Maryse Lassonde (born January 5, 1954) is a
Canadian
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academic and
neuropsychologist
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.
She holds the
Canada Research Chair
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Program goals
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in Developmental Neuropsychology at the
Université de Montréal
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and the University Hospital Center Sainte-Justine researching brain disorders.
In 1993, she became President of the French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Sciences (ACFAS). In 1999, she was made a Knight (Chevalier) of the
National Order of Quebec
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. In 1994, she was made a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and in 1997, she became a fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada
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. She has received several awards, including the Marcel Vincent Prize (ACFAS) in 1998, the Noeil Mailloux Prize (Quebec Order of Psychologists, 2001) and the Adrien Pinard Prize (Quebec Association for Research in Psychology, SQRP, 2008). She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in June 2012.
External links
National Order of Quebec citation
1954 births
Canada Research Chairs
Canadian psychologists
French Quebecers
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Living people
People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Université de Montréal faculty
Officers of the Order of Canada
Canadian women psychologists
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