Collaborators

Dr. Tom Armstrong


Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Whitman College

Tom Armstrong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Whitman College. His research interests focus on understanding disgust in the context of anxiety disorders, with the goal of identifying novel strategies for reducing disgust. Dr. Armstrong and Dr. Dawson are collaborating on NSERC-funded research projects examining attentional processing of sexual cues using a novel online alternative to eye-tracking—MouseView. http://www.peep-lab.org/

Dr. Katrina Bouchard


Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia

Katrina Bouchard is an Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Bouchard’s research interests include the multi-method assessment of sexual response and the treatment of women’s and couple’s sexual health concerns. Dr. Bouchard and Dr. Dawson first began working together in graduate school. Currently they are collaborating on a SSHRC-funded multi-method research examining the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and sexual well-being and a longitudinal study of people with symptoms of persistent genital arousal disorder.

Dr. Daniela Palombo


Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Daniela Palombo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She investigates cognitive and neural factors associated with how people form and retain autobiographical memories and how this differs across individuals. Dr. Palombo and Dr. Dawson are collaborating on a SSHRC-funded research project examining factors influencing memory for receiving news of an unsuccessful in vitro fertilization treatment. https://www.danielapalombo.ca/research/.

Dr. Natalie O’ Rosen


Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University

Natalie O. Rosen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. Her research interests focus on understanding how couples cope with sexual problems or changes to their sexual relationship, with the goal of using this knowledge to develop interventions to improve couples’ sexual and relational well-being. Dr. Rosen and Dr. Dawson first began working together during Dr. Dawson’s postdoctoral fellowship and they continue to collaborate on SSHRC-funded projects related to couples’ sexual well-being during the transition to parenthood. https://natalieorosen.com

Dr. Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel


Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Her research interests focus on understanding factors contributing to couples’ sexual well-being and intimate relationships, including pornography use, sexual violence, and childhood maltreatment. Dr. Vaillancourt-Morel and Dr. Dawson are collaborating on a SSHRC-funded project with Drs. Bergeron and Daspe on the effect of childhood maltreatment on couples’ sexual well-being. https://saillab.ca

Dr. Jessica Lougheed


Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)

Jessica Lougheed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Her research interests focus on understanding emotion dynamics and development, including family dynamics in adolescence and the associations between stress and emotions. She is interested in how these dynamics are related to mental health and well-being. Dr. Lougheed and Dr. Dawson are collaborating on a SSHRC-funded project with Drs. Bouchard and Vaillancourt-Morel on interpersonal up-regulation of positive emotion and couples’ sexual well-being. https://fp-emotion-dynamics-lab-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca/