Grants
2025 – 2029 Brain Canada, A Pan-Canadian Platform Linking Genomic, Environmental and Mental Health Data in Children and Youth (Pan-GEM). Role Co-PI
2023 – ongoing, BC Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair Fund, Child and Youth Mental Health Research. Role: Congdon Family Chair
2022-2026, CIHR Operating Grant, The GAYA Study – Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Youth Anxiety. Role Site Lead.
2022-2025, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant, Partnering to build a data-driven toolkit of youth well-being strategies for schools and communities. Role Co-Investigator.
2021-2023, CIHR Operating Grant, Understanding vaccine confidence and decision-making among Canadian youth Survey and intervention development. Role Co Applicant.
2021-2022, CIHR Operating Grant, Impact of Social Determinants of Mental Health on Child and Parent Risk, Resilience and Support Access in the COVID-19 Era: A Nested Mixed-Methods Study of Short and Long-Term Outcomes. Role Principal Investigator.
2014-2016, CIHR Operating Grant, $175,485/year ($526,454 for 3 years), Neural Correlates in Childhood-onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The goal is to compare neural correlates in CO-OCD and unaffected, at-risk sibling (SIB) groups with matched healthy controls (HC), in order to evaluate both their suitability as trait markers of genetic risk (to better understand the disorder) and their potential utility in clinical settings (to better manage the disorder). Role Principal Investigator.
2012-2020, MSFHR Clinical Research Scholar Award, $90,000/year or ($635,000 for 8 years), OCD translational multi-modal research program. The goal is to create an interdisciplinary, multimodal research program within the new Pediatric OCD clinic at B.C. Children’s Hospital. Role Principal Investigator.
Honours &
Awards
2024 Top Cited Article for “Review: Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth – a systematic review” in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Wiley Publication, USA
2023 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Service to the University and Community, University of British Columbia
2022 Top Cited Article for, “An overview of the first 5 years of the ENIGMA obsessive-compulsive disorder working group: The power of worldwide collaboration”, Wiley Publication, USA
2021 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship, BC Hospital Research Institute
2021 Genius Bar Award, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2017 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement
Nominations
2023 Nominated for Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) fellowship
2022 Nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction Award Program, YWCA Metro Vancouver
2022 Nominated for John McNeill Excellence in Health Research Mentorship Award, University of British Columbia
2017 Nominated for 2017 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship, Vancouver BC
2017 Nominated twice for CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Difference Makers – 150 Leading Canadians for Mental Health, Canada
2009 Nominated for Excellence in Mentoring Award for 2008-2009, Massachusetts General Hospital
2015 Nominated for Royal College’s 2015 Prix d’Excellence – Specialist of the Year Award for Region 1, Regional Advisory Committee, Canada
2015 Recommendation for Outstanding Academic Performance (OAP) by Department Head, UBC
2016 Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters
2018 Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Clinical and Applied Research, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
2015 BC Patient Safety & Quality Council “Quality Awards 2016” – Runner-Up for Excellence in Quality Living with Illness, Vancouver, BC (J Austin, PI)
2008 Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators
2008-9 Travel Awardee American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
