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. As of June 8, 2026 the recruitement is closed except for people living with type 1 diabetes followed at CHUM, CHUL, IRCM or Centre de médecine métabolique de Lanaudière. All healthcare professionals working with people living with type 1 diabetes in Canada can also have access.
For more information, please contact us.
Email: type1support@mcgill.ca
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
- Diana Arnaoutelis, McGill University
- Asmaa Housni, McGill University.
- Lifeng Xie, McGill University
- Zhiqian (Rita) Jiang, McGill Université
- Alexandra Katz, University of Montreal
Patient-partners
- Emma Zavadell
- Aude Bandini
- Marie-Laurence Brunet
- Nicolas Raverdy
- Fati Merah
- Melinda Prévost
- Jacques Pelletier
- Patricia Kearns
- Liana Cianti
- Michel Dostie
