We are interested in the development and reorganization of language functions in the healthy brain, but also in children and adolescents with various clinical conditions, such as premature birth, epilepsy or congenital heart disease.
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Congratulations to Sandrine Patenaude for her participation in the 4th National Day on Neurovisual Disorders held in Paris. She presented the Prémasucré project, which aims to assess the impact of dysglycemia on the neurovisual and cognitive development of preterm newborns.
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Congratulations to Elisa Gaillard, Sandrine Patenaude, Charlotte Savard, and Noémie Racine for presenting their work at the 40th Annual Research Congress of the CHU Sainte-Justine.
Elisa Gaillard and Noémie Racine gave a poster presentation titled : Executive Functioning and Functional Brain Connectivity in Young Children with Congenital Heart Disease.
Sandrine Patenaude gave a poster presentation titled : Comparison of Intermittent and Continuous Glycemic Measurements in Preterm Newborns.
Charlotte Savard gave a poster presentation titled : Resting-State Functional Brain Connectivity at 42 Months in Children Born with Congenital Heart Disease: Comparison with Healthy Peers.
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Congratulations to Charles Lepage on successfully defending his PhD thesis!
Thesis title: The role of parental stress in the motor, cognitive, and behavioral development of preschool‑aged children with congenital heart disease. We are extremely proud of Charles and all the work he has accomplished at the LIONlab. Congratulations Charles on this remarkable achievement, and we wish you the best for the next steps of your career.
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Congratulations to Sandrine Patenaude, Charlotte Savard, and Noémie Racine for presenting their work at the Congrès Québécois de la Recherche Mère-Enfant 2026 (CQRME).
Sandrine Patenaude presented a comparative study of glycemic monitoring methods in premature newborns.
Charlotte Savard gave a poster presentation titled: Resting-State Functional Brain Connectivity at 42 Months in Children Born with Congenital Heart Disease: Comparison with Healthy Peers.
Noémie Racine gave a poster presentation titled: Executive Functioning and Functional Brain Connectivity in Young Children with Congenital Heart Disease.
We are currently looking for healthy children whose mother tongue is French to participate in some of our projects.
Target ages:
We are also looking for pregnant women who wish to participate in one of our studies after the birth of their child.