CASSIDY DAL SANTO
Name: Cassidy Dal Santo
Email Address: cassidy.dalsanto@mail.mcgill.ca
Position: MSc Student
Biography:
Born and raised in Montreal, Cassidy completed her Bachelor of Science degree in the Honours Psychology program at McGill (2023). She is currently completing her master’s degree in Mental Health at McGill, working with the SPIN team under the supervision of Dr. Thombs. Her research will primarily involve examining coping mechanisms in individuals with scleroderma. Following the completion of her master’s degree, Cassidy wishes to pursue a doctorate degree in clinical psychology.
Award:
- Master’s Research Scholarship ($40,000). Quebec Research Funds – Society and Culture. 2023-2025.
- Supplement for Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award ($1500). Quebec Research Funds – Nature and Technology. 2023.
- Dean’s Convocation prize ($500). McGill University. 2023.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award ($8,350). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2023.
- Celia Hendler Scholarship in Psychology ($3,300). McGill University. 2022.
- Garnet and Jane Shaver Veteran’s Scholarship ($1,750). McGill University. 2022.
- Supplement for Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award ($1,500). Quebec Research Funds – Nature and Technology. 2022.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award ($7,800). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2022.
- Undergraduate Achievement Award ($1,350). Golden Key International Honor Society. 2022.
- Faculty of Science Scholarship ($200). McGill University. 2021.
- Award of Excellence (500). McGill University (conditional upon admission). 2018.
Presentations:
Dal Santo, C., Desmarais, A., & Christophe, N. K. Coping with ethnic-racial discrimination: Protective-reactive effects of shift-&-persist coping on internalizing symptoms among Black American adolescents. Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH) Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec. March 2023. [Poster].