Marjolaine Chicoine completed a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences (Université de Montréal) in 2013. She then joined Dr. Roger Godbout team as a Research Coordinator in the field of sleep research and child mental health. Together, they created a sleep databank combining PSG recordings and validated questionnaires on children having a psychiatric diagnosis. In 2015, she joined the Once Upon a Night Sleep pediatric sleep laboratory, led by Dr. Marie-Hélène Pennestri, investigating the establishment of the sleep-wake cycle in infants, as well as the association with family dynamics and cultural factors. Marjolaine Chicoine is now the coordinator of these two sleep laboratories, where she is leading several projects, as well as supporting graduate student while overseeing ethic submissions and participating in writing grant proposals, analyzing data and developing activities for knowledge transfer.

Hélène holds a PhD in Neurological Sciences from University of Montreal. She has been interested in sleep and mental health for over 20 years. During her doctoral studies at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Sleep Medicine at the Sacré-Coeur Hospital, Hélène studied various sleep pathologies and the consequences of sleep deprivation during childhood and throughout the aging process. Her research then focused on the effects of prenatal stress and early environment on the development of the sleep-wake cycle and on sleep difficulties in childhood. As a research officer, Hélène contributes to the training and supervision of students, the development of research protocols, and the writing of scientific papers and grant applications.