Marie-France Marin, Ph.D.

(She/her)

Full professor
Department of Psychology
Université du Québec à Montréal

«We are interested in the biological and environmental factors that can affect memory and emotion. »
What we do
Selected publications

The aim of our work is to identify the hormonal, cognitive, and environmental factors that contribute to an individual's vulnerability to developing anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Research

1. Trauma and intergenerational transmission: Intergenerational transmission of vulnerability and resilience mechanisms in children of mothers exposed to trauma 

2. Fear, stress, and sex differences: Effect of stress on fear memory in adults according to sex hormones 

3. Anxiety in children: Association between socio-emotional, hormonal, cognitive, and environmental factors of anxiety in children

4. Hormones and decision-making: Cognitive and biological factors influencing decision-making in young healthy adults 

5. COVID-19 and psychological distress: Identifying the psychological and biological factors that render children and adults vulnerable in contexts of prolonged stress

Publications

1. Rudd E, Truong C, Bilodeau-Houle A, Beaudin M, Marin MF (2025). The role of the first interpersonal trauma exposure’s developmental period on fear regulation processes among adult women. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 1, 2587483. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2587483

 

2. Peyrot C, Duplessis-Marcotte F, Provencher J, Marin MF (2024). Understanding sex differences in extinction retention: Pre-extinction stress and sex hormone status. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 169, 107161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107161

 

3. Provencher J, Cernik R, Marin MF (2023). Impact of Stress and Exercise on Fear Extinction. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, 64, 157–178. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2023_432

 

4. Brouillard A, Davignon LM, Turcotte AM, Marin MF (2023). Morphologic Alterations of the Fear Circuitry: The Role of Sex Hormones and Oral Contraceptives. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1228504. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1228504

 

5. Raymond C, Pichette F, Beaudin M, Cernik R, Marin MF (2023). Vulnerability to anxiety differently predicts cortisol reactivity and state anxiety during a laboratory stressor in healthy girls and boys. Journal of Affective Disorders, 331, 425–433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.154

 

6. Duplessis-Marcotte F, Lapointe R, Lupien S, Marin MF (2023 - mention spéciale : choix de l'éditeur). When asking ‘are you stressed?’ is not enough: Hair cortisol, subjective stress, and alcohol use during the first year of the pandemic. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 150, 106051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106051

 

7. Brouillard A, Davignon LM, Fortin F, Marin MF (2022). A Year Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Deleterious Impact of Hormonal Contraception on Psychological Distress in Women. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 835857. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.835857

 

8. Marin MF, Milad MR (2021). Dimensional approaches to understanding threat conditioning and extinction in anxiety. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(1), 237-238. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-00813-6

 

9. Marin MF, Bilodeau-Houle A, Morand-Beaulieu S, Brouillard A, Herringa RJ, Milad MR (2020). Vicarious conditioned fear acquisition and extinction in child-parent dyads. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 17130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74170-1

 

10. Marin MF, Hammoud MZ, Klumpp H, Simon NM, Milad MR (2020). Multimodal Categorical and Dimensional Approaches to Understanding Threat Conditioning and Its Extinction in Individuals With Anxiety Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry, 77(6), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.4833

 

Affiliations

1. Director, STEAM Laboratory (Stress, Trauma, Emotions, Anxiety, Memory)

2. Full professor, Department of Psychology,  Université du Québec à Montréal

3. Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal

4. Researcher, Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal

5. Member, CRIPCAS

6. Member, Le Réseau Communauté rurales et éloignées en santé (CARES)

CRIPCAS
Research Team

  • Myriam Beaudin Ph. D. Département de psychologie
  • Marie-Charlotte Beaulieu Ph. D. Département de psychologie
  • Emilie Rudd Ph. D. Département de psychologie
  • Christine Truong Ph. D. Département de psychologie
  • Rebecca Cernik Professionnelle de recherche Département de psychologie

 

Non-CRIPCAS
Research Team

Grants agencies
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • Fondation de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
  • Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
  • Canada Research Chair 
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

In the news

1. Entrevue radiophonique sur la peur, Moteur de recherche, Radio-Canada (2024)

2. Entrevue radiophonique sur la peur au sein des familles, Moteur de recherche, Radio-Canada (2024) https://www.qub.radio/balado/le-retour-de-mario-dumont

3.  Baladodiffusion pour l’Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés’ intitulée : ‘COVID-19: Désapprendre la peur pour favoriser le retour au travail’ (2020)  https://mesemployes.com/special-covid-19-desapprendre-la-peur-pour-faciliter-le-retour-au-travail

4. Baladodiffusion sur la peur du Covid19, Le Retour de Mario Dumont (2020) 

5. Entrevue radiophonique sur le cortisol et le trouble de stress post-traumatique, Les Éclaireurs, Radio-Canada (2019)

6. Entrevue radiophonique sur le stress des enfants, Radio-Canada Bas St-Laurent (2018)

7. Entrevue radiophonique sur l’apprensissage de la peur par observation, Émission de radio ‘Samedi et rien d’autre’, Radio-Canada (2018)

 

Research partners

Contact us

1. Université du Québec à Montréal (Pavillon Adrien-Pinard)

2. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal



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E-mail
marin.marie-france@uqam.ca

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