Investigators | ||
Kim Lavoie, PhD | University du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Canada |
Simon Bacon, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Staff | ||
Geneviève Szczepanik, PhD | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Guillaume Lacoste, BA | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Fanie St-Jean Miron, MSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Katherine Séguin, BA | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Maximilien Dialufuma, MSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Mariam Atoui, BSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Essé Julien Atto, MSc | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
iCARE STUDY COLLABORATORS
Zahir Vally, PhD | United Arab Emirates University | Abu Dhabi |
Nora Granana, PhD | Hospital Durand | Argentina |
Analía Verónica Losada, PhD | University of Flores | Argentina |
Jacqueline Boyle, PhD | Monash University | Australia |
Margie Danchin, PhD | Melbourne Medical School | Australia |
Shrinkhala Dawadi, MSc | Monash University | Australia |
Joanne Enticott, PhD | Monash University | Australia |
Jessica Kaufman, PhD | Murdoch Children’s Research Institute | Australia |
Shajedur Rahman Shawon, PhD | Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Medicine | Australia |
Helena Teede, MD | Monash University | Australia |
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, MD | Medizinische Universität Wien | Austria |
Arobindu Dash, MS | International University of Business, Agriculture & Technology | Bangladesh |
Eduardo Caputo, PhD | Universidade Federal de Pelotas | Brazil |
Marilia Estevam Cornelio, PhD | University of Campinas | Brazil |
Marlus Karsten, PhD | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC | Brazil |
Darlan Lauricio Matte, PhD | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC | Brazil |
Felipe Reichert, PhD | Universidade Federal de Pelotas | Brazil |
Shawn Aaron, PhD | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Canada |
Ahmed Abou-Setta, PhD | University of Manitoba | Canada |
Angela Alberga, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Tracie Barnett, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
Silvana Barone, MD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
Mohamad Baydoun, PhD | University of Calgary | Canada |
Ariane Bélanger-Gravel, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
Sarah Bernard, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
Lisa Maureen Birch, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
Yves Boisvert, PhD | École nationale d’administration publique | Canada |
Susan Bondy, PhD | University of Toronto | Canada |
Linda Booij, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Roxane Borgès Da Silva, PhD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
Jean Bourbeau, MD | McGill University | Canada |
Rachel Burns, PhD | Carleton University | Canada |
Tavis Campbell, PhD | University of Calgary | Canada |
Linda Carlson, PhD | University of Calgary | Canada |
Kim Corace, PhD | University of Ottawa | Canada |
Rubee Dev, MD | University of Alberta | Canada |
Olivier Drouin, MD | CHU Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal | Canada |
Francine Ducharme, MD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
Carl Falk, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
Mohsen Farhadloo, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Richard Fleet, MD, PhD | Université Laval | Canada |
Myriam Gagné, MSc | St. Michael’s Hospital | Canada |
Michel Fournier, PhD | Direction de la Santé publique de Montréal | Canada |
Gary Garber, MD | University of Ottawa, Public Health Ontario | Canada |
Lise Gauvin, PhD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
Jennifer Gordon, PhD | University of Regina | Canada |
Roland Grad, MD | McGill University | Canada |
Samir Gupta, MD | University of Toronto | Canada |
Kim Hellemans, PhD | Carleton University | Canada |
Catherine Herba, PhD | Université du Québec à Montréal | Canada |
Heungsun Hwang, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
Jack Jedwab, PhD | Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration and Association for Canadian Studies | Canada |
Lisa Kakinami, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Eric Kennedy, PhD | York University | Canada |
Sunmee Kim, PhD | University of Manitoba | Canada |
Urska Kosir, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Joanne Liu, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
