birth_place awards fields birth_date article_title name alma_mater
saint-jean-sur-richelieu , quebec national canada -lrb- oc -rrb- order of quebec officer of the order of neuropsychology 05 january 1954 maryse lassonde
 maryse lassonde université de montréal
maryse lassonde

maryse lassonde , -lrb- born january 5 , 1954 -rrb- is a canadian academic and neuropsychologist .
she holds the canada research chair in developmental neuropsychology at the université de montréal and the university hospital center sainte-justine researching brain disorders .
in 1993 , she became president of the french canadian association for the advancement of sciences -lrb- acfas -rrb- .
in 1999 , she was made a knight -lrb- chevalier -rrb- of the national order of quebec .
in 1994 , she was made a fellow of the canadian psychological association and in 1997 , she became a fellow of the royal society of canada.she has received several awards , including the marcel vincent prize -lrb- acfas -rrb- in 1998 , the noeil mailloux prize -lrb- quebec order of psychologists , 2001 -rrb- and the adrien pinard prize -lrb- quebec association for research in psychology , sqrp , 2008 -rrb- .
she was made an officer of the order of canada -lrb- oc -rrb- in june 2012 .
