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Mélanie Levasseur

ResearcherSchool of RehabilitationUniversité de Sherbrooke

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Mélanie Levasseur

Researcher

School of Rehabilitation

Health Sciences

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
No publications since 2016.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (12 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 7 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Publications

387

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Grants

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Research

Canadian Longitudinal Study On Aging Social Participation Health And Well-Being Promotion Prevention Of Autonomy Loss Resiliency And Lifecycle Of Older Canadians Lifestyle Redesign Community Integration Older Adults

Latest papers

The RECOVER Program: Disability Risk Groups and 1-Year Outcome after 7 or More Days of Mechanical Ventilation
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2016
Integrating health literacy into occupational therapy: findings from a scoping review.
Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy · 2012 · first author
Health-related and subjective quality of life of older adults with visual impairment.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2010

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Impacts de la participation sociale des personnes vieillissantes sur l'utilisation des services de santé et les coûts
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
L'apport du secteur municipal en matière de bien-être des personnes aînées
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$64,979
Une recherche-action sur l'âgisme intragénérationnel : coconstruction d'une définition et d'actions pour un vieillissement inclusif
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000

All 37 grants and awards

Impacts de la participation sociale des personnes vieillissantes sur l'utilisation des services de santé et les coûts

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Giroux, Marianne

Keywords: Coûts De Santé; Déterminants De La Santé; Médicaments Potentiellement Inapropriés; Participation Sociale; Utilisation Des Services De Santé; Vieillissement; Épidémiologie

$140,000

L'apport du secteur municipal en matière de bien-être des personnes aînées

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ethier, Alexandra

$64,979

Une recherche-action sur l'âgisme intragénérationnel : coconstruction d'une définition et d'actions pour un vieillissement inclusif

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Lavoie, Audrey

Keywords: Analyse De Concept; Coconstruction Avec Les Personnes Aînées; Devis Qualitatif Exploratoire; Personnes Aînées; Revue De La Portée; Stratégies De Sensibilisation; Vieillissement; Âgisme; Âgisme Intragénérationnel

$140,000

Le travail de milieu auprès des personnes aînées en situation d'isolement social : savoirs mobilisés, trajectoires de services et retombées sur les communautés

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Raymond, Émilie

$469,259

Addressing social frailty: developing predictive models to support community actors

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - IPPH Mandate Early Career Researcher

Principal investigators: Dufour, Isabelle; Carrier, Jean-Daniel; Chiu, Yohann M

Keywords: Epidemiology; Frailty; Health Outcomes; Older Adults; Participatory Approach; Predictive Model; Social Frailty

$70,000

Trajectories of social participation and connection according to individual and environmental characteristics in aging adults: Longitudinal analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Nominated PICIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data - Patient Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Mélanie; Lanthier-Labonté, Stéphanie

Keywords: Aging And Older Adults; Canadian Longitudinal Study On Aging; Community Integration & Living; Health And Well-Being Promotion; Prevention Of Autonomy Loss; Resiliency And Lifecycle Of Older Canadians; Secondary Analysis; Social Isolation & Exclusion, Or Marginalization; Social Participation, Wellness And Health In Older Adults; Trajectories

$70,000

Social Connectedness and Resilience Among Marginalized Older Adults and Caregivers: Co-Produced Intersectoral Knowledge Implemented with Community Organizations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wister, Andrew V.

Keywords: social connectedness; resilience; aging; participatory; seniors' organizations

$62,733

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2023Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Mélanie

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Developing inclusive studies promoting social participation and health in older Canadians: Training program on ageism

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Levasseur, Mélanie

Keywords: Ageism In Healthcare Trainees And Delivery; Ageism In Research From Cell To Society; Ageism, Health, And Older Adults; Ageism, Social Participation & Exclusion, Or Marginalization; Best Practices And Innovative Research; Educational And Intergenerational Activities; Knowledge And Lived Experience Exchange; Multidisciplinary & Intersectoral Training; Networking Opportunities; Resiliency And Lifecycle Of Older Canadians

$50,000

Anticholinergic and sedative medications use in the Canadian population

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Cossette, Benoît; Griffith, Lauren E; Nicholson, Kathryn

Keywords: Anticholinergics; Mobility; Sedatives; Sleep; Social Participation

$69,980

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Mélanie Levasseur

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The RECOVER Program: Disability Risk Groups and 1-Year Outcome after 7 or More Days of Mechanical Ventilation

Integrating health literacy into occupational therapy: findings from a scoping review.

Health-related and subjective quality of life of older adults with visual impairment.

Impacts de la participation sociale des personnes vieillissantes sur l'utilisation des services de santé et les coûts

L'apport du secteur municipal en matière de bien-être des personnes aînées

Une recherche-action sur l'âgisme intragénérationnel : coconstruction d'une définition et d'actions pour un vieillissement inclusif

Le travail de milieu auprès des personnes aînées en situation d'isolement social : savoirs mobilisés, trajectoires de services et retombées sur les communautés

Addressing social frailty: developing predictive models to support community actors

Trajectories of social participation and connection according to individual and environmental characteristics in aging adults: Longitudinal analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Social Connectedness and Resilience Among Marginalized Older Adults and Caregivers: Co-Produced Intersectoral Knowledge Implemented with Community Organizations

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Developing inclusive studies promoting social participation and health in older Canadians: Training program on ageism

Anticholinergic and sedative medications use in the Canadian population

Frequent collaborators

Robert Fowler

Francois Lamontagne

Louise Rose

Shaf Keshavjee

Chung-Wai Chow

Marcelo Cypel

Jane Batt

Paul Hebert

Eddy Fan

Lianne Singer

Mark Bayley

Laurent Brochard

John Flannery

Najib Ayas

Sangeeta Mehta

Deborah Cook

Karen Li-mei Choong

Jill Rudkowski