Colleen Norris, PhD | University of Alberta | Canada |
Sandra Pelaez, PhD | Université de Montréal | Canada |
Louise Pilote, MD | McGill University | Canada |
Paul Poirier, MD | Université Laval | Canada |
Justin Presseau, PhD | University of Ottawa | Canada |
Eli Puterman, PhD | University of British Columbia | Canada |
Joshua Rash, PhD | Memorial University | Canada |
Paula AB Ribeiro, PhD | Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Mohsen Sadatsafavi, PhD | University of British Columbia | Canada |
Paramita Saha Chaudhuri, PhD | McGill University | Canada |
Michael Spivock, PhD | COVID-19 Task Force, Health Canada | Canada |
Jovana Stojanovic, PhD | Concordia University | Canada |
Eva Suarthana, MD, PhD | Université de Montréal / McGill University | Canada |
Sze Man Tse, MD | CHU Sainte-Justine | Canada |
Michael Vallis, PhD | Dalhousie University | Canada |
Nicolás Bronfman Caceres, PhD | Universidad Andrés Bello | Chile |
Manuel Ortiz, PhD | Universidad de La Frontera | Chile |
Paula Beatriz Repetto, PhD | Universidad Católica de Chile | Chile |
Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos, PhD | Universidad EAFIT | Colombia |
Angelos Kassianos, PhD | University of Cyprus | Cyprus |
Naja Hulvej Rod, PhD | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
Mathieu Beraneck, PhD | Université de Paris; CNRS | France |
Gregory Ninot, PhD | Université de Montpellier | France |
Beate Ditzen, PhD | Heidelberg University | Germany |
Thomas Kubiak, PhD | Mainz University | Germany |
Sam Codjoe, MPhil,MSc | University of Ghana | Ghana |
Lily Kpobi, PhD | University of Ghana | Ghana |
Amos Laar, PhD | University of Ghana | Ghana |
Theodora Skoura, PhD | Aretaieio Hospital, Athens University | Greece |
Naorem Kiranmala Devi, PhD | University of Delhi | India |
Delfin Lovelina Francis, PhD(c) | Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University | India |
Suzanne Tanya Nethan, MDS | School of Preventive Oncology, Patna | India |
Lancelot Pinto, MD | PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre | India |
Kallur Nava Saraswathy, PhD | University of Delhi | India |
Dheeraj Tumu, MD | World Health Organization (WHO) | India |
Silviana Lestari, MD, PhD | Universitas Indonesia | Indonesia |
Grace Wangge, MD, PhD | SEAMEO Regional Center for Food and Nutrition | Indonesia |
Molly Byrne, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
Hannah Durand, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
Jennifer McSharry, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
Oonagh Meade, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
Gerry Molloy, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
Chris Noone, PhD | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
Hagai Levine, MD | Hebrew University | Israel |
Anat Zaidman-Zait, PhD | Tel-Aviv University | Israel |
Stefania Boccia, PhD | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
Ilda Hoxhaj, MD | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
Stefania Paduano, PhD | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy |
Valeria Raparelli, PhD | Ferrara University | Italy |
Drieda Zaçe, MD, MSc, PhDc | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
Ala’S Aburub, PhD | Isra University | Jordan |
Daniel Akunga, PhD | Kenyatta University | Kenya |
Richard Ayah, PhD | University of Nairobi, School Public Health | Kenya |
Chris Barasa, MPH | University of Nairobi, School Public Health | Kenya |
Pamela Miloya Godia, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage, PhD | African Population and Health Research Center | Kenya |
Nicholas Mutuku, PhD | University of Kenya | Kenya |
Violet Naanyu, PhD | Moi University | Kenya |
Jackim Nyamari, PhD | Kenyatta University | Kenya |
Hildah Oburu, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
Joyce Olenja, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
Dismas Ongore, PhD | University of Nairobi | Kenya |
Abdhalah Ziraba, PhD | African Population and Health Research Center | Kenya |
Chiwoza Bandawe, PhD | University of Malawi | Malawi |
Siew Yim Loh, PhD | University of Malaysia | Malaysia |
Andrea Herbert, PhD | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
Daniela Liggett, PhD | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
Ademola Ajuwon, PhD | University of Ibadan | Nigeria |
Nisar Ahmed Shar, PhD | CoPI-National Center in Big Data & Cloud Computing | Pakistan |
