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Education

BA/BSc (Queen’s University)
PhD (McGill University)
Post-Doctoral (Université de Montréal)

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding how individuals, and especially couples, cope with sexual problems or changes to their sexual relationship.ÌýThe key contexts for my research are sexual dysfunction (e.g., genito-pelvic pain, low sexual desire) and major life events or transitions (e.g., infertility, the transition to parenthood)—which are typically linked to declines in sexual and relationship well-being. MyÌýwork is interdisciplinary and the ultimate goal is to inform the development of better treatment options for affected couples.

Selected Publications

• Dubé, J.P.^Ìý, Bergeron, S., Bosisio, M., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.P.,ÌýDrudge, E.,Ìý&ÌýRosen, N.O.Ìý(2023). Hooked on a feeling: Downregulation of negative emotion during negative emotion during sexual conflict is associated with sexual well-being.ÌýEmotion.Ìý
• Rosen, N. O.,ÌýVannier, S. A., Johnson, M. D., McCarthy, L., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Unmet and exceeded expectations for sexual concerns across the transition to parenthood.ÌýJournal of Sex Research.Ìýhttps://doi-org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2126814
• Rosen, N. O.,ÌýDawson, S. J., Binik, Y.M., Pierce, M., Brooks, M., Pukall, C., Chorney, J., Snelgrove-Clarke, E., & George, R. (2022). Trajectories of dyspareunia from pregnancy to 24 months postpartum.ÌýObstetrics & Gynecology,Ìý139(3),Ìý391-399.Ìý
• Bergeron, S., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Corsini-Munt, S., Steben, M., Delisle, I., Mayrand, M.-H., &ÌýRosen, N. O.Ìý(2021). Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy versus lidocaine for provoked vestibulodynia: A randomized clinical trial.ÌýJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,Ìý89(4), 316–326.Ìý
• Rosen, N.O.,ÌýVaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Corsini-Munt, S., Steben, M., Delisle, I., Baxter ML., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Predictors and moderators of provoked vestibulodynia treatment outcome following a randomized trial comparing cognitive-behavioral couple therapy to overnight lidocaine.ÌýBehavior Therapy, 52(6), 1502-1515.Ìý
• Rosen, N. O., Dawson, S. J., Leonhardt, N. D., Vannier, S. A., & Impett, E. A. (2021).ÌýTrajectories of sexual well-being among couples in the transition to parenthood.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology, 35(4), 523–533.ÌýÌý Ìý
• Rosen, N. O.,ÌýCorsini-Munt, S.^p,ÌýDubé, J.^g,ÌýBoudreau, C.^m, & Muise, A. (2020). Partner responses to low desire: Associations with sexual, relationship, and psychological wellbeing among couples coping with Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder.ÌýThe Journal of Sexual Medicine, 17,Ìý2168-2180.Ìý
• Rosen, N. O.,ÌýMuise, M. A.^u,ÌýVannier, S. A.^Ìýp, Chambers, C. T., Scott, H., & #postbabyhankypanky team. (2020). #postbabyhankypanky: An empirically-based knowledge sharing initiative.ÌýArchives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 45-55.Ìý

Awards and Honours

• SSTAR Mentorship Award,ÌýSociety for Sex Therapy and Research (2022)
• Killam Prize,ÌýFaculty of Science, HÂþ»­ University (2019)
• Fellow, College of New Scholars, Royal Society of Canada (2018-2025)
• President’s Excellence Research Award, Emerging Investigator,ÌýHÂþ»­ UniversityÌý(2018)
• Early Career Award,ÌýCanadian Pain SocietyÌý(2018)
• New Investigator Award,ÌýHealth Psychology Section of the Canadian Psychological AssociationÌý(2017)
• Best Empirical Poster Award,ÌýSociety for Sex Therapy and Research (2016)
• New Investigator Award,ÌýCanadian Institutes of Health Research (2015-2020)Ìý Ìý Ìý

Teaching

PSYO 6204: Psychological Interventions: A lifespan perspective
PSYO 4120/PSYO 6809: Topics in Clinical Psychology (Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality)