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Program

MA Year 1, Counselling Psychology

Supervisors

Dr. Bassam El-Khoury

Previous Education

BA Pyschology, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, 2021

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My main research focus is developing and evaluating tech-assisted mindfulness-based interventions tailored to older adults with mood and cognitive disorders. I am particularly interested in leveraging digital technologies, including virtual reality (VR), as a means to deliver and enhance mindfulness interventions. I believe that these technologies can address practical barriers to care often faced by older adults and improve treatment outcomes in this population.

Research Publications

• Bein, M.*, Lesage, M.*, Dikaios, E., Chakravarty, M., Segal, Z., Royal, I., Speechley, M., Schiavetto, A., Blumberger, D., Sacchet, M. D., Therriault, J., Gruber, J., Tourjman, V., Richard-Devantoy, S., Nair, V., Bruneau, M. A., Rej, S., Lifshitz, M., & Sekhon, H. (2022). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs. a health enhancement program for the treatment of late-life depression: Study protocol for a multi-site randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 14, 976636.
• Lavin, P.*, Lesage, M*., Monroe, E., Kanevsky, M., Gruber, J., Cinalioglu, K., Rej, S., & Sekhon, H. (2022). Humanoid robot intervention vs. treatment as usual for loneliness in long-term care homes: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 1003881.
• Sivan, K. D., J, K. A., Lesage, M., Allana, G., Sophia Diana, E., Marilyn, S., Karl, L., Soham, R., & Harmehr, S. (2022). Exercise for geriatric psychiatry outpatients: Results from a clinic intervention. Psychiatry research, 317, 114811.
• Burack, J.A., Friedman, S., Lesage, M., & Brodeur, D. (2022). Re-visiting the ‘mysterious myth of attention deficit’: a systematic review of the recent evidence. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 10.1111/jir.12994
• Cinalioglu, K., Lavín, P., Bein, M., Lesage, M., Se, J., Gruber, J., Bukhari, S., Sasi, N., Noble, H., Beauchet, O., Andree-Bruneau, M., Launay, C., Battistini, B., Fallavollita, P., Bouchard, S., Khoury, B., Vahia, I., Rej, S., Sekhon, H. (2022). Effects of Virtual Reality Meditation in Older Adults: The Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Submitted to Frontiers in Virtual Reality
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Awards

• Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Education and Counselling Psychology, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, $12,000 (2023)