Research Team

  • J Don Richardson, MD, FRCPC

    Scientific Director

  • Anthony Nazarov, PhD, PMP

    Associate Scientific Director

  • Kylie Dempster, PhD

    Head of Operations

  • Natalie Ein, PhD

    Head of Research and Implementation

  • Jenny Liu, PhD

    Jenny Liu, PhD

    Head of Scientific Development and Knowledge Mobilization

  • Erin Collins, PhD

    Postdoctoral Associate

  • Stephanie Houle, PhD

    Research Associate

  • Kate St. Cyr, MSc, PhD Candidate

    Research Associate

  • Dominic Gargala

    Research Data Analyst

  • Tri Le

    Research Assistant and Ambassador/Head of Volunteer and Student Engagement

  • Michelle Birch

    Research Assistant

  • Callista Forchuk, MSc

    Research Assistant

  • Ilyana Kocha

    Research Assistant

  • William (Liam) Younger

    Research Assistant

  • Clara Baker

    Research Assistant

  • Vanessa Soares, MD

    Research Assistant

  • Julia Gervasio, MA, PhD Candidate

    Research Assistant

  • Madalena Costa

    Research Assistant

Affiliated Scientists

  • Rachel Plouffe, PhD

    Assistant Professor

  • Maya Roth, CPsych

    Psychologist

  • Sonya Wanklyn, PhD, CPsych

    Psychologist

Visiting Scholars

  • Thomas Wasiuta, MD

    Clinical Fellow

  • Deanna Davis (Walker), PhD, CPsych

    Visiting Scholar

  • Evgenia (Jane) Milman, PhD, LP

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Bethany Easterbrook, Msc, PhD Candidate

    Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate

  • Pouria Saffaran, Masters Candidate

    Masters Student

  • Jieun Jung, Masters Candidate

    Masters Student

  • Philip Trepiak, Masters Candidate

    Masters Student

Undergraduate Trainees and Volunteers

  • Evelyn MacDonald

    Volunteer

  • Neha Raina

    Volunteer

  • Rishika Bhogadi

    Volunteer

  • Samia Maurin

    Undergraduate Thesis Student

Former Members

  • Akshitha Ereddy

    Volunteer

  • Alec Brandwood

    Research Assistant

  • Alyssa Zhu

    Computer Science Intern

  • Andrew Bridgen, MD

    Psychiatry Resident and Visiting Scholar

  • Bailey Wolfs

    Volunteer

  • Brent Davis, PhD

    Head of Advanced Analytics

  • Brittni Jackson

    Volunteer

  • Cassidy Trahair, MSc

    MSc Student

  • Chayanika Tyagi

    Volunteer

  • Cindy Nguyen

    Health Informatics Thesis Student

  • Dakota Fisher

    Volunteer

  • Eliza Khan

    Research Assistant

  • Emily Zhang

    Volunteer

  • Helen Schreyer

    Psychology Thesis Student

  • Hudson Howlett

    Computer Science Intern

  • Hung Nguyen

    Volunteer

  • Isaac Baker

    Computer Science Intern

  • Janissha Pushpaharan

    Volunteer

  • Jasper Crockford

    Volunteer

  • Jay Ding

    Volunteer

  • Jenna Dias

    Administrative Assistant

  • Jennifer Shatsky

    Volunteer

  • Jesse Bourret-Gheysen

    Research Assistant & Computer Science Intern

  • Jessica Zhang

    Volunteer

  • Juwon (Joan) Omar

    Volunteer

  • Karmen Tse

    Volunteer

  • Kelly Schluter

    Administrative Assistant

  • Kevin Hansen, PhD

    Postdoctoral Associate

  • Kristine Tauschek

    Administrative Assistant

  • Kyle Martin

    Volunteer

  • Luciana (Lucy) Brown, MBA

    Research Coordinator

  • Lucy Kim

    Volunteer

  • Maede Nouri, MSc

    Research Associate and Data Scientist

  • Mehdi Samadieh, MSc, PhD Candidate

    Research Associate and Data Scientist

  • Nancy Liu

    Medical Student

  • Natalie Campbell

    Psychology Thesis Student

  • Priyonto Saha

    Research Assistant

  • Renee Hunt, MA, PhD

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Rose Gao

    Computer Science Intern

  • Samdarsh Saroya

    Volunteer

  • Shyann Hang

    Research Assistant

  • Sierra Crocker

    Volunteer

  • Suriya Ragu

    Volunteer

  • Tania Al-jilawi

    Volunteer

  • Valerie Kulakouski

    Volunteer

  • Yarden Levy

    Volunteer

  • Yuan (Danny) Du, Msc

    Research Associate and Data Scientist

  • Zahra Shirazi, MA, PhD Candidate

    Research Associate and Data Scientist

Join Our Team

It all begins with reaching out to us. Maybe you want to conduct your PhD with us. Maybe you want to pursue a research career in the field of military and Veteran mental health. Or maybe you have a creative research idea that we can help foster. Whatever it is, our doors are always open to starting a conversation.