Assoc ProfessorSonya Deschenes

Dr Sonya Deschênes is an Associate Professor in the UCD School of Psychology. She obtained her doctoral degree in Psychology from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and conducted her postdoctoral research in mental health epidemiology at McGill University in Montreal. Her research is at the intersection of health psychology and epidemiology, with interests in the comorbidity between mental and physical health conditions, the biopsychosocial mechanisms (mediators and moderators) of these associations, health behaviours, and psychosocial determinants of physical and mental health. Dr Deschênes is the Principal Investigator of the UCD PATH (Psychosocial Approaches To Health) Lab.