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Cundill core team

		Dr. Peter Szatmari Director Biography				Dr. Stephanie Amies Associate Director Biography
		Dr. Jo Henderson Implementation Science Director Biography				Dr. Louise Gallagher Chief, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative Biography
		Renira Narrandes Knowledge Translation Specialist				Shanique Edwards Knowledge Translation Specialist
		Katye Stevens Cundill Centre Manager				Nichol Edwards CH&E Assistant
		Coleen Coyle Administrative Assistant

International Advisory Board

The Cundill Centre works with agencies and experts around the world. The International Advisory Board (IAB) supports the vision, strategy and goals of the Cundill Centre, working in partnership with the Director of the Cundill Centre. The IAB advocates to the international depression community on the work of the Cundill Centre. The board also helps the centre build international relationships.

Dr. Kathleen Merikangas
Chief, Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, United States

Dr. Jean R. Séguin
Professor of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Canada

Prof. Ian Hickie
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Australia

Dr. Bonnie T. Zima
Associate Director, UCLA Center for Health Services and Society; Associate Chair, Academic Affairs, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, United States

Dr. Giovanni Salum
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and coordinator of the Section of Negative Affect and Social Processes, Brazil

Dr. Sarah Hetrick
Associate Professor of Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland and honorary Principal Fellow, Centre of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Autstralia

Prof. Allan Young
Vice Dean (Academic Psychiatry), Chair of Mood Disorders, and Director, Centre for Affective Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK

External partners

Dr. Ian Goodyer
Dr. Raphael Kelvin
Dr. Sarah Walker
Dr. Chiara Servili

Cundill scholars

Post-docs and fellows

Local Advisory Panels

The Cundill Centre’s work is shaped and guided by Local Advisory Panels that comprise of youth, families, service providers and policy makers. These panels provide feedback on the appropriateness and clinical relevance of Cundill projects, from development through to sharing this knowledge with the world. Local advisory panels leverage the expertise of existing networks and groups involved with the Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program at CAMH, including:

• YouthCan IMPACT Youth Advisory Group
• McCain Youth Engagement Initiative and National Youth Action Council
• YouthCan IMPACT Family Advisory Group
• Mental Health and Addiction Youth Network
• Addictions and Mental Health Ontario – Youth Community of Practice

Partners

We are part of a network of mental health centres, research enterprises and knowledge translation and exchange systems that focus on child and youth mental illness.

Our partners include:

• Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health
• Portico: Canada's Mental Health and Education Network
• CAMH's Provincial System Support Program: Evidence Exchange Network
• Toronto Outcomes Research in Child Health (TORCH)
• International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• World Health Organization
• World Psychiatric Association
• Offord Centre for Child Studies
• University of Toronto
• Hospital for Sick Children
• Georgian Bay Family Health Team
• New Path Youth and Family Services
• Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CACAP)
• Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) Program
• World Psychiatric Association Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (WPA-CAP) section
• Children's Healthcare Canada
• Frayme
• Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
• Nova Scotia Health
• International Networking Series: Dr. Vania Martinez (University of Chile), Dr. George Oliveras, Dr. Christian Kieling (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Dr Tamsin Ford (University of Cambridge)