Bilal Ahmed Usmani, PhD | NED University of Engineering and Technology | Pakistan |
Rosario Mercedes Bartolini Martínez, PhD | Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional | Peru |
Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, M.Phil. | Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional | Peru |
Paula Simão, MD | S. Pneumologia de Matosinhos | Portugal |
Pierre Claver Rutayisire, PhD | University of Rwanda | Rwanda |
Abu Zeeshan Bari, PhD | Taibah University | Saudi Arabia |
Katarina Vojvodic, MD | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
Iveta Nagyova, PhD | PJ Safarik University – UPJS | Slovakia |
Jason Bantjes, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
Brendon Barnes, PhD | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
Bronwyne Coetzee, PhD | Univeristy of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
Ashraf Khagee, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
Tebogo Mothiba, PhD | University of Limpopo | South Africa |
Rizwana Roomaney, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
Leslie Swartz, PhD | University of Stellenbosch | South Africa |
Juhee Cho, PhD | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea |
Man-gyeong Lee, PhD | Sungkyunkwan University | South Korea |
Anne Berman, PhD | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
Nouha Saleh Stattin, MD | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
Susanne Fischer, PhD | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
Debbie Hu, MD, MSc | Tainan Municipal Hospital | Taiwan |
Ceprail Şimşek, MD | Health Science University | Turkey |
Kara Yasmin, MD | Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital | Turkey |
Bilge Uzmezoglu, MD | University of Health Science | Turkey |
John Bosco Isunju, PhD | Makerere University School of Public Health | Uganda |
James Mugisha, PhD | University of Uganda | Uganda |
Lucie Byrne-Davis, PhD | Manchester University | UK |
Paula Griffiths, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
Joanne Hart, PhD | Manchester University | UK |
Will Johnson, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
Susan Michie, PhD | Univeristy College London | UK |
Nicola Paine, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
Emily Petherick, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
Lauren Sherar, PhD | Loughborough University | UK |
Robert M. Bilder, PhD, ABPP-CN | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine; Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA; and Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA | USA |
Matthew Burg, PhD | Yale University | USA |
Susan Czajkowski, PhD | NIH – National Cancer Institute | USA |
Ken Freedland, PhD | Washington University | USA |
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, PhD | University of Michigan | USA |
Alison Holman, PhD | University of California, Irvine | USA |
Gilberto Lopez, ScD, MA, MPH | Arizona State University and University of Rochester Medical Center | USA |
Sylvie Naar, PhD | Florida State University | USA |
Michele Okun, PhD | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs | USA |
Lynda Powell, PhD | Rush University | USA |
Sarah Pressman, PhD | University of California, Irvine | USA |
Tracey Revenson, PhD | Hunter College & the Graduate Center City University of New York | USA |
John Ruiz, PhD | University of Arizona | USA |
Sudha Sivaram, PhD | NIH, Center for Global Health | USA |
Johannes Thrul, PhD | Johns Hopkins University | USA |
Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, PhD | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | USA |
Abehaw Yohannes, PhD | Azusa Pacific University | USA |
iCARE STUDY STUDENT COLLABORATORS
Kirubel Biruk | Monash University | Australia |
Tewodros Eshete | Monash University | Australia |
Rhea Navani, BSc | Monash University | Australia |
Kushan Ranakombu, PhD | Monash University | Australia |
Daisuke Hayashi Neto, BA | Unicamp | Brazil |
Frédérique Deslauriers, BA | Université du Québec à Montréal | Canada |
Anda Dragomir, PhDc | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Amandine Gagnon-Hébert, BA | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Claudia Gemme, MSc | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Vincent Gosselin Boucher, MSc | Université du Québec à Montréal and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Mahrukh Jamil, B. Eng | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Lisa Maria Käfer, BSc | McGill University | Canada |
