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/
Inês Tavares
PhD Student, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Porto
Originally from Portugal, Dr. Inês Tavares joined the SWell Lab as a postdoctoral fellow following completion of her Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Porto. Her research integrates laboratory and survey-based methodologies, as well as individual and dyadic approaches to examine biopsychosocial predictors of sexual well-being in clinical and community populations. She is the recipient of a SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral fellowship to work with Dr. Samantha Dawson and Dr. Natalie Rosen (Dalhousie University). During her postdoctoral program, Inês will be developing and testing an online and evidence-based program focused on the prevention of sexual difficulties in couples transitioning to parenthood. Ultimately, her research interests serve the goal of informing the development of better treatment options for the sexual health and well-being of individuals and couples.