Our Team

Karyne Anselmo, M.Sc.

Karyne Anselmo has been the lab coordinator for the Comprehensive Research Into Schizophrenia and Psychosis (CRISP) lab for over 10 years. She has coordinated numerous studies investigating cognition, novel interventions and brain correlates in psychosis. She has extensive experience in the implementation and adaptation of psychological interventions for individuals with psychosis.

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Christy Au-Yeung, Ph.D. student

Christy is a PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program at McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. She conducts research in cognitive interventions, specifically their use in targeting negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. She also has experience delivering remote cognitive health interventions for individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and other mental health disorders. Christy

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Jesse Rae, B.Sc.

Jesse is a post-undergraduate in psychology from McGill University and works full-time at the Comprehensive Research In Schizophrenia Lab. She manages recruitment and administers in-depth clinical interviews to assess symptoms, functioning and cognition. In addition, she hopes to explore the relationship between parenting, cognition and resistance to adversity in schizophrenia and at-risk siblings.

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Elisabeth Thibaudeau, Ph.D.

Dr. Elisabeth Thibaudeau is a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, where she is conducting research in the areas of social cognition, cognitive psychology, cognitive science and neuropsychology. She also shares her expertise as a lecturer at Université Laval. She has developed new treatments to target social cognition for individuals with psychosis, and has published numerous

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Katie Lavigne, Ph.D.

Dr. Katie Lavigne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University and a researcher at the Douglas Research Centre. She received a PhD in Neuroscience in 2018 from the University of British Columbia and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Neuro and Douglas Research Centre between 2018 and 2023. Her research

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Geneviève Sauvé, Ph.D., PsyD.

Geneviève Sauvé is a researcher at the Douglas Research Center and an assistant professor in the department of education and pedagogy at the Université du Québec À Montréal (UQÀM). She holds a PhD in psychiatry from McGill University (2018) and a PsyD in clinical psychology from UQÀM (2021). Her clinical work has involved cognitive remediation

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Ana Elisa Sousa, Ph.D.

Dr. Ana Elisa Sousa holds a PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She has conducted research in memory improvement in the context of cognitive remediation for individuals affected by psychosis, and is skilled in science communication and translation to diverse audiences. She is the coordinator and main content creator for the E-Cog

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Caroline Dakoure, M.Sc.

Caroline has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Montreal, in Quebec (UdeM). Her interest in applications that can help people led her to work at the Comprehensive Research Into Schizophrenia and Psychosis (CRISP) lab as an IT Consultant and Full Stack Developer. Her daily tasks are varied and include the development

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Delphine Raucher-Chéné, Ph.D., M.D.

Dr. Delphine Raucher-Chéné is a psychiatrist specializing in severe mental illness (i.e., bipolar disorder and schizophrenia-spectrum disorder) for more than ten years. She also holds a PhD in psychology (2018) and a postdoctoral fellowship (Department of Psychiatry, McGill University). Her research interests involve the development of a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive psychopathology of SMI

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