Erika Penner

Rpsych, PhD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Clinical Associate & Instructor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

I am a clinical psychologist interested in research that lies at intersection of psychology and medicine. For example, how can our understanding of positive psychology contribute to the maintenance of health and well-being in pediatric populations? How can research from neuropsychology assist us in understanding the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural sequelae of medical illness and interventions? I am also interested in program evaluation and using clinical research to inform and improve health care policy and procedures.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Brain, Behaviour & Development
  • Research Group(s): Global Health and Innovations; Mental Health and Behaviour; Neurodevelopmental and Neurological Disorders; Origins of Child Health and Disease; Pain and Stress

Contact Information

Location

Provincial Assessment Centre, PHSA, 2721 Lougheed Hwy, 3rd Floor, Coquitlam, BC, Canada, V3C 4J2

The mental health profiles of pediatric organ transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Penner, E.K. and Walker, H. and Moon, E. and Slavec, J. and Hind, T. and Blydt-Hansen, T.D.

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14151

Questioning fairness: the relationship of mental health and psychopathic characteristics with young offenders' perceptions of procedural justice and legitimacy

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Penner, E.K. and Shaffer, C.S. and Viljoen, J.L.

DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2004

Procedural justice versus risk factors for offending: Predicting recidivism in youth

Law and Human Behavior

Penner, E.K. and Viljoen, J.L. and Douglas, K.S. and Roesch, R.

DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000055

Youth custody and mental disorder

A Companion to Criminal Justice Mental Health Risk

Penner, E.

Competence and Criminal Responsibility in Adolescent Defendants: The Roles of Mental Illness