Meet our Principal Investigator
Dr. Sophie Lebel, C.Psych is a clinical psychologist and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa with a focus on cancer survivorship and psychosocial interventions.
She has contributed to the definition and measurement of fear of cancer recurrence and clinical recurrence, validated a blended model of fear of cancer recurrence, and co-developed a cognitive existential group intervention for survivors that has been tested in two RCTs. In 2015, she obtained CIHR funding to host a 2-day colloquium on fear of cancer recurrence in Ottawa that led to the creation of an international research group called FORWARDS. She was the recipient in 2015 of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology Early Career Award and currently serves as the Chair of the fear of cancer recurrence SIG with the International Psychosocial Oncology Society. She is a sought-after keynote speaker on recent developments in the field of fear of cancer recurrence research.
Literature
Living Well With Uncertainty in Advanced, Metastatic or Incurable Cancers: A Pragmatic Feasibility Study of the Adapting to Life With Cancer Cognitive ExisteNtial Therapy (ACCENT)
Harris C, Giguère L, Chu A, Lamarche J, Langmuir T, Menelas K, Rutkowski N, Sehabi G, Lebel S. Psycho‐Oncology. 2025 Apr;34(4):e70140.
Behind the label: a qualitative study of the self-perceptions of individuals with advanced lung cancer receiving immunotherapy or targeted therapy
Chu AK, Sehabi WY, Kearns E, Aubry T, Nissim R, Wheatley-Price P, Lebel S. 2025 Mar;33(3):1-0.
It is Time to Address Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Family Caregivers: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Randomized Pilot Study of the Family Caregiver Version of the Fear of Recurrence Therapy (FC‐FORT)
Lamarche J, Nissim R, Avery J, Wong J, Maheu C, Lambert SD, Laizner AM, Jones J, Esplen MJ, Lebel S. Psycho‐Oncology. 2025 Feb;34(2):e70084.
Research and Publications
Dr. Lebel is regularly involved in teaching, research projects, presentations and other endeavors.
