Dr. Bassam Khoury
Associate Professor
Dr. Khoury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology at 捆绑SM社区, and he heads the 捆绑SM社区 Mindfulness Research Lab, where he and his team conduct research on聽advancing the theory, research, and applications of mindfulness and compassion. The global aim of the research is to make a deep lasting change on both individuals and societies by embracing new ways of interacting with oneself, other people, and the natural environment including animals through the practices of mindfulness and compassion. The lab strongly promotes values of equality, diversity, respect and dignity of all sentient beings including human beings and animals as well as protecting the natural environment. Prof. Khoury published numerous papers on mindfulness and compassion in leading journals in the domains of clinical psychology and physical/medical health. His work has gained international recognition, was cited over than 5000 times and was selected by the University of Cambridge's聽Insights for Impact聽Report; a report published by the department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge citing the most impactful research papers in psychology worldwide. Furthermore, his work was ranked 67th聽worldwide on Web of Science in the category of clinical psychology. Dr. Khoury have also been recognized through multiple awards and nominations, including the Association of Psychological Science Emerging Scholars Rising Stars Award, and William Dawson Scholars Award.
Dr. Khoury conducted his doctoral research at Universite虂 de Montre虂al and his postdoctoral research at Harvard University and 捆绑SM社区. He is a clinical psychologist with a specialization in mindfulness-based treatments (clinical license: Ordre des Psychologues du Qu茅bec).
Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard and 捆绑SM社区 Universities: Psychology
PhD, Universit茅 de Montr茅al: Clinical Psychology
BA, Concordia University: Honours Psychology
BSc, Lebanese University: Electrical Engineering
- Mindfulness and Compassion theories and applications
- Interpersonal mindfulness
- Mindfulness and compassion-based treatments
- Effectiveness of psychotherapy
- Mental health
- Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses
- Application of technology and programming in research
- Heather Reisman and Gerald Schwartz Award for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty of Education, 捆绑SM社区, 2022
- William Dawson Scholar program, 捆绑SM社区, 2021-2026 (equivalent to Canada Research Chair 鈥 CRC-Tier 2). Salary Award. $75,000.
- Association of Psychological Science Emerging Scholars Rising Stars Award, 2019
- Rising Stars, 捆绑SM社区, 2017
- Nominated for APA-Div 12 David Shakow Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology, 2020/2021
- Nominated by the department of Psychology at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al for the Governor General鈥檚 Academic Medal, 2015
- Postdoctoral Scholarship, 鈥淪ocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)鈥, 2015-2017 (value of 81, 000)
- 鈥脡tudiants-chercheurs 茅toiles鈥 Award - 鈥Fonds de Recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥 Soci茅t茅 et Culture (FQRSC)鈥, 2014 (value of $1,000)
- Postdoctoral Scholarship, 鈥Fonds de Recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥 Soci茅t茅 et Culture (FQRSC)鈥, 2014鈥2016 (value of $64,000)
- Clinical Training Award, Clinic of Psychological Counseling, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, 2012 (value of $1,000)
- Research Excellence Award, International Mental Health and Citizenship Alliance, 2010 (value of $5,000)
- Psychology Department Awards, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, 2008/2009/2010/2011
- The JW Bridge Medal for Psychology, Concordia University, 2008
- Campaign for the New Millennium Scholarship Student Contribution, Concordia University, 2005
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences Award, Concordia University, 2004/2005