Marie-Pierre Cyr is an Assistant Professor at the School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal. She is a physiotherapist with certification in pelvic health practice from the Université de Montréal and has clinical experience in musculoskeletal and pelvic health.
She completed her MSc and PhD at the School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, and recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Queensland with Professor Paul W. Hodges’ team.
She has received multiple fellowships from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé and was awarded a Banting Fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support her research.
Her research focuses on pelvic, women’s, and men’s health. She has made significant contributions in the fields of pelvic pain, oncology, and conservative treatments for pelvic floor disorders.
She has published 19 peer-reviewed papers and has presented her work at more than 40 national and international conferences. Her research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to address clinically relevant questions.
Her clinical and research interests include the pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic pain, incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and the development and validation of assessment tools.
She is an appointed member of the ICS Physiotherapy Committee.