Titre ou Fonction
- Chercheur-e
Expertise
- Psychiatry Department
Institution/Organisation
- McGill University
Adresse(s) courriel
Téléphone
- 514-340-8222
Biographie
I am a clinician-scientist (FRSQ Chercheur-boursier clinicien, Junior 1) based at Lady Davis Research Institute and an assistant professor with the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University. My clinical work as Director of child psychiatry outpatient services is based at the Centre for Child Development and Mental Health of the Jewish General Hospital. I currently hold two Tri-Agency grants as Principal Investigator. The first, is a three-year SSHRC Insight Grant examining the implementation of a complex community-based psychosocial intervention for refugee claimant families to mitigate the stressors associated with migration and resettlement and support recovery from trauma. This work is affirming the importance of upstream interventions to prevent mental health problems in vulnerablized refugees. My CIHR-funded project, Reconnect, brings arts-based prevention programs to newcomer youth in Welcome Classes in Montreal to address mental health and educational equity gaps. My research program aims to generate evidence for social and health policy to prevent the burden of depression, and stress-related disorders on refugee parents and children.