Mélanie Levasseur
Site co-principal investigator, Sherbrooke
Mélanie Levasseur is an occupational therapist and full professor at the School of Rehabilitation of the Université de Sherbrook. She is also a researcher and director of the Research Lab Connect at the Research Centre on Aging, CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS. She holds a doctorate in clinical sciences from the Université de Sherbrook and was also a postdoctoral researcher in health promotion at the Institut de recherche en santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (IRSPUM) Professor Levasseur is a Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec Senior Researcher (#298996; 2021-2025). Funded notably by a Foundation Grant from the CIHR (#148466; 2016-24), her research program targets the development and evaluation of a continuum of innovative interventions to promote the social participation of older adults, including the personalized citizen assistance for social participation (APIC), the Lifestyle Redesign and inclusive environments. Her works also focus on actions to break ageism and on social robotics.