Kim Lavoie , Ph.D.

Service de pneumologie
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
5400 boulevard Gouin Ouest
Montréal (Québec)
H4J 1C5

Tel: (514) 338-2222 ext 3709

Consultation Office: (514) 731-5384

UQAM: (514) 987-3000 ext 3835

Fax: (514) 338-3123

Affiliated institution: U. du Québec a Montréal,

Email: k-lavoie@crhsc.rtss.qc.ca

FRSQ research centre: Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal

Web Page: www.axe-recherche-sante-respiratoire.org

TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS

Diploma / Credential | Specialty | Year | Institution

Postdoctorate	Postdoctoral degree Respiratory Behavioral Medicine	2005	University of Montreal (Sacre-Coeur Hospital) and McGill University (Dept of Psychology)
Doctorate	Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology Behavioral Medicine: Cardiology	2003	Concordia University and the Montreal Heart Institute CANADA
Master's	Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology Behavioral Medicine: Cardiology	1997	U. Concordia
Bachelor's, honours	Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Honours) Social Psychology	1995	U. McGill

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Research Area:

Disciplines trained in: Psychology

Research disciplines : Psychology, Cardiology, Pneumology
(associated field)

Fields of application: asthma, anxiety disorders, panic disorder, coronary artery disease, depression, health behaviors, asthma control, self-efficacy, medical service utilization, quality of life, bronchial responsiveness and cardiovascular reactivity.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Research field:
Mental Health

Research sub-field: Asthma, Occupational (Industrial) Lung Disease

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Key words: asthma, coronary artery disease, anxiety disorders, panic disorder, mood disorders, health behaviors, asthma control, self-efficacy, medical service utilization, quality of life, bronchial responsiveness and cardiovascular reactivity

Research interests: impact of psychiatric disorders (e.g., panic disorder) to asthma, COPD morbidity and the coronary artery disease. Specifically, I am interested in the evaluation of the psychosocial impact of psychiatric disorders on asthma, asthma control, self-efficacy, medical service utilization, and quality of life.

RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Authors

Title (article or book chapter)

Year | Volume | Number | Journal or book | City and publishing house

Lavoie, K., Fleet, R.P., Laurin, C., Arsenault, A., Miller, S.B., Bacon, S.L. , Heart rate variability in coronary artery disease patients with and without panic disorder, Psychiatry Research (in press).

Aboussafy D, Balter M, Godin G, Lavoie K, Koley S. Asthma: The psychology of compromise. Special report on the psychological burden of asthma. Canadian Lung Association, September 2004.

Lavoie, K, Fleet RP, Lesperance F, Laurin C, Arsenault A, Frasure-Smith N, Burelle D, Bacon SL, Are exercise stress tests appropriate for assessing myocardial isc

hemia in patients with major depressive disorder? American Heart Journal 2004; 148:621-7.

Lavoie K & Fleet RP , The impact of depression on the course and outcome of coronary heart disease: Review for cardiologists, Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2000;16:653-662.

LITTERARY OR ARTISTIC WORKS

LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES

Languages understood:

English, french

Languages read:

English, french

Languages write:

English, french

Languages spoken:English, french

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