For a summary of the results of a rapid literature review on the impacts of the pandemic on the elderly, watch this video!
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One year of Pandemic: MAVIPAN in conference during the Grands Rendez-vous en santé of the Faculty of Medicine of Université Laval
Congratulations to Annie LeBlanc for her presentation of the Ma vie et la pandémie project live on Facebook on March 31! https://www.facebook.com/facmedUL/videos/645120172956968/
Rapid review publications on the impact of COVID-19 on the older adults
Congratulations to Audrey Lebrasseur, François Routier and their team for their rapid review “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Adults” published in the journal JMIR AGING . Please see the infographics below.

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Marie-Pier Déry receives a VITAM scholarship
Congratulations to Marie-Pier Déry for obtaining her master’s scholarship in the VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable strategic research development fund competition for her project “Evaluation of the impact of social isolation required by the COVID-19 pandemic on fluctuations in anxiety and depressive symptoms in young Quebec adults (18-24 years) between April 2020 and April 2021”.
Matthew Mennear receives CIHR funding
Congratulations to Matthew Mennear and his co-investigators for obtaining funding in the CIHR Project Grant program (Fall 2020) for their project “Understanding and improving the care experiences of people with mental-physical multimorbidity during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic” which will be carried out with MAVIPAN data!
1st prize for scientific popularization for qualitative approaches in MAVIPAN
Congratulations to Marie Baron who won the first prize in the “research professionals” category for her popular science text called “Des mots pour raconter les chiffres” (Words to tell the numbers) written on the theme of qualitative research in MAVIPAN. (In French : http://vitam.ulaval.ca/affiches/professionnelles-de-recherche/)
Annie Bérubé’s conference in Milan in 2021
Congratulations to Annie Bérubé whose oral presentation entitled “Societal Responses to COVID-19 Could Contribute to Child Neglect, particularly toward adolescents” was accepted and will be presented at the ISPCAN International Congress in Milan in June 2021
Émilie Dionne receives funding for for intersectional analyses with MAVIPAN data
Congratulations to Émilie Dionne who obtained funding from the Strategic Research Development Fund of VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable for intersectional analyses with MAVIPAN data!
MAVIPAN on Radio-Canada
MAVIPAN on Radio-Canada (in French) : Annie LeBlanc talks about the psychological and social impacts of the pandemic in Quebec
Impact of level of personality pathology on affective, behavioral, and thought problems in pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
Congratulations to Claudia Savard for the publication of the article : Impact of level of personality pathology on affective, behavioral, and thought problems in pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Full reference:
Gamache, D., Savard, C., Lemieux, R., & Berthelot, N. (2021). Impact of level of personality pathology on affective, behavioral, and thought problems in pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000479