Marie-Rose Lépine

Doctoral student in psychology at the Université du Québec en Outaouais

Marie-Rose Lépine (she/her) is a doctoral student in psychology (PhD) at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) under the supervision of Isabel Côté and Sabrina Zeghiche. Marie-Rose holds an Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Ottawa, where she completed her honours thesis on the stigma of abortion. Her research interests focus on women’s sexual and reproductive health, assisted reproduction, perinatal bereavement, and family diversity. Her doctoral thesis focuses on perinatal bereavement in surrogate mothers. Marie-Rose is the coordinator of the project Intergenerational Ties Through the Lens of Third-Party Reproduction. She is also involved in the development of an inclusive measurement scale for prenatal attachment at the Family, Infancy and Childhood Laboratory at City St. George’s, University of London, in collaboration with Professor Vasanti Jadva. Marie-Rose is also a member of the Familles en Mouvance research partnership at the Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS) and the Reproduction and Family (ReproFam) research collective. Previously, she collaborated on the DRIFTS and CONTACT research projects.

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