Delphine Collin-Vezina licensed is a clinical psychologist, Tier II Canada Research Chair in Child Welfare, Associate Professor in the McGill School of Social Work and recently appointed the Nicolas Steinmetz and Gilles Julien Chair in Social Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics. She has a strong interest in research and clinical topics related to child maltreatment, child sexual abuse, and trauma.

She has been the principal investigator of several substantial provincial and federal grants, including Insight Grant from SSHRC, and Programme des actions concertées from the Fonds Québécois de Recherche(FQR). She has led and collaborated on significant projects on mental health, family violence and service provision with key organizations in Québec, including the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and the First Nations of Québec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC).

Her research has contributed to an understanding of epidemiological trends in child sexual abuse, of child protection responses to reports of child sexual abuse cases, of trauma-related needs of children and adolescents from different health and social services settings (e.g. youths in out-of-home care), and of trauma-related service provision in child protection agencies and health.

She has also been a co-investigator on numerous projects and on team networks funded through CIHR, SSHRC, and FQR that cover a wide range of topics including child mental health, family dynamics, childhood ethics, and intervention programs.