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Previous Trainees

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Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Geneviève Gariépy
McGill University - Postdoctoral Fellow
2017-2019

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Dr. Manuela Ferrari
Douglas Hospital Research Centre - Research Associate
2016-2019

Doctoral Students

Helen Martin

McGill University - Department of Psychiatry

2017-2024 | Final Thesis

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Roxanne Sicotte
Université de Montréal - Biomedical Science with Psychiatry specialization (joint supervision)
2019-2023 | Final Thesis

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Kathleen MacDonald
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
2015-2021 | Final Thesis

Franz Veru
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
2014-2019 | Final Thesis

Gerald Jordan
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
2013-2018 | Final Thesis

Master’s Students

Neha Nair
McGill University – Department of Psychiatry (Social and Transcultural Psychiatry)
2021-2023 | Final Thesis

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Anika Maraj
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
(joint supervisor)
2019–2021 | Final Thesis

Bastien Bertulies-Esposito
Université de Montréal - MSc for Psychiatry Residents
(co-primary supervisor)
2018-2021


Camille Arbaud
Université de Montréal - Department of Psychiatry
(co-primary supervisor)
2017-2021  | Final Thesis

Nina Fainman-Adelman 
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
2018-2020 | Final Thesis 

Jishian Ravinthiran
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
(co-primary supervisor)
2016-2018 | Final Thesis   

Megan Pope
McGill University - Department of Psychiatry
(co-primary supervisor)
2013-2016 | Final Thesis

Non-Thesis Master’s Students and Residents

Sheldon Smith
McGill University - Research-track Psychiatry Resident
2022 | Do unhoused youth with trauma have more significant mental health problems?

Irum Mannani
McMaster University - Masters in Global Health program
2020 | Content analysis of initial treatment goals of youth presenting at ACCESS Open Minds sites across Canada

Praveen Rajasegaran
Western University - Masters in Global Health program
2020 | Identifying core components of early intervention services for psychosis in low- and middle-income countries: Protocol for a Delphi study

Anika Maraj
McGill University - Research-track resident
(joint supervision)
2015-2020 | Service disengagement in first-episode psychosis
 
Brannon Senger
McGill University - Department of Public Health
2019 | Leveraging geographical information systems capacities: Does where people live impact pathways to care, treatment delays and service engagement in psychosis?

Kayleigh Munn
McGill University - School of Social Work
2018-2019 | A critical discourse analysis of employment and education interventions in early psychosis: Recovery-oriented or emboldening productive citizenship?

Carly Heck
McGill University - School of Nursing
2018 | Lay workers and community engagement in mental health in Ulukhaktok, NWT

Laura Morrison
McGill University -  Department of Public Health
2015-2016 | Community mapping for youth mental health services transformation

Undergraduate Students

John Bedirian
McGill University, Bachelor's in Honours Psychology
2023 | First-episode psychosis in Chennai, India, and Montreal, Canada 
2024 | Satisfaction with youth mental health services among youth in diverse contexts

Sage Goodleaf-Labelle
McGill University, Indigenous Mentorship & Paid Research Experience for Summer Students (IMPRESS) Program
2023 | Indigenous youth mental health research

Ava Hanadel
McGill University - Global Health Scholar program

2023 | ARISE & WIN: Understanding the gendered impact of COVID-19 on young self-employed Nigerian women

Paulami Sen
McGill University - Global Health Scholar program

2023 | Bridging the gap from ‘standards’ to ‘wise practices’ in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches with Indigenous youth

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Zirui Li

McGill University - Global Health Scholar program
2023 | ARISE & WIN: Understanding the gendered impact of COVID-19 on young self-employed Nigerian women

 

Claire Xu
McGill University - Global Health Scholar program

2023 | Bridging the gap from ‘standards’ to ‘wise practices’ in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches with Indigenous youth

Danielle Schkolne

McGill University – Bachelor's in Psychology
2023 | Substance use outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of a three-year extension of early intervention versus regular care following two years of early intervention for psychosis
| Final Thesis

Isabella Kakish
McGill University - Global Health Scholar program

2022 | Transforming youth mental healthcare in Mistissini, Quebec

 

Hani Rukh-E-Qamar

McGill University - Global Health Scholar program

2022 | First-episode psychosis in Chennai, India and Montreal, Canada


Sofia Hempelmann-Perez
McGill University -  Global Health Scholar program
2021 | Transforming youth mental healthcare in Mistassini, Quebec

Urvashi Singh
McGill University -  Global Health Scholar program
2021 | First-episode psychosis in Chennai, India and Montreal, Canada

Felicia Ca
McGill University -  Global Health Scholar program
2020 | First-episode psychosis in Chennai, India and Montreal, Canada

Timothy Ellis
McGill University -  Global Health Scholar program
2019 | Transforming youth mental healthcare in Ulukhaktok, NWT

Siwen Jin
McGill University -  Global Health Scholar program
2018 | Outcomes and family factors of early psychosis in India and Canada

Jasleen Ashta
McGill University -  Bachelor's in Cognitive Science / Global Health Scholar Program
2017-2018 | A rapid review of learning health systems in mental health: A mixed-methods study of the role of government as perceived by patients, families and treatment providers in India and Canada


Romeo Bidar
McGill University -  Bachelor’s in Social Work
2017 | A survey of family interventions in the care of young persons with psychosis
 
Jimmy Tan
McGill University -  Bachelor’s in Neuroscience
2016-2017 | Participatory action research involving youth: implementation and application in a youth mental health research network

Kayleigh Munn
McGill University -  Bachelor’s in Social Work
2016-2017 | Barriers and facilitators to returning to education and employment after a first episode of psychosis: A phenomenological study of young people’s experiences

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