Biography

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Teresa Bennett

Dr. Bennett is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, clinical trialist, and lead investigator for the Canadian Family Check-Up research program. She was the co-director of the McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART) from 2015-2020 and now leads a new MacART 'pillar' in family-centred care.

2024-01-26T12:37:23-08:00June 26th, 2023|Biography|

Kenneth Fung

He is Professor and Director of Global Mental Health with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto.  His research, teaching, and clinical interest include both cultural psychiatry and psychotherapy, especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), CBT, and mindfulness, with projects and collaborations locally, nationally, and internationally, including China, Hong Kong, and South Korea.

2024-02-22T12:20:13-08:00June 26th, 2023|2023 Speaker, Biography|

Yona Lunsky

Dr. Yona Lunsky, Director, Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, Senior Scientist, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute Dr. Yona Lunsky is Director of the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre,  and a Senior Scientist in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute. She also directs  the Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (www.hcardd.ca) Program at [...]

2023-06-26T10:38:54-08:00June 26th, 2023|Biography|

Johanna Lake

Dr. Johanna Lake is a Clinician Scientist and Clinical Psychologist at the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre at CAMH. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

2024-01-26T11:25:34-08:00June 26th, 2023|Biography|

Adam Kirton

Dr. Kirton is Professor of Pediatrics, Radiology, and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary and an attending Pediatric Neurologist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.

2024-04-09T11:18:56-08:00June 26th, 2023|Biography|

Anna McCormick

Dr. Anna McCormick received her MD from Memorial University in Newfoundland in 1988 followed by a fellowship in pediatrics at The University of Calgary in 1993 and a fellowship in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa in 1996. She is one of only four physicians in Canada specializing in both pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation.

2024-04-09T11:24:48-08:00June 26th, 2023|Biography|

Annette Majnemer

Dr. Majnemer's research interests focus primarily on early identification strategies for children at high risk for disability and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence outcomes in children and youth with developmental disabilities.

2024-02-22T11:39:52-08:00June 26th, 2023|2023 Speaker, Biography|

Jocelynn Cook

Dr. Cook is the Chief Scientific Officer for the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC). She has a PhD in Reproductive Physiology from the Medical University of South Carolina.

2024-04-09T11:11:33-08:00June 22nd, 2023|Biography|
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