Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald

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Autres positions actuelles / Other current appointments

• Chercheure / Researcher, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Canada
• Psychologue clinicienne / Clinical Psychologist, Ordre des Psychologues du Québec, Canada
• Chercheure affiliée / Affiliate Scientist, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at Harvard University, US

Positions académiques antérieures / Prior academic appointments

• 2021-2022 - Chercheure en bien-être et inégalités / Integrative Well-being and Inequality Scholar, University of Michigan, US
• 2021 - Professeure sous octroi / Research scientist (non-tenure-track faculty), Harvard Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, Boston, US
• 2018 - Associée de recherche / Research Associate, Harvard University, Boston, US

Formation postdoctorale / Postdoctoral training

• 2017 - Chercheure postdoctorale en santé publique / Postdoctoral fellow in public health, Harvard University, Boston, US

Études universitaires / Graduate and undergraduate training

• 2014 - PhD en psychologie clinique / PhD in Clinical Psychology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
• 2011 - Stage de recherche en épidémiologie sociale / Research internship in social epidemiology, Harvard University, Boston, US
• 2007 - BA en psychologie / BA in Psychology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Intérêts cliniques et de recherche / Research and clinical interests

• Adaptation psychologique aux maladies chroniques / Psychological adjustment to chronic diseases
• Processus de régulation (ex., stratégies d'adaptation, régulation émotionnelle) / Regulatory processes (eg, coping, emotion regulation)
• Déterminants psychologiques et sociaux de la santé / Psychological and social determinants of health
• Adoption de saines habitudes de vie / Adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors
• Inégalités sociales et disparités en santé / Social inequalities and health disparities

Domaines d'expertise / Areas of expertise

• Psychologie de la santé / Health psychology
• Psychologie positive et la mesure du bien-être psychologique / Positive psychology and the measurement of psychological well-being
• Épidémiologie sociale / Social epidemiology
• Psychologie clinique / Clinical psychology
• Thérapie cognitive-comportementale / Cognitive-behavioral therapy

• Co-responsable fondatrice de la division Santé / Founding co-chair of the Health division - Regroupement Québécois de Psychologie Positive
• Responsable du Comité Équité, Diversité et Inclusion du département de psychologie / Chair of the EDI departemental committee, Université du Québec de Trois-Rivières
• Member du comité éditorial / Editorial board member - British Journal of Cancer, Division of Epidemiology
• Member du comité éditorial / Editorial board member - Health Psychology
• Membre du comité de la programmation / Program Committee Member - American Psychosomatic Society conferences

Articles révisés par les pairs / Peer-reviewed articles

• Voir Pubmed / See Pubmed

Chapitres de livre / Book chapters

• Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Hey, A.J., Long, L.J., Farchione, T.J. (accepted). Promouvoir l’épanouissement: Considération des émotions positives et des vertus dans la thérapie cognitive-comportementale transdiagnostique. In M.J. Brennstuhl & C. Martin-Krumm (Eds.), Pratique des psychothérapies positives – Fondements, concepts et applications cliniques. Dunod, Nanterre, France.
• Farchione, T.J., Long, L.L., Spencer-Laitt, D., Woodard, L.S., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C. (accepted). The Unified Protocol: A transdiagnostic approach to increasing positive affect, cultivating psychological flourishing, and promoting broader well-being. In S. Sandage & J. Owen (Eds.), Addressing Suffering and Flourishing in Psychotherapy. APA Publishing: Washington, DC. 
• Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Guimond, A.J., & Kubzansky, L.D. (2024). Emotion regulation and cardiovascular health. In J.J. Gross & B. Q. Ford (eds.), Handbook of Emotion Regulation (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
• Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Kubzansky, L.D., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2021). A review of psychological well-being and mortality risk: Are all dimensions of psychological well-being equal? M. Lee, L.D. Kubzansky, & T.J. VanderWeele. Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Oxford University Press.
• VanderWeele, T.J., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Allin, P., Farrelly, C., Fletcher, G., Frederick, D.E., Hall, J., Helliwell, J.F., Kim, E.S., Lauinger, W.A., Lee, M.T., Lyubomirsky, S., Margolis, S., McNeely, E., Messer, N., Tay, L., Vishwanath, V., Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Kubzansky, L.D. (2021). Current recommendations on the selection of measures for well-being. M. Lee, L.D. Kubzansky, & T.J. VanderWeele. Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Oxford University Press.

• Julia Boehm, Chapman University
• Ruijia Chen, University of California in San Francisco
• Peter James, University of California - Davis
• Todd Farchione, Boston University
• Francine Grodstein, Rush Medical College
• Anne-Josee Guimond, Harvard University
• Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard University
• Eric Kim, University of British Columbia
• Mika Kivimaki, Unversity College London
• Laura Kubzansky, Harvard University
• Lewina Lee, Boston University
• Briana Mezuk, University of Michigan
• Jesse Owen, Denver University
• Farah Qureshi, John Hopkins University
• Steven Sandage, Boston University
• Eva Scherhammer, University of Vienna
• Andrew Steptoe, University College London
• Shelley Tworoger, Moffitt Cancer Center
• Tyler VanderWeele, Harvard University

Financement de recherche actuel (chercheure principale ou co-chercheure seulement) / Current research funding (as a PI or co-I only)

• 2025-2028 - PI: Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC)        
  Promoting resilient young adults: Characterizing the role of stress-related coping in lifestyle in early adulthood
• 2026-2027 - Co-I: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  

  Stress and resilience of sexual and gender minority adults

• 2025-2027 - Co-I: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  Allostatic load and transdiagnostic dimensions of psychiatric emergency patients: The Signature Biobank

