Research team

Laboratory coordinator

Laboratory coordination involves various academic and administrative tasks, such as following up with research assistants and students in the laboratory and answering their questions, providing technical support to the laboratory director, managing the laboratory’s finances, and performing various administrative tasks related to reviewing documents, writing scientific articles and seeking funding.

Project coordination includes assistance with recruitment, data collection, analysis and meeting deadlines and budget considerations. This role involves ensuring that ongoing research projects run smoothly and that they are carried out.

Laurence Dion
Ph.D. Sexology (cand.) Sexology, UQAM
Chaire de recherche en sexologie développementale & VisaJe project
Email : dion.laurence@uqam.ca

Sabrina Laplante
Ph.D. Sexology (cand.) Sexology, UQAM
Célibatisme and Incels projects
Email : laplante.sabrina.2@courrier.uqam.ca

Ph.D. students

Ashrah Lucas, Ph.D. psychology (cand.), UQAM Recipient of a bursary from the FRQSC
Supervisor: François Poulin, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Thesis title: The sexuality of today’s youth: An in-depth analysis of issues related to late virginity.
Email : lucas.ashrah@courrier.uqam.ca
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Audrey Leroux, Ph.D. psychology (cand.), UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor: Louise Cossette, Ph.D.
Thesis title: A mixed study of the stigmatisation of sexually inexperienced emerging adults according to their perceptions and the ones of sexually experienced persons.  Email : leroux.audrey@courrier.uqam.ca

Laurence Dion, Ph.D. sexology (cand.), UQÀM
Supervisor : Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Thesis title : How does the invisibility of FARSAF’s intimacy affect their sexual health?
Email: dion.laurence.2@courrier.uqam.ca
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Sabrina Laplante
Ph.D. psychology (cand.), UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Thesis title: The impacts of romantic relationships (and their absence) on cognitive and emotional well-being.
Email: laplante.sabrina.2@courrier.uqam.ca
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Master’s students

Matvei Morozov
M.A. (cand.) sexology, UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Title : Bullying in Adolescence and the Virginity of Victims in Adulthood
Email: morozov.matvei@courrier.uqam.ca

Sandrine Gagné
M.A. (cand.) sexology, UQÀM

Recipient of a bursary from the FRQSC
Supervisor : Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Title : A qualitative study of the experience of late sexuality among emerging adults in the construction of the self and the couple.
Courriel : gagne.sandrine.3@courrier.uqam.ca

M.A. (cand.) sexologie, UQÀM
Supervisor : Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor : Guillaume Latzko-Toth, Ph.D.
Title :
Email : lamoureux.julie.3@courrier.uqam.ca

Louise Barreto
M.A. (cand.) sexologie, UQÀM
Supervisor : Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Titre : The influence of romantic relationships and partners on the experience of late virginity.
Courriel : tavares_da_silva_barreto.louise@courrier.uqam.ca

Interns

Eden Fournier-Labbé
Sexologue
M.A. (cand.) sexology, UQÀM
Supervior : Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor :David Lafortune-Sgambato
Titre : The internal locus of control in Incels.
Courriel : fournier-labbe.edenne@courrier.uqam.ca
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Research assistants

Léa-May Burns, B.A. Sexology (Cand.), UQÀM
Assistant Incels Project 

Sabrina Leite-Mendonca, B.A. psychology (cand.), UQÀM

Mézalie Cloutier, B.A. psychology (cand.), UQÀM

Ariane Pelosse-Brunelle, B.A psychologie, UQÀM

Mahshid Rahbari, B.A. psychology (cand.), Condordia
Assistant to the VisaJe project

Andrée-Ann Labranche, Ph.D. psychology (cand.), UQÀM
Assistant to the VisaJe project

Sabrina Laplante, Ph.D. Psychology (cand.), UQÀM
Assistant to the VisaJe project

 Alumni

Melissa Anne Fuller, M.A. sexology, UQÀM
Recipient of a bursary from the department of sexology
Supervisor : Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-Supervisor : Mylène Fernet, Ph.D.
Thesis title : A qualitative study of the psychosexual trajectories of late emerging adult female virgins
Submission : july 2019
Email : fuller.melissa_anne@courrier.uqam.ca

