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Dr. Nicole Letourneau
Title: Institution: University of Calgary Mailing address: Tel: (403) 210-3833 Website: Dr. Nicole Letourneau holds a Norlien/Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Research Chair in Parent-Infant Mental Health and is Research Coordinator of RESOLVE Alberta; her CHILD Studies Program develops and tests interventions that support the development of vulnerable infants, children and youth. Dr. Letourneau’s research promotes understanding of the relationship among social (caregiving) experiences, neural and endocrine systems, and children’s cognitive and social development. Dr. Letourneau began her nursing career at the University of New Brunswick where she received her Bachelor of Nursing. She then received both her Masters and PhD from University of Alberta. Grants currently held as Principal Investigator include the CIHR-funded “Sustainable telephone-based peer support for mothers with postpartum depression.” Grants currently held as Co-Principal Investigator include “The influence of psychosocial health during pregnancy and postpartum on infant outcomes in a high-risk sample.”; “Fetal programming of infant stress reactivity”. Dr. Letourneau is also Co-Investigator currently on “Psychosocial health of women in Mwanza City: Biomarkers of stress, anxiety, depression and birth outcomes.”; “Inflammation in subclinical depression and anxiety during pregnancy: New approaches to understanding low birth weight.”; “Social support intervention for Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents.”; “Supportive Services for Sudanese and Zimbabwean Refugee New Parents.” 
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