About

What is Support?

Support is an online training platform for people living with type 1 diabetes and healthcare professionals in Canada. It was created for scientific research purposes by researchers and healthcare professionals specialized in type 1 diabetes from the BETTER project

It is available for scientific studies aimed at integrating it into healthcare. The following people could be eligible:

  • Young people aged 14 to 16 living with type 1 diabetes whose doctor works in one of the participating clinics.
  • All adults living with type 1 diabetes in Canada.
  • All healthcare professionals working with people living with type 1 diabetes in Canada.

For more information, please contact us.

Support Team

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Anne-Sophie Brazeau, RD, PhD, School of Human Nutrition, McGill University
  • Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, MD, PhD, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Marie-Ève ​​Dupont Dt.P., M.Sc. Director of access and organization of front-line services, Director assistant of access, local services and medical staff, MSSS
  • Meranda Nakhla, MD, M.Sc., endocrinologist and researcher at the Montreal Children's Hospital

Co-investigators and collaborators

  • Yohan Couture, Pediatrician, Le Copain pediatric clinic-Gatineau
  • Julie Gagné, Endocrinologist, Laval University Hospital Center
  • Claudia Gagnon, Laval University Hospital Center
  • Yves Robitaille MD, Lanaudière Metabolic Medicine Center
  • Judith Simoneau-Roy MD, pediatric endocrinologist, CHU-Sherbrooke
  • Nadine Taleb, endocrinologist, University of Montreal Hospital Center

Research team

  • Jennifer Frei, Project Manager, MUHC Research Institute
  • Elise Mok DtP. PhD, MUHC Research Institute
  • Amélie Roy-Fleming DtP. ÉAD, MSc, Platform Coordinator

Content creators

  • Inès Boukabous, M.Sc., Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Sarah Haag, Nurse, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Catherine Leroux, RD, M.Sc., McGill University
  • Amélie Roy-Fleming, RD, M.Sc., CDE, McGill University
  • Maha Saadé, RD, M.Sc., CDE, CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
  • Corinne Suppere, M.Sc., kinesiologist, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Dr. Cynthia Turcotte, PhD, Member of the Ordre des psychologues du Québec

Content editors

  • Chantal Blais, RD, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Véronique Brisson, RD, Laval Integrated Health and Social Services Center
  • Sarah Blunden, RD, CDE, CPT, LMC Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Rachel Bond, MD, reproductive endocrinology, McGill University
  • Steve Chalifoux, Nurse Clinician, CDE, Cité-de-la-Santé Hospital, Laval
  • Dawn Davis, Social worker, Montreal Children's Hospital
  • Katherine Desjardins, RD, M.Sc., Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Marie Devaux, Nurse, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Andréanne Fortin, RD., CDE, M.Sc., Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Annie Gaumond, Nurse, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Catherine Goulet-Delorme, Nurse Clinician, CDE, CIUSSS de l’Estrie - CHUS
  • Mona Gupta, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Psychiatrist and Researcher, CHUM
  • Sandra Kambites, Nurse, Montreal Children's Hospital
  • Sylvain Iceta, MD, Ph.D, psychiatrist Institute of Cardiology and Pneumology of Quebec University
  • Maude Lafontaine Hébert, B.Sc., RD, Montreal Children’s Hospital
  • Laurence Laplante, Endocrinologist, Integrated health and social services center of Lanaudière
  • Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, MD, Ph.D., Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Judith Simoneau-Roy MD, pediatric endocrinologist, CHU-Sherbrooke
  • Pamela Nakouzi, RD, M.Sc., CDE, CHU Sainte-Justine
  • Silvia Netedu, Endocrinologist, Lanaudière Metabolic Medicine Center, Montreal Institute of Specialized Medicine
  • Marie Raffray, M.Sc., Nurse, CDE, Montreal Clinical Research Institute
  • Stéphane Tardif, Nurse Clinician, Diabetology Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
  • Andréanne Vanasse, Nurse, Le Copain pediatric clinic in Gatineau

Student

  • Asmaa Housni, McGill University.
  • Alexandra Katz, University of Montreal
  • Lifeng Xie, McGill University

Patient-partners

  • Emma Zavadell
  • Aude Bandini
  • Marie-Laurence Brunet
  • Nicolas Raverdy
  • Fati Merah
  • Melinda Prévost
  • Jacques Pelletier
  • Patricia Kearns
  • Liana Cianti
  • Michel Dostie

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