Callum MacLeay, BA | Université du Québec à Montréal | Canada |
Sarah O’Connor, PhD(C) | Université Laval | Canada |
Tasfia Tasbih | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Ariany Marques Vieira, MSc | Concordia University | Canada |
Robbie Woods | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Reyhaneh Yousefi, MD | Concordia University and Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre | Canada |
Susana Torres, BA | Universidad EAFIT | Colombia |
Tamila Roslyakova, MA | Université de Montpellier | France |
Lilli Priesterroth | Mainz University | Germany |
Tair Ben-Porat, PhD | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
Shirly Edelstein | Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health | Israel |
Ruth Snir | Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health | Israel |
Yifat Uri | Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health. | Israel |
Mohsen Alyami | University of Auckland | New Zealand |
Comfort Sanuade | University of Ibadan | Nigeria |
Katarina Vojvodic | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
iCARE STUDY COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS
Olivia Crescenzi | Concordia University | Canada |
Kyle Warkentin, MSc | Thompson Rivers University | Canada |
Katya Grinko, MSc | Denmark | |
Lalita Angne | India | |
Jigisha Jain | India | |
Nikita Mathur | Syncorp Clinical Research | India |
Anagha Mithe | India | |
Sarah Nethan | Community Empowerment Lab | India |
iCARE STUDY RESEARCH SUBGROUPS
Last update: Mar 3, 2022
Contact the iCARE team for more information about these subgroups
Vaccine Hesitancy
- Kim Lavoie (Chair)
- Jovana Stojanovic
- Samir Gupta
- Myriam Gagné
- Keven Joyal-Desmarais
- Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin
- Paula Ribeiro
- Brigitte Voisard
- Michael Vallis
- Kim Corace
- Justin Presseau
- Simon Bacon
- Hannah Durand
- Gilberto Lopez
- Stefania Paduano
- Mohsen Farhadloo
- Abehaw Yohannes
- Josh Rash
- Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos
- Ala’s Aburub
- Angelos Kassianos
Back-to-School
- Simon Bacon (Chair)
- Urska Kosir
- Jovana Stojanovic
- Stefania Paduano
- Abehaw Yohannes
- Grace Wangge
- Lisa Kakinami
- Olivier Drouin
- Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos
- Abebaw Yohannes
- Catherine Herba
- Nora Granan
Pregnancy
- Michele Okun (Chair)
- Catherine Herba (Chair)
- Eva Suarthana
- Angela Alberga
- Shajedur Rahman ShawonJoanne Enticott
- Helena Teede
- Stefania Paduano
- Jacqueline Boyle
- Tewodros Eshete
- Kirubel Biruk
- Linda Booij
- Angelos Kassianos
Sampling Bias
- Keven Joyal-Desmarais (Chair)
- Jovana Stojanovic
- Joanne Enticott
- Hung Vo
- Eric Kennedy
- Vincent Gosselin Boucher
- Urska Kosir
- Kim Lavoie
- Simon Bacon
Chronic Disease
- Urska Kosir (Chair)
- Jovana Stojanovic
- Abebaw Yohannes
- Kim Lavoie
- Simon Bacon
- Frédérique Deslauriers
- Paula Riberio
- Michael Vallis
- Linda Carlson
Possible future subgroups (inactive)
- Impacts of sex and gender on behaviours and concerns during COVID (Going FWD project)
- COVID fatigue
- Resilience during COVID
- Factors associated with adherence to COVID-19 guidelines and coping
- Psychological well-being during COVID
- Mental health of essential workers during COVID
- Mental health impact on health behaviours
- What motivates individuals to follow policies
- Effectiveness of COVID policies
- COVID policies and how they impact behaviour
Impacts of going back to school during COVID Subgroup
- Simon Bacon (lead)
- Urska Kosir
- Sarah Pressman
- Stefania Paduano
- Abehaw Yohannes
- Grace Wangge
- Jovana Stojanovic
- Lisa Kakinami
- Rubab Moiz
- Olivier Drouin
- Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos
Impacts of COVID on pregnant women Subgroup
- Michele Okun (lead)
- Eva Suarthana
- Catherine Herba
- Naorem Kiranmala Devi
- Angela Alberga
- Shajedur Rahman Shawon
- Joanne Enticott
- Helena Teede
- Stefania Paduano
- Jacqueline Boyle
- Tewodros Eshete
- Kirubel Biruk
- Linda Booij
- Angelos Kassianos
Other Subgroups
- Impacts of sex and gender on behaviours and concerns during COVID (Going FWD project)
- COVID fatigue
- Resilience during COVID
- Factors associated with adherence to COVID-19 guidelines and coping
- Psychological well-being during COVID
- Mental health of essential workers during COVID
- Mental health impact on health behaviours
- What motivates individuals to follow policies
- Effectiveness of COVID policies
- COVID policies and how they impact behaviour