Dr. Savard is a regular researcher at CHU de Québec-Laval University Research Center, professor of psychology at Laval University, and researcher at the Laval University Cancer Research Center. She is member of the Équipe de recherche Michel-Sarrazin en oncologie psychosociale et soins palliatifs (ERMOS). She is also the co-chair of the Symptom Management and Optimization of Quality of Life axis of the Réseau de recherche en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie funded by the FRQS (2017-2021). She completed her Ph.D. in psychology at Laval University, and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psycho-oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia).

Dr. Savard’s research focuses on the development, evaluation, and implementation of psychological interventions to help cancer patients to better cope with their illness. More specifically, her studies are centered on sleep disorders, depression, and fear of cancer recurrence, as well as on the efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy. She is also interested in the relationships between cancer-related psychological factors and some biological indicators such as immune functioning and infectious risk.

In 2010, she published Faire face au cancer avec la pensée réaliste (Flammarion Québec), a self-help book to provide cancer patients and their caregivers with effective strategies to cope with cancer. In 2016, Dr. Savard received the Award for Excellence in Research Mentoring from Laval University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, and she was elected fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association in 2015. In 2014, she was awarded the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology Award for Education Excellence.

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Geiss C, Chavez MN, Oswald LB, Ketcher D, Reblin M, Bandera EV, Savard J, Zhou ES, Fox RS, Jim HSL, Gonzalez BD

"I Beat Cancer to Feel Sick:" Qualitative Experiences of Sleep Disturbance in Black Breast Cancer Survivors and Recommendations for Culturally Targeted Sleep Interventions

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Ann Behav Med, 56 (11), 2022.

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Boinon D, Charles C, Fasse L, Journiac J, Pallubicki G, Guerdoux-Ninot E, Ninot G, Couillet A, Le Provost JB, Savard J, Dauchy S

Quelle est la place des professionnels de santé dans l’adhésion aux programmes thérapeutiques en ligne de l’insomnie ? Éléments de réflexion issus de l’étude Sleep-4-All-1 et protocole de l’étude Sleep-4-All-2.0

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Psycho-Oncol, 16 (1), 2022.

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Perrault AA, Pomares FB, Smith D, Cross NE, Gong K, Maltezos A, McCarthy M, Madigan E, Tarelli L, McGrath JJ, Savard J, Schwartz S, Gouin JP, Dang-Vu TT

Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on subjective and objective measures of sleep and cognition

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Sleep Med, 97 , 2022.

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Savard J, Filion C, Gagnon MP, Caplette-Gingras A, Bélanger L, Morin CM

Barriers and facilitators to implementing a stepped care cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in cancer patients: a qualitative study

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Support Care Cancer, 30 (8), 2022.

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Oswald LB, Morales-Cruz J, Eisel SL, Del Rio J, Hoogland AI, Ortiz-Rosado V, Soto-Lopez G, Rodriguez-Rivera E, Savard J, Castro E, Jim HSL, Gonzalez BD

Pilot randomized controlled trial of eHealth cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia among Spanish-speaking breast cancer survivors

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J Behav Med, 45 (3), 2022.

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Luigjes-Huizer YL, Tauber NM, Humphris G, Kasparian NA, Lam WWT, Lebel S, Simard S, Smith AB, Zachariae R, Afiyanti Y, Bell KJL, Custers JAE, de Wit NJ, Fisher PL, Galica J, Garland SN, Helsper CW, Jeppesen MM, Liu J, Mititelu R, Monninkhof EM, Russell L, Savard J, Speckens AEM, van Helmondt SJ, Vatandoust S, Zdenkowski N, van der Lee ML

What is the prevalence of fear of cancer recurrence in cancer survivors and patients? A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

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Psychooncology, 31 (6), 2022.

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Lamontagne G, Belleville G, Beaulieu-Bonneau S, Souesme G, Savard J, Sirois MJ, Giguère M, Tessier D, Le Sage N, Ouellet MC

Anxiety symptoms and disorders in the first year after sustaining mild traumatic brain injury

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Rehabil Psychol, 67 (1), 2022.

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Morin CM, Vézina-Im LA, Ivers H, Micoulaud-Franchi JA, Philip P, Lamy M, Savard J

Prevalent, incident, and persistent insomnia in a population-based cohort tested before (2018) and during the first-wave of COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

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Sleep, 45 (1), 2022.

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Girouard A, Michel A, Ouellet MM, Guimond AJ, Ruel S, Ivers H, Savard J

Longitudinal evolution of physical activity during and after chemotherapy for breast cancer

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J Psychosoc Oncol Res Pract, 3 (1), 2021.

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Côté G, Lacombe L, O'Neill-Readman L, Massicotte V, Ivers H, Savard J

Perfectionnisme et stratégies d’adaptation : contribution du sexe, de l’âge et du type de cancer

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Psycause, 11 (2), 2021.

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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
  • Approches innovantes pour améliorer la prise en charge des troubles de santé mentale: Efficacité, efficience et implantation de différents modèles de soins, from 2020-06-01 to 2024-05-31
  • Exploring the impact for COVID-19 pandemic on women with breast cancer in Quebec, from 2021-12-01 to 2023-09-30
  • Implementation of a Stepped Care Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia in Routine Cancer Care, from 2018-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Perfectionism and psychosocial adjustment to cancer : A mixed methods study, from 2020-03-31 to 2024-03-31
  • Prix Banque Nationale - Innovation et soutien à la communauté, from 2022-03-07 to 2023-03-31
  • Télé-NEUROS (Nouvel Environnement Universitaire de Recherche Orchestrée en Santé mentale et cognitive: une télé initiative), from 2020-10-20 to 2023-03-31
  • The role of chronic stress reactivity in the persistence of insomnia over time, from 2019-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • What are my options? A feasibility study of a personalized primary prevention strategy for women and men at high risk of breast and prostate cancer, from 2022-01-15 to 2023-01-14

Recently finished projects

  • Development and initial validation of measures of cancer pain under- and overtreatment, from 2020-04-01 to 2021-03-31
  • Dissémination d'un groupe de psychothérapie visant à réduire la peur de récidive du cancer, from 2018-02-22 to 2021-03-31
  • Étude servant à comprendre la manifestation de la peur de la récidive chez les femmes ayant été traitées pour un cancer du sein , from 2021-09-08 to 2022-09-07
  • Implementation of a stepped care cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia in routine cancer care, from 2018-02-01 to 2021-01-31
  • Neurophysiological biomarkers of insomnia treatment response: towards personalized therapeutic approaches in chronic insomnia, from 2017-04-01 to 2022-03-31
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