Jessica Bény, M.A. sexology, UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor: Dominic Beaulieu-Prévost, Ph.D.
Thesis title : Typology of late emerging adult virgins
Submission : August 2019
Courriel : beny.jessica@courrier.uqam.ca

Nicholas Boucher Bégin, B.A. sexology (scientific profile), UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-supervisor: Joanne Otis, Ph.D.
Title of the honorary thesis: Factors Associated with Non-Use of Screening in Emerging Adults

Camille Desrochers, B.A. sexology (scientific profile), UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Co-Supervisor : Joanne Otis, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Unconventional Sexual Behaviour and Sexual Subjectivity of Quebec Emerging Adults

Marie-Pier Grimard, M.A. sexology, UQÀM
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Thesis title : Development and validation of scales to measure protective behavioral strategies associated with sexual activity and substance use

Isabelle Boisvert, Ph.D, Postdoctoral internship (bursary from the FRQSC)
Supervisor: Marie-Aude Boislard, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Consequences of sexual precocity on the use of psychotropic drugs in emerging adults

Former interns

Melissa Anne Fuller, M.A sexology, UQÀM
Master’s research internship; Summer 2017
Title : Disclosure of female virginity in popular television shows: A Qualitative Analysis

Jessica Bény, M.A sexology, UQÀM
Master’s research internship : Summer 2018
Titre : Dislosure of male virginity in popular U.S. reality shows: a qualitative analysis

Chloé Cherrier, M.A public health (cand.), Université de Tours
Master’s research internship; Summer 2017
Title: Cross-sectional study examining the links between sexual health, sexual risk behaviours, sexual sensation seeking and protective behavioural strategies in emergent adulthood in Quebec

Marie-Pier Petit, Ph.D. psychology (cand.), UQÀM
Doctoral research internship: Summer 2016 and winter 2017
Title: Désynchronisation sexuelle et profils de conduites à risque à l’âge adulte émergent

Myriam Belley, B.A. sexology, UQÀM
Research initiation internship; Summer 2015
Introduction to Scientific Writing and Participant Recruitment

Daphne van de Bongardt, Ph.D and  Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam Doctoral research internship; Spring 2014
Title : Peer Influence on Youth Sexuality: Exploring a Database of Sexual Health of University Students

Frédéric Dussault, Ph.D. psychology, UQÀM (bursary CRSH)
Doctoral research internship; Summer 2014
Title: Portrait of late virginity in emerging adults using statistical analyses of a sexual health database of university students

Marie-Pier Grimard, M.A. sexology (cand.), UQÀM
Master’s research internship; Summer 2012
Title: Exploring different issues related to virginity in early adulthood

Completed activity reports

Geneviève Ricard, B.A., M.A. counselling sexology, UQÀM.
Activity reports : « Impacts de l’agression sexuelle sur l’identité de genre »
Graduation : June 2012

Former research assistants

Matvei Morozov

Gabrielle Favreau-Campeau

Sarah Bernier

Anaïs Maillard

Nicholas Boucher Bégin

Kadiatou Diop

Marie-France Goyer

Geneviève Brodeur

Mélanie Bégin

Mahault Albarracin

Loriane Archambault-Clermont

Matthias Augoyat

Mariève Beauchemin

Jessica Bény

Isabelle Boisvert

Geneviève Breault

Roxanne Chaussé

Alexandra Cloutier-Huard

Camille Desrochers

Julie Déziel

Jade Duquette

Frédéric Dussault

Melissa Anne Fuller

Léna Gauthier-Paquette

Marie Geoffroy

Étienne Lapointe-Blackburn

Sarah Laurin

Marie-Philippe Leroux

Ashrah Lucas

Guillaume Perreault

Marie-Pier Petit

Chloé Rivard

Carl Rodrigue

Vicky Ruel

Kanica Saphan

Léa Séguin

Cynthia Vincent

Julie Whissel