Links of interest
Website – Women’s Health and Aging
Dumoulin Chantal
Contact information
514-340-3540 poste 4153
chantal.dumoulin@umontreal.ca
Biography
Dr. Chantal Dumoulin is a Full Professor at the School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal. She leads the only university-based postgraduate program in pelvic floor rehabilitation for physiotherapists in Canada. A physiotherapist by training, she holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation) from Université de Montréal and completed postdoctoral fellowships at McGill University and Stanford University. She is a researcher at the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), founder of the Women’s Health & Aging Laboratory, and associate researcher at the CRCHUM.
Internationally recognized for her work in urogynecological health in aging women, Dr. Dumoulin co-invented the Montreal Dynamometer, a device that objectively measures pelvic floor muscle strength. She actively contributes to international clinical guidelines through the International Continence Society (ICS), Cochrane Incontinence Group, and INESSS.
Her numerous accolades include induction into the ICS Hall of Fame, the Carol L. Richards Award from the Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec, and Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She is also known for her outstanding mentorship, having trained more than 360 graduates through the program she created.
Research interests
Dr. Dumoulin’s research focuses on urinary incontinence in aging women, pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, and objective assessment tools such as dynamometry and MRI. She explores both in-person and remote interventions (e.g., mobile health apps, group programs), and studies the interplay between mobility, cognition, and pelvic health in older adults.
As principal investigator, Dr. Dumoulin has obtained competitive research funding (excluding infrastructure support), from CIHR, RQRV, CRIUGM, INESSS, and MSSS. Recent projects include:
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for stress urinary incontinence treatment;
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Assessment of “OUPS!”, a mobile app for menopausal women with incontinence;
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Technological advancement of a wireless pelvic floor dynamometer;
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Implementation studies of group-based pelvic floor muscle training;
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Investigations into nocturia’s impact on sleep and mobility in older women.
Dr. Dumoulin is co-author of numerous clinical guidelines, government reports, and book chapters (notably for ICS and Cochrane). She has authored brochures and books for the general public, created a web platform for continence promotion, and developed mobile health tools. Her pelvic floor rehabilitation program, offered annually since 2010, is nationally recognized for its impact on clinical practice.
Keywords
Urinary incontinence, physiotherapy, pelvic floor, aging, women’s health, rehabilitation, eHealth, clinical trial, knowledge translation, health technology
