Lauren Dalicandro

Lauren (she/her) is completing her PhD in the Clinical Psychology program at Lakehead University, supervised by Dr. Chris Mushquash. Her research centers around substance use disorders and improving intervention effectiveness and cultural fit for First Nations people. Lauren's dissertation focuses on identifying individual and group-level factors that can improve outcomes for First Nations adults attending an inpatient substance use treatment program. This project involves developing and testing a psychological measure for the purpose of improving program decision-making and outcomes. Her research has been supported by the St. Joseph's Care Group Award in Applied Health Research and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Lauren is currently completing her residency year at the University of Manitoba in the Health Psychology stream. In her free time, Lauren enjoys being outdoors and exploring! Usually this means she spends lots of time snowboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, camping, and playing ultimate frisbee.