Dr. Caitlyn Gallant | Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Lab

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Brock University
Master of Arts, Brock University
Honours Bachelor of Arts, Bishop's University

Research Interests

Broadly, my research aims to enhance community participation and inform evidence-based practice. I am particularly interested in the mental health needs and presentations of children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities and the ways in which we can optimize mental health services for this population.

Gallant, C., & Good, D. (2022). Examining the role of neuropsychology in community-based pediatric mental health care. Applied Neuropsychology: Child. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2022.2038169

Gallant, C., Luczon, R., Ryan, D., & Good, D. (2020). Investigating cannabis use and associated symptoms among university students with and without a history of concussion. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2020.1847148

Gallant, C., Lavis, L. & Mahy, C. E. V. (2020). Developing an understanding of others’ emotional states: Relations among affective theory of mind and empathy measures in early childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12322

Gallant, C., & Good, D. (2020). Examining the “reading the mind in the eyes test” as an assessment of subtle differences in affective theory of mind after concussion. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 34, 296-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2019.1612946

Gallant, C., & Good, D. (2019). Alcohol misuse and traumatic brain injury: A review of the potential roles of dopaminergic dysfunction and physiological underarousal post-injury. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2019.1670181

Ibrahim, A., Roudbarani, F., Gallant, C., Maddox, B., Weiss, J.A. (2022, May). Delivery of psychotherapy to autistic youth: Treatment approaches, adaptations, and clinician knowledge. International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2022 Annual Meeting (virtual).

Gallant, C., Amodio, A., & Good, D. (2021, July). Sensation seeking and mild head injury: Relationships among athletic status, injury characteristics, and different aspects of sensation-seeking. 14th World Congress on Brain Injury (virtual conference).

Gallant, C., & Good, D. (2019, May). Cannabis use and anxiety in undergraduate students. 80th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Gallant, C., & Good, D. (2018, May). The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test” as an assessment of affective theory of mind in competent populations. Development 2018 – A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Gallant, C., Gauthier, N., & Good, D. (2019, April). Investigating the neurocognitive, neuroemotional, and behavioural predictors of mental health complexity among children and youth. Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities Research Special Interest Group (RSIG) Annual Research Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Nour, H., Gallant, C., & Good, D. (2018, June). Affective theory of mind deficits following mild head injury in university students. 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montreal, Quebec.

Funding

2022 Holland Bloorview Pursuit Award Recipient
2021 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
2020 - 2021 IODE War Memorial Scholarship
2017 - 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
2019 Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities (OADD) and National Association on Developmental Disabilities (NADD) Student Research Scholarship
2016 - 2017 Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
2015 - 2016 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)

Contact

Email: gallantc@yorku.ca