Faculty

The international scientific committee includes:

Conference co-chairs:

Marta Novak MD PhD & Paula Ravitz MD, psychiatrists, University of Toronto

  • Jill Cyranowski PhD, Psychologist, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, USA
  • Marcelo Feijo de Melo MD PhD, psychiatrist, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • Roslyn Law PhD, psychologist, UK/IAPT
  • Sue Luty BM PhD, psychiatrist, Christchurch University, New Zealand
  • John Markowitz MD, psychiatrist, Columbia University
  • Oguz Omay MD, psychiatrist, France
  • Frenk Peeters, MD PhD, psychiatrist, The Netherlands
  • Elisabeth Schramm PhD, psychologist, Germany
  • Matthias Schwannauer  PhD, psychologist, University of Edinburgh
  • Holly Swartz MD, psychiatrist, University of Pittsburgh
  • Lena Verdeli PhD, psychologist, Columbia University
  • Dawit Wondimagegn MD, psychiatrist, Addis Ababa University

The local planning committee includes:

    • Cindy Lee Dennis PhD; nurse research scientist, specialized in perinatal MH
    • Rahel Giorghis MD; Psychiatrist, IPT trainer, perinatal MH (University of Montreal)
    • Sophie Grigoriadis MD PhD; women’s MH research scientist, IPT trainer
    • Edward McAnanama PhD; OT/IPT trainer
    • Faye Mishna PhD; Dean, Social Work, University of Toronto
    • Katie Sheehan MD PhD; CL Psychiatrist, early career clinician/scientist
    • Sanjeev Sockalingam MD; CL Psychiatrist, director of CPD for University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry
    • Paul Westlind MD; psychiatrist, IPT trainer
    • Deborah Wilkes-Whitehall, MD CCFP; Family Physician, Niagara Eating Disorder Outpatient Program

Speakers

Sarah E. Bledsoe PhD MPhil MSW
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Social Work
USA
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Anat Brunstein Klomek PhD
School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC),
Herzliya, Israel
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Columbia University, New York, NY
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Laura J. Dietz PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Heather A. Flynn PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Florida State University College of Medicine
Director, FSU Center for Integrated Healthcare
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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Ellen Frank PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, HealthRhythms, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Nancy K. Grote PHD
Research Associate Professor,
Principal Investigator, MOMCare Program,
School of Social Work, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Jon Hunter MD FRCPC
Associate Professor
Director, Consultation Liaison Division
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto and Sinai Health System
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Laurence J. Kirmayer MD FRCPC FCAHS FRSC
James McGill Professor & Director
Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry
McGill University
Editor-in-Chief, Transcultural Psychiatry
Director, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit
Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Roslyn Law D.Clin. Psychol.
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
IPT/IPT-A Lead, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Deputy Director for Training, CYP IAPT, University College London (UCL)
Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL
London, England
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Sue Luty BM BS FPCert DRCOG PhD FRANZCP
Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Medicine
University of Otago
Christchurch, New Zealand
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John C. Markowitz MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Research Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York City, USA
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Edward McAnanama PhD OT Reg(Ont)
Program Manager
Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Program and
The Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Centre for Alzheimer’s Support and Training
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Laura Mufson PhD
Professor of Medical Psychology, CUMC
Co-Director, Office of Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University
Director of Clinical Psychology
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York City, USA
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Scott Stuart MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, USA
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Holly A. Swartz MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lena Verdeli PhD MSc
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
Director of Clinical Training
Founder and Director, Global Mental Health Lab,
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York City, USA
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Myrna Weissman PhD
Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
and Mailman School of Public Health
Division Chief, Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York City, USA
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Denise E. Wilfley PhD
Scott Rudolph University Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychological & Brain Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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Dawit Wondimagegn MD
Chief Executive Director of the College of Health Sciences
and Vice President of Addis Ababa University
Addis Abada, Ethiopia
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Jami F. Young PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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