Jude Mary Cénat (English and French)
Full Professor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa Research Chair on Black Health, and Chair, Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health.
Professor Cénat can provide expertise about the mental health crisis enveloping Indigenous, racialized and younger populations.
“Governments at all levels need to invest in programs targeted to the most vulnerable groups or risk seeing increased pressure on already fragile health systems, whether it be at the national, provincial or local level."
Ian Colman (English only)
Full Professor, School of Epidemiology & Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, and Director of the APEAL Lab.
Professor Colman can discuss the mental health of transgender and gender diverse people, including the impact of bullying and discrimination, and social support for transgender and gender diverse youth.
Nafissa Ismail (English and French)
Full Professor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa Research Chair in Stress and Mental Health, and Director of the NISE Laboratory.
Professor Ismail can comment on the effects of traumatic events on brain health.
Tin Ngo-Minh (English and French)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Ngo-Minh can explore questions around schizophrenia, psychosis, severe and persistent mental disorders, bio-psychosocial holistic treatment of psychosis, and mental health disorders.
Annie Robitaille (English and French)
Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Robitaille can speak about the mental health of older adults.
Ivy Bourgeault (English only)
Full Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and uOttawa Research Chair in Gender, Diversity and the Professions.
Professor Bourgeault’s research focuses on health professions, health policy and women’s health. She can discuss the mental health of the health workforce and professional workers, and the mental health and substance use health workforce, both from an intersectional gender lens.
Emmanuelle Bernheim (English and French)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section and Canadian Research Chair in Mental Health and Access to Justice
Emmanuelle.Bernheim@uottawa.ca
Professor Bernheim can discuss mental health and access to justice, including of marginalized populations.
Nicholas Fabiano (English only)
Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Fabiano can discuss how the divide between mental and physical health is imaginary and harmful to patients and how lifestyle interventions (exercise, diet, and sleep) are fundamental treatments for depression/mental disorders in general.
“Mental and physical health are significantly intertwined and influence one another in a multitude of ways. By ignoring one's physical health, you are not thoroughly treating their mental health and vice versa.”