Rate My Professor Zeev Rosberger

Zeev Rosberger is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Oncology, Psychiatry and Psychology at McGill University. He holds a B.Sc. from McGill University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Concordia University. Until 2017, he served as Chief of the Psychology Department at the Jewish General Hospital, where he provided clinical care to patients and their families and led the development of the Louise Granofsky-Psychosocial Oncology Program at the Segal Cancer Centre. He has participated on numerous provincial and national committees advocating for improved emotional care for cancer patients and their families, including through the development of National Distress Screening Guidelines with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. From 2004 to 2006, he was President of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology and served on its board in various capacities for a decade.

Dr. Rosberger is a leading researcher in clinical health psychology with over 40 years of experience, primarily in psychosocial oncology. His research examines psychosocial correlates and predictors of Pap screening, HPV testing, and HPV vaccine uptake, with a focus on vaccine hesitancy, decision-making among young adults and parents, and related measurement tools. He has received funding from CIHR to study knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of Canadian women regarding shifts from Pap to primary HPV DNA testing. Additional research interests span the cancer trajectory, including infertility distress in young male cancer patients, melanoma prevention, psychosocial and coping concerns in adolescents and young adults with cancer, quality of life, coping, distress screening, fear of recurrence, and the psychosocial impact of diagnostic and treatment interventions. He serves as a principal investigator and co-investigator on multiple CIHR and FRSQ grants and is a Senior Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.