The McGill Health Psychology Research Group has merged with the McGill Psychotherapy Process Research Group, and is now the Science and Practice in Psychology (SAPP) research group.
Graduate Alumni
Julia DiMillo, PhD
Julia DiMillo graduated from McGill in June 2016 with her dissertation focusing on the importance of partners for the secondary prevention of melanoma in melanoma survivors receiving melanoma follow-up care. From 2015 to 2016, she completed a Post-doctoral fellowship at the Institut de recherche de l'Hôpital Montfort, affiliated with the University of Ottawa. In January 2016, she accepted an appointment as a faculty lecturer in the Counselling Psychology program at the University of Ottawa.
Selected awards held during graduate studies at McGill University:
• Bourse Postdoctorale de l'Institut de recherche de l'hôpital Montfort
• McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship
• FRSQ Doctoral Research Fellowship
• McGill Provost’s Graduate Fellowship
• McGill Principal’s Graduate Fellowship
Nicole Roberts, PhD
Nicole Roberts completed her PhD in Counselling Psychology at McGill University in 2015. Her doctoral research project examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of bibliotherapy for patients with cancer via a randomized controlled trial.
Selected awards held during graduate studies at McGill University:
• Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR): Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral Award
• Psychosocial Oncology Research Training (PORT): Doctoral Fellowship
• Cedars Cancer Institute: Henry R. Shibata Fellowship
Dr. Alexandra Meyer, Post-doc
Dr. Alexandra Meyer, licensed psychologist completed a post-doctoral study on Peer volunteers in oncology supportive care services: Psychological wellbeing, compassion and volunteer work characteristics at McGill University in 2011-2012. She holds a position as researcher and clinical psychologist at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
Selected awards held during post-graduate studies at McGill University:
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
George Radiotis, M.A.
George Radiotis completed the master’s degree in Counselling Psychology in 2011. His master’s research project focused on Non-melanoma skin cancer- Disease-specific quality of life concerns and distress.
Selected awards held during graduate studies at McGill University:
• FRSQ Master's Research Fellowship
• SSHRC Master's Research Award
• McGill Provost’s Graduate Fellowship
Former Research Assistants
Rosalind Garland
Nirvair Chawla (2012 - 2014)
Aurelie Fregeau (2012 - 2014)
Michael Noory (2013)
Erica Franchi
Vanessa Lang
Emily Yung