Dr. Lacerda is a specialist in audiology and an emerging researcher in the field of older adults’ hearing health. Her research is intersectoral, touching on the psychosocial aspects of hearing disorders associated with loss of activities of daily living, but also on the advanced interventions in promotion, prevention and improving the quality of services rendered to geriatric clients. She is co-titular of the Chair of the foundation de recherche Caroline-Durand en audition et vieillissement.