Dr. Gauthier is Assistant Professor of Palliative Care in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine at Laval University. She is also a regular researcher in the oncology axis of the CHU of Quebec-Laval University Research Centre, as well as in the Michel-Sarrazin Research Team in Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care (ERMOS). She is also co-director of the Axis 1 of the Quebec Research Network in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (RQSPAL) and a regular member of the Quebec Pain Research Network. She completed her PhD at the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at York University in Toronto in 2013 and her postdoctoral at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in 2016. Her research goals are at the intersection of pain and aging. Her main objective is to improve the assessment and management of pain during adulthood, particularly in the elderly population. Dr. Gauthier aims to deepen our understanding of pain, its management, as well as to identify ways to improve it in order to reduce patients’ suffering.

The overall impact of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathies

Women using taxane-based chemotherapy to treat breast cancer may experience persistent side effects from these treatments, such as chemically-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). These symptoms include weakness, pain, numbness, altered sensitivity, tingling, or burning sensations in the hands and feet. These symptoms can cause temperature-related injuries, balance problems, falls, and a deterioration in the quality of life. Unfortunately, our knowledge of CIPN and the best way to measure it are limited. As part of her research projects, Dr. Gauthier is interested in examining the psychometric properties of measures used to evaluate chemically-induced peripheral neuropathy, in order to improve our understanding of the development, trajectory, biopsychosocial risk factors, and impacts of CIPN by age. Additionally, by comparing the validity of existing measures used in evaluating acute and chronic CIPNs, it will be possible to better determine which of the measures has the best validity and should serve as basis for the development of a new measure, if necessary.

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Henry M, Alias A, Bisson-Gervais V, Liu JY, Dargis L, Gauthier L, Tapp D, Greenfield B, Mishara B

Medical assistance in dying in Canada: A scoping review on the concept of suffering

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Psychooncology, 32 (9), 2023.

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Bérubé M, Verret M, Martorella G, Gagnon MA, Bourque L, Déry MP, Hudon A, Singer LN, Richard-Denis A, Ouellet S, Côté C, Gauthier L, Guénette L, Gagnon MP

Educational needs and preferences of adult patients with acute or chronic pain: a mixed methods systematic review protocol

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JBI Evid Synth, 2023.

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Baghdadli A, Arcuri GG, Green CG, Gauthier LR, Gagnon P, Gagnon B

The Fast Cognitive Evaluation (FaCE): a screening tool to detect cognitive impairment in patients with cancer

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BMC Cancer, 23 (1), 2023.

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Bérubé-Mercier P, Tapp D, Cimon MÈ, Li T, Park SB, Bouhêlier É, McGarragle K, Robichaud LA, Gewandter JS, Bouchard M, Gauthier LR

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of patient-reported and clinician-reported outcome measures of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a COSMIN systematic review protocol

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BMJ Open, 12 (4), 2022.

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Bordeleau M, Léonard G, Gauthier L, Ferland CE, Backonja M, Vollert J, Marchand S, Jackson P, Cantin L, Prud'Homme M

Classification of Qualitative Fieldnotes Collected During Quantitative Sensory Testing: A Step Towards the Development of a New Mixed Methods Approach in Pain Research

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J Pain Res, 14 , 2021.

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Graham CA, Chaves G, Harrison R, Gauthier LR, Nissim R, Zimmermann C, Chan V, Rodin G, Stevens B, Gagliese L

Health Care Professionals' Reports of Cancer Pain Cues Among Older People With Delirium: A Qualitative-Quantitative Content Analysis

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J Pain Symptom Manage, 60 (1), 2020.

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Merlin JS, Young SR, Arnold R, Bulls HW, Childers J, Gauthier L, Giannitrapani KF, Kavalieratos D, Schenker Y, Wilson JD, Liebschutz JM

Managing Opioids, Including Misuse and Addiction, in Patients With Serious Illness in Ambulatory Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study

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Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 37 (7), 2020.

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Janah A, Gauthier LR, Morin L, Bousquet PJ, Le Bihan C, Tuppin P, Peretti-Watel P, Bendiane MK

Access to palliative care for cancer patients between diagnosis and death: a national cohort study

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Clin Epidemiol, 11 , 2019.

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Gagnon P, Dumont S, Cohen R, Gauthier LR, Savard J, Tardif F, Maranda-Pelletier S

Création d’une force majeure de recherche en soins palliatifs au Québec: le RQSPAL

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Cahiers francophones de soins palliatifs, 18 (1), 2018.

Mah K, Tran KT, Gauthier LR, Rodin G, Zimmermann C, Warr D, Librach SL, Moore M, Shepherd FA, Gagliese L

Do Correlates of Pain-Related Stoicism and Cautiousness Differ in Younger and Older People With Advanced Cancer?

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J Pain, 19 (3), 2018.

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Active projects

  • Age-related patterns in the experience of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, from 2019-10-01 to 2024-09-30
  • Analyse des besoins de formation des médecins de famille en matière de gestion de la douleur liée aux traitements du cancer adaptée à la période de survivance: Groupes de discussion focalisée menés au Québec., from 2023-03-21 to 2024-12-31
  • Bourse étudiante du RQRD, from 2023-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Chaire de soins palliatifs de l'Université Laval, from 2012-10-01 to 2023-12-01
  • Elucidating patient and healthcare practitioner decision-making about chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy-related, from 2023-04-01 to 2027-03-31
  • Profils liés à l'âge dans l'expérience et l’impact de la neuropathie périphérique chimio-induite, from 2022-07-01 to 2026-06-30
  • Soutien financier Fondation JL Lévesque, from 2019-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Uncovering Quality of life and Pain Experience Among Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors, from 2022-03-16 to 2024-03-31

Recently finished projects

  • La neuropathie périphérique chimio-induite chez les femmes de différents âges recevant une chimiothérapie à base de taxane pour un cancer du sein, from 2018-07-01 to 2022-10-31
  • Subvention d’établissement de jeune chercheur - Lynn Gauthier, from 2018-07-01 to 2022-06-30
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