Graduate Students & Post Docs
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Leena Anand, MA
PhD8, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal mindfulness; Mindfulness in parenting relationships and long-distance relationships
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Brandon Benchimol-Elkaim, MA
PhD6, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Mindfulness and Virtual Reality interventions to reduce preoperative anxiety
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Karl Broch (he/him), MEd
MA2, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Conceptualisation of Mindfulness; Mechanisms of Mindfulness; Informal and Formal Mindfulness; Buddhist Psychology; Top-Down and Bottom-up Processes
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Karin Cinalioglu (she/her), MSc
PhD2, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Mindfulness, VR mindfulness, Perfectionism, Motivation
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Claudia Dias Martins (she/her), MA
PhD4, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal mindfulness in romantic relationships; Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions
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Éliane Dussault (she/her), PhD
Post Doc, Year 1
Research Interests: Childhood Maltreatment; Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness; Sexual Mindfulness; Interpersonal Mindfulness in Romantic Relationships; Sexual and Relational Well-Being; Qualitative Research; Dyadic Daily and Longitudinal Research
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Alexa Fogel (she/her), MA
PhD5, Conselling Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal mindfulness; Mental health; Anxiety; Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions; Self-compassion
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Agata Kasprzyk, MA
PhD4, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Transgender and gender diverse mental health; Minority stress; Substance use; Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions
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Akua Kwarko-Fosu, MA
PhD4, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Mindfulness and self-compassion among refugees and asylum claimants
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Myriam Lesage, MA
PhD3, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal mindfulness; Virtual Reality (VR) mindfulness
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Viktoriya Manova, MA
PhD7, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Interpersonal mindfulness in supportive interactions
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Kevin Prada (he/him), MA
PhD3, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: 2S/LGBTQI+ and other minority/marginalized communities; The intersection between faith, religiosity, spirituality, and 2S/LGBTQI+ identities and experiences; Mindfulness-based interventions; Substance use and misuse
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Christina Rigas, MSc, MA
PsyD2, Counselling Psychology
Research Interests: Mindfulness; Self-compassion; Perinatal mental health; Mental health interventions
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Aglaia Ruffino Jalles
MA2, Educational Psychology (Human Development concentration)
Research Interests: Mindfulness and wellbeing; Interpersonal Mindfulness; Self-Compassion and Compassion for Others; Mental Health Interventions
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Neha Verma, MA
PhD4, School/Applied Child Psychology
Research Interests: Mind-body interventions, Body-based interventions, Trauma
Research Assistants
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Keana Chacon-James (she/her)
Research Assistant, McGill Mindfulness Research Lab
Research Interests: Human-animal relationships; Embodied awareness; Mindfulness; Compassion; Embeddedness
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Joelle Moses (she/her)
Research Assistant, McGill Mindfulness Research Lab
Research Interests: Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions; Knowledge mobilization
Volunteers
We are grateful to the volunteers who contribute to the MMRL. A special thanks to the following individuals for their work in the 2024-2025 academic calendar:
Melanie Freifeld, Kyla Janhevich, Andrew Lawless, Naomie Lemyre, An Leng, Jenna Mackenzie, Marianne Meilleur-Bedard, Jamie Mongeon, Fiona Nguyen, Cyra Pantaleon, Noémie Setlakwe, Michelle Seto, Malia Silver, Mariame Taoufik, Kabisan Vilvaratnam
Graduate Student Alumni
Isabel Sadowski, PhD Counselling Psychology, 2026
Melanie Wisener, PhD Counselling Psychology, 2026
Matthew Fleischmann, PhD Counselling Psychology, 2025
Megan Per, PhD Counselling Psychology, 2025
Emma Schmelefske, PhD Counselling Psychology, 2025
Christina Spinelli, PhD Counselling Psychology, 2023