Congratulations to Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy: Education鈥檚 Newly Appointed Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
It is with great pride that the Faculty of Education congratulate Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology) on being awarded the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. This major national honour is awarded to exceptional emerging researchers and leaders in their chosen fields, as acknowledged by their peers.
Youth suicide and mental health is a top research priority in Canada. By age 25, 1 out of 5 Canadians will have developed a mental disorder and suicide is the 2nd cause of death. Despite its devastating impact, little progress has been made in the understanding and treatment of suicidal behaviours and related mental disorders. Dr. Geoffroy鈥檚 research is aiming to produce ground-breaking information for the field, identifying bio-psycho-social factors in play in the development of suicidal behaviors, and developing low-cost interventions to help the at-risk population combat suicidal thoughts and mental disorders.
Dr. Geoffroy graduated from the highly selective PhD program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Montreal. She received the 鈥渂est PhD thesis produced at the University of Montreal in 2010鈥� and was a finalist for the Canadian Associations for Graduate Studies/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, recognizing outstanding Canadian doctoral dissertations. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Health within the University College London Institute of Child Health, she was recruited in 2015 as a clinician-scientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (DMHUI), a psychiatric hospital affiliated with 平特五不中 and the World Health Organization. Simultaneously, Dr. Geoffroy held a research assistant professor appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at 平特五不中, until in August 2018 when she accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology within 平特五不中 Faculty of Education. Dr. Geoffroy was been featured among the top 10 most cited researchers in the media [University of Montreal, 2013] and her work has been featured in various national and international media, with more than 200 appearances.