• 2024-2029 - Co-I: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) & Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
  Leveraging the built environment to promote physical activity in primary care settings: Implementation of a precision health strategy
• 2024-2028 - PI: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
  

  Unpacking resilience: Identifying individual-to-societal predictors of favorable affect regulation

• 2025-2026 - PI: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  Preventing chronic diseases and promoting healthy aging in women: The role of emotion regulation and stress-related coping

• 2022-2026 - PI: Chaire de Recherche UQTR
  Disparités sociales, adaptation au stress et santé / Social disparities, coping, and health

Financement de recherche antérieur (chercheure principale ou co-chercheure seulement) / Completed research funding (as a PI or co-I only)

• 2023-2025 - Co-I: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  Predicting length of stay and risk of rehospitalization among patients admitted in a psychiatric emergency unit: A "Signature Bank" study
• 2023-2024 - PI: NIH-Emotional Well-Being & Stress Measurement Networks
  Dysregulated allostasis: The role of affect regulation in allostatic load and longevity
• 2020-2022 - Co-I: Dean’s acceleration award
  Using smartphone measurement bursts in an established epidemiologic cohort to capture psychological well-being and health behaviors
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US
• 2018 - PI: Enrichment research award
  Unraveling health disparities: Relationships between emotional factors and biomarkers involved in age-related diseases
  Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program, US

Bourses de soutien salarial antérieures / Past salary support awards

• 2016-2018: Postdoctoral Research Training Grant, provincial competition
  Psychological and behavioral determinants of colorectal cancer survival
  Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ), Québec
• 2014-2017: Postdoctoral Research Training Grant, national competition
  Relationships between psychological distress, health behaviors and survival among colorectal cancer patients
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CAN
• 2012: Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements 
  Associations between psychological well-being, health behaviors and hypertension
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CAN
• 2009-2012: Doctoral Research Training Grant
  Evolution, clustering, and interdependence of cancer-related symptoms in the 18-month period following surgery
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CAN
• 2009-2012: Doctoral Training Grant (declined)
  Evolution, clustering, and interdependence of cancer-related symptoms in the 18-month period following surgery
  Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ), Québec
• 2008-2009: Master's Training Grant
  Psychological sequelae of insomnia syndrome among cancer patients
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CAN
• 2008-2010: Master’s Training Grant (declined)
  Psychological sequelae of insomnia syndrome among cancer patients
  Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ), Québec
• 2007-2009: Master's Training Grant (declined for 2008-2009)
  Psychological sequelae of insomnia syndrome among cancer patients
  Cancer Research Center, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, CAN

Quelques prix & distinctions / Selected Awards & Distinctions

• 2025 - Early Career Research Award, International Positive Psychology Association
• 2024 - Emerging Researcher Award ("Prix Émergence en Recherche"), Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie
• 2022 - Emerging Scientist Award (“Prix de la Relève Scientifique”), Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
• 2017 - University-endorsed candidate for a Canada 150 Research Chair of Excellence, UQAM & Government of Canada 
• 2017 - Early-Career Best Individual Presentation Award, International Positive Psychology Association
• 2017 - Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, Science for Scientists, International Positive Psychology Association
• 2015 - New Investigator Award, Society of Integrative Oncology
• 2014 - Young Investigator Award, American Psychosomatic Society
• 2014 - Best Publication Prize, Institute of Cancer Research-Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• 2013 - The Jack Rachman Student Research Poster award, Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies
• 2012 - The Bultz Best Poster Presentation, Canadian Association of Psycho-Oncology
• 2012 - Best poster presentation, Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie

Quelques bourses de formation & voyage / Selected Training & Travel Awards

• 2019 - Workshop on Resilience & Reserve in Aging: Early-career scholar, American Federation for Aging Research & National Institute of Aging
• 2019 - Travel Award, Research Scientist Association, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 2015 - Travel Award, Postdoctoral Association, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 2012 - Travel Award, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health - Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• 2011 - Travel Award, National Cancer Institute - Canadian Institutes of Health Research

• 2025 - Researching Happy podcast, Australia: “The science of wellbeing, resilience and health”

• 2023 - Louis T veut savoir, Urbania, Canada: "Le bonheur"
• 2023 - Everyday Health, United States: « All about toxic positivity: Definition, health effects, and how to respond »
• 2023 - Everyday Health, United States: « All about optimism: Definition, health effects, and how to boost your outlook »  
• 2023 - La Presse, Canada: « Anxiété des jeunes: Cessons de faire peur au public »
• 2022 - Zoomer Magazine, Canada: “Glass half full”
• 2022 - Brain Observation podcast, Sweden: “Psychological well-being and physical health”
• 2021 - Healthline, United States: “How Hope Affects Your Health and 5 Ways to Build It”
• 2020 - United Healthcare, United States: “Do a favor for a friend: Helping others has the power to help make your day brighter”
• 2020 - Forbes Magazine, United States: “Not just wishful thinking: Optimism may reduce hypertension risk”
• 2019 - The Big 3, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States: “Wider social network may help women live longer”
• 2019 Take Care podcast, NPR-affiliated WRVO public media, United States: “Cancer and mental health”
• 2019 - Veilles scientifiques du réseau Global-Watch, Canada: « Effets physiques et psychologiques du cancer : quels sont les symptômes cibles ? »
• 2019 - Magazine Bel-Age, Canada: « L’optimisme, notre meilleur allié »
• 2018 - Impacts de la recherche, Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Santé, Canada: «Santé mentale, habitudes de vie et survie au cancer» / “Mental health, lifestyle and cancer survival“
• 2017 - Reuters: “Lots of sleep tied to worse breast cancer survival odds”
• 2017 - Cancer Network: “Longer sleep linked to increased mortality risk in breast cancer”
• 2017 - Medical Research: “Sleep difficulties linked to survival among women with breast cancer”

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