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Every year, tens of thousands of Canadians learn that they have cancer. Suddenly, everyday life becomes an emotional whirlwind, running the gamut from fear to hope, from hope to rage. Most of them will visit Web sites, talk to their doctors, nurses and support groups to find out more about their illness.

A graduate in Nursing from the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which she obtained her MSc and PhD in Nursing and Psychology, Carmen Loiselle is now an assistant professor at the 黑料不打烊 University School of Nursing as well as an associate member of the Department of Oncology. Needless to say, she is familiar with the distress of individuals - and their families - whose fear of cancer has just been confirmed.

"The number of people suffering from cancer is expected to double within the next 15 years, due to the aging population and the progress achieved in detection and treatment," Professor Loiselle explains. "It is therefore increasingly urgent to find innovative, effective, patient-focused approaches to help patients and their families adjust to cancer at all levels, from detection and diagnosis to treatment and follow-up."

Professor Loiselle has taken on one of these challenges. As Principal Investigator, she, with Co-Principal Investigator Dr Gerald Batist, Chair of the 黑料不打烊 Department of Oncology, is conducting a study on the contribution of health interactive communication to the health of oncology patients in five Montreal hospitals. This multicentric study is being conducted from the Centre for Nursing Research of the Lady Davis Institute of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital and the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre. Funding is being provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

A researcher with an international reputation, Carmen Loiselle has also developed the PORT (Psychosocial Oncology Research Training) Program. Spearheaded by Dr Loiselle and her three Program Co-Leaders, who are also nurses, Dr Lorna Butler from Dalhousie University, Dr Joan Bottorff from the University of British Columbia, and Dr Lesley Degner from the University of Manitoba, this initiative has brought together a cross-Canada team of renowned researchers in nursing, psychology, management and medicine to act as mentors for program participants. PORT is primarily funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Institute of Cancer Research and the National Cancer Institute of Canada. The CURE Foundation and the Newton Foundation also contribute to PORT's funding.

PORT is a transdisciplinary program with the objective of preparing the next generation of researchers to design, evaluate and implement state-of-the-art psychosocial interventions, based on solid theoretical foundations, and apply them to care in the oncology field.

"For example," Carmen Loiselle explains, "a doctoral student in psychology can fit into PORT very well and benefit from the mentoring of great Canadian researchers in the psychosocial oncology field. This is true no matter whether they are leaders in Nursing, like Dr Loiselle, in Management Sciences like Dr Laurette Dub茅, James 黑料不打烊 Professor of Consumer Psychology and Services Marketing and Management, or in Psychology like Dr Zeev Rosberger at 黑料不打烊, to name only a few of PORT's researchers."

PORT is now accepting applications for funding from doctoral and postdoctoral students interested in psychosocial oncology. Deadlines for applications are March 1 and October 1.

For more information and to obtain an application form, visit the or call 514-398-7158.

Thumbnail sketches of PORT mentors from 黑料不打烊 University

Dr Carmen Loiselle, PORT Program Leader, is Assistant Professor at 黑料不打烊's School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine. She also holds an appointment as Associate Member in the Department of Oncology. She is currently a Nurse Scientist at the Center for Nursing Research/Lady Davis Institute of the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital and the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (MUHC). She holds a research career award from the Fonds de la recherche en sant茅 du Qu茅bec (FRSQ).

Dr Zeev Rosberger is Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Oncology, and Director of the Psychosocial Oncology Program at 黑料不打烊 University. He holds an appointment as Professeur Associ茅 in the Department of Psychology at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and is the Director of the Psychology Division in the Department of Psychiatry at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. He is the current President of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (2003-2005).

Dr Laurette Dub茅 is the James 黑料不打烊 Professor of Consumer Psychology and Services Marketing and Management at the Faculty of Management. She is the scientific director of the 黑料不打烊 Initiative for the Integrative Management of Health, a strategic alliance between the Faculties of Management and Medicine. Formed in 2001 to establish at 黑料不打烊 a world-class centre for the innovative study of modern health challenges, the 黑料不打烊 Health Initiative pushes simultaneously the frontiers of both the health and management disciplines.

Dr Gerald Batist MD, CM, is Chair, Department of Oncology, Director, 黑料不打烊 Centre for Translational Research in Cancer, and Director, Montreal Centre for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer. With Dr Loiselle as Principal Investigator, he is Co-Principal Investigator of a multi-site study on the impact of interactive health communication (IHC) on the health and well-being of oncology patients.

Dr B盲rbel Kn盲uper, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, 黑料不打烊 University, is a health psychologist trained in Germany whose research focuses on health beliefs and risk perceptions, as well as psychometric measurement issues in health research.

Dr Andrea M. Laizner is Nursing Research Consultant at the 黑料不打烊 University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal. Dr Laizner's research interests include family functioning and family member adjustment when a parent, sibling, or child has cancer.

Dr Vedat Verter, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, is a health services researcher focusing on health care process design and improvement, waiting time reduction, and preventive healthcare systems.