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A Global Research Network to Advance Student Mental Health

Worldwide, postsecondary campuses are grappling with the increased demand for student mental health resources and support. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgency and complexity of student mental health on campuses worldwide. Despite this, few international research partnerships exist within student mental health, contributing to a critical research gap in the student mental health needs of postsecondary students.

Our global student mental health research network will identify, develop, and apply shared, research-driven best practices in student mental health and will support the next generation of student mental health researchers. This, in turn, will transform the way we understand and support student mental health, leading to high-impact and long-term global solutions and outcomes.

Learn more about current activities of this network below.

Global Speaker Series
Global Consensus Conference
Student Mental Health Research Training Modules
Summer Research Institute

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The Global Student Working Group

 

We are committed to actively engaging students in the co-design of research and knowledge translation activities that directly impacts them. This research approach ensures that students are equal partners in the co-creation of the direction, development, and execution of student mental health research.

To support the development of this global student mental health research network, we work with a Global Student Working Group comprising of student representatives from across our international university partners. The Global Student Working Group will ensure student voice is centred at every stage of this partnership and will create space for the development of new and innovative international student collaborations and connections back to their respective student networks.

Meet the Global Student Working Group!
University of Toronto Members

Lexi Ewing, Doctoral Student, Developmental Psychology and Education

Gabriela Murphy, Undergraduate Student, Psychology

Katie Kwang, Undergraduate Student, Psychology & Public Policy

Rozina Somani, Doctoral Student, Nursing

Orly Lipsitz, Master’s Student, Clinical Psychology

King's College London Members

Ta-Wei Guu, Doctoral Student, Old Age Psychiatry Research

Mahta Haghighat Ghahfarokhi, MBBS Student, Medicine

Poh Khuen Lim, MSc Student, Global Mental Health

Muftau Mohammed, MSc Student, Global Mental Health

The University of Sydney Members

Maeve Cairns, Undergraduate Student, Psychology & Law

Clare Hobden, Undergraduate Student, Psychology

Samuel Hockey, Master’s Student, Brain and Mind Sciences

Grace Lee, Doctoral Student, Public Health

National Taiwan University Members

Claire Su, Master’s Student, Global Health

Man-fang Liang, Undergraduate Student, Public Health & Psychology

Chieh Yu, Undergraduate Student, Clinical Psychology

Felicia Chu, Master’s Student, Psychology

Our International Partners

With additional funding support from the University of Toronto Connaught Global Challenge Program, Inlight is developing collaborative, interdisciplinary research partnerships with leading global student and youth mental health researchers, inclusive of students, from CAMH, the Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN) led by King’s College London, National Taiwan University, and the Brain and Mind Centre at The University of Sydney.

Meet our growing list of project partners!
University of Toronto
PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR

Professor Kristin Cleverley
Initiative Chair, Inlight
Assistant Professor and CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Senior Scientist, CAMH

Professor Norman Farb
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga

Professor Brett Ford
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough

Professor Benjamin Goldstein
Professor and RBC Investments Chair in Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Psychopathology, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Director, Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, CAMH

Professor Chloe Hamza
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Professor Bonnie Kirsh
Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Professor Eunjung Lee
Associate Professor and Factor-Inwentash Chair in Mental Health & Health, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Professor Tina Malti
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga

Professor Catherine Sabiston
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Mental Health, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education

Professor Peter Szatmari
Professor and Head of the Division of Child and Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Chief, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, The Hospital for Sick Children, CAMH, and the University of Toronto;
Patsy and Jamie Anderson Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health

Professor Amanda Uliaszek
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough;
Clinician Scientist, SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health

Professor Alison Freeland
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Mississauga Academy of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Vice President, Education, Academic Affairs and Patient Experience, Trillium Health Partners

Professor Joanna Henderson
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, CAMH;
Senior Scientist, CAMH

Professor Meng-Chuan Lai
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Staff Psychiatrist, Clinician Scientist, CAMH, The Hospital for Sick Children, and the University of Toronto;
Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge;
Adjunct Attending Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University

Student Advisory Committee
Inlight

Professor David Wiljer
Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Departments of Psychiatry and Radiation Oncology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine;
Executive Director, Education, Technology & Innovation, University Health Network;
Collaborator Scientist, CAMH

Professor Vicky Stergiopoulos
Physician-in-Chief, CAMH;
Vice-Chair, Clinical and Innovation and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Emma McCann (Institutional Engagement Lead)
Engagement Lead, Inlight

King's College London

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

Dr. Nicola Byrom
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience;
Principal Investigator, Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN)

Professor Juliet Foster
Dean of Education, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience;
Academic Lead, Student Mental Health and Well-being

Jo Ward
Network Coordinator, Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN)

Julia Haas (Institutional Engagement Lead)
Student Wellbeing & Welfare Manager, King’s College London Students’ Union (KCLSU)

The University of Sydney

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Professor Ian Hickie
Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre;
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health, Translational Research Collective

Dr. Yun Ju Christine Song (Institutional Engagement Lead)
Research Operations Manager, Youth and Mental Health Technology, Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine & Health

National Taiwan University

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

Professor Susan Shur-Fen Gau
Vice Superintendent, National Taiwan University Hospital;
Professor and Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital & College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Professor Shih-Cheng Liao
Associate Professor, Attending Physician, and Director, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Professor Tai-Li ChouChair and Professor of Psychology, College of Science, National Taiwan University

Professor Shu-Sen Chang (Institutional Engagement Lead)
Professor and Director, Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

Professor Sue-Huei Chen 
Professor, Division of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Science, National Taiwan University

Funded by the Connaught Global Challenge Award and additional Connaught Global Research Impact Program (C-GRIP).