My research lies at the crossroads of health psychology and clinical psychology.

In my current work, two lines of research can be distinguished. First, I am trying to identify the psychological repercussions of disease, taking account of the central aspects of quality of life and adjustment to the illness.

I am interested in measuring and detecting the emotional distress and psychopathological repercussions of disease. This modelling and the subsequent measurement are an essential step leading to psychological intervention. Second, I study relations between patients and caregivers, through concepts like empathetic understanding. I am trying to define and measure clinical empathy, to understand the factors promoting and inhibiting empathy, and to assess the health effects of clinical empathy.

In particular, I am developing research in the field of cancer and psychosocial oncology, taking account of the impact of and adjustment to illness for the individual, couples and family. Accordingly, my work concerns both child and adult psychology.

My work is based on a constant back and forth between research and practice, so as to ask clinically relevant research questions and to enrich clinical activity with new data.

My laboratory is based at the CHU Sainte-Justine research centre, where I am responsible for the quality of life theme of the Centre of Excellence in Immunology-Hematology-Oncology. This team also welcomes doctoral candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and MSc and honours thesis students.

Depuis 2018: Professeur titulaire, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal

Depuis 2018: Professeur titulaire, Département de Pédiatrie, Université de Montréal

Nous accueillons des étudiants de partout et de divers horizons : sciences de la santé, psychologie et domaines des sciences humaines. Nous avons une excellente équipe, d'excellents sujets et offrons un solide soutien à nos stagiaires. Contactez nous ! / We welcome students from everywhere from various backgrounds, Heath sciences, Psychology, as well as Humanities. We have a great team, great topics, and offer strong support to our fellows. Contact us!

Nous accueillons régulièrement des stagiaires post-doctoraux provenant de disciplines variées. Contactez-nous !

Nous accueillons régulièrement des doctorants de divers horizons. Contactez-nous !

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Articles sélectionnés:

Levesque, A., Curnier, D., Marcil, V., Bélanger, V., Bouchard, I., Delorme, J., Laverdière, C., Meloche, C., Napartuk, M., Ogez, D., Rondeau, É., Péloquin, K., Sinnett, D., Caru, M., Sultan, S. (2025). Exploration of the impact of participation in a multidisciplinary family lifestyle intervention on physical activity and diet quality during treatment for childhood cancer: The VIE program. BMC Pediatrics, 25, 452,  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05727-0

Sultan S., Duval, S., Aramideh, A., Bőthe, B., Latendresse, A., Bedu, M., Lévesque, A., Rondeau, É., LeMay, S., Moussa, A., Bourque, C.J., Tsimicalis, A., Doré-Bergeron M.J., Gravel, J., Ogez, D. (2025). Training healthcare professionals in hypnosis-derived communication to mitigate procedural pain in children. Scientific Reports, 15, 8266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91267-

Robichaud L.-A., Felipe J., Duval M., Michon B., Olivier-D'Avignon M., Perreault S., Tyo-Gomez M., Marquis M.-A., Sultan S. (2024) Quality-of-Life Assessment in Pediatric Advanced Cancer: Development of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Advance QoL. Current Oncology, 31(4), 2289-2304. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11049209/

Chapados, P., Aramideh, J., Lamore, K., Dumont, É., Lugasi, T., Clermont, M.-J., Laberge, M., Scott, R., Laverdière, C., Sultan, S. (2021). Getting ready for transition to adult care : Tool validation and multi-informant strategy using the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire in pediatrics. Child: Care, Health and Development, 47(5), 645-653.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12872

Lamothe, M., Rondeau, É., Duval, M., McDuff, P., Pastore, Y., Sultan, S. (2020). Changes in hair cortisol and self-reported stress measures following mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR): A proof-of-concept study in pediatric hematology-oncology professionals. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 41, 101249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101249

Anestin, A. S., Lippé, S., Robaey, P., Bertout, L., Drouin, S., Krajinovic, M., Laverdière, C., Sinnett, D., Sultan, S. (2018). Psychological risk in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its association with functional health status: A PETALE cohort study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 65, e27356..  https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27356