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Associate Scientist
Institute of Population Health

Contact information:

Cell: 613-853-3183
E-mail: wayne.corneil@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

• Psychosocial aspects of disasters and terrorism
• Traumatic stress
• Occupational Health
• Executive Health
• Organizational stress

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Behaviour
• Change management
• Clinical psychology
• Depression
• Epidemiology
• Epidemiology and community medicine
• Health communications
• Health communications
• Health-service providers
• Human-resource management
• International health
• International health
• International terrorism
• Mental health
• Mental health
• Population health
• Safety in the workplace
• Social services
• Stress
• Stress
• Terrorism

Language preference:

English and French

Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology

Contact information:

Cell: 819-384-3424
E-mail: nafissa.ismail@uottawa.ca
Website

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

• Understanding the different COVID-19 variants and their impact on our society and children.
• Effects of enduring stress (like the COVID-19 pandemic and sanitary restrictions) on brain health.
• Mechanisms of sex differences in psychological and neurological illnesses.
• Sex differences in COVID-19 symptoms and in the prevalence of long-COVID.
• Impact of chronic stress in adolescences.
• Building resilience to stress.
• The link between the gut microbiome and brain functioning.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Adolescent mental health
• Animal behaviour
• Biopharmaceutical science
• Cognition
• Developmental biology
• Immunology
• Molecular biology
• Neuroscience
• Psychopathology
• Sex/sexuality
• Stress

Language preference:

English and French

Professor
Associate professor
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (4914)
E-mail: lapierre@telfer.uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Dr. Lapierre’s research focuses mainly on two topics: Work-family conflict and leader-follower relationships. Work-family conflict refers to the incompatibility between one’s work and family obligations, which is related to a host of problems, such as reduced employee health, satisfaction at work and at home, and job performance, as well as increased absenteeism and intentions to quit their job. Dr. Lapierre’s research has revealed that the organization, the immediate manager, the employee, and the employee’s family can each play a significant role in reducing the employee’s work-family conflict. His work has outlined specific actions that each party can take to achieve this goal. In his work on leader-follower relationships, Dr. Lapierre’s gives particular attention to the influence that followers can have on their leaders. A leader cannot exist without at least one follower, implying that employees’ acts of followership would have some influence on the leadership displayed by their superiors. The critical question is: What is effective followership? Dr. Lapierre has begun working on identifying different followership styles among employees and how these styles could impact their managers’ leadership behaviors, such as being more versus less directive, participative, supportive, and inspirational. This research will guide current and future employees on the role they can play in gaining the leadership they need from their superiors. Dr. Lapierre’s research has been published in various journals, such as the Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He was made a Telfer Research Fellow in recognition of his scholarly contributions.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Human-resource management
• Management
• Motivation
• Organizational behaviour
• Performance measurement
• Stress

Language preference:

English only

Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology

Contact information:

Office: 613 562-5800 poste 4811
E-mail: slebel@uottawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

For several years I have been conducting research in the field of psychosocial oncology, that is the study of how cancer affects patients and their loved ones. With a growing number of cancer survivors, attention has focused on quality of life post treatment issues. I study commonly encountered difficulties among cancer survivors such as fear of cancer recurrence, stigma, impaired sexuality, and family adjustment. Our ultimate goal is to develop evidence-based intervention for cancer survivors who experience these difficulties.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Anxiety disorders
• Cancer
• Clinical psychology
• Depression
• Mental health
• Psychosocial determinants of health
• Stress
• Women’s health

Language preference:

English and French

Dr psychology
Associate professor
Faculty of Education

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (4094)
E-mail: carole.senechal@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Je suis spécialiste de deux domaines. Le premier concerne les troubles envahissants du développement et particulièrement l'autisme. Le deuxième domaine concerne l'épuisement professionnel particulièrement chez les enseignants en début de carrière.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Behaviour
• Depression
• Development
• Education
• Learning disabilities
• Mental health
• Stress
• Teacher training
• Youth

Language preference:

English and French

Professor and Canada Research Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Education
School of Psychology

Contact information:

Office: 6135625800 ext 4134
Cell: 6132208879
E-mail: tracy.vaillancourt@uottawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

I study aggression across the lifespan with a particular focus on bullying and peer victimization. I am also an expert on children's mental health.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Anxiety disorders
• Behaviour
• Clinical psychology
• Depression
• Development
• Family and health
• Mental health
• Mental health
• Relationships
• Research methods
• School violence
• Social psychology
• Statistics
• Stress
• Violence
• Youth

Language preference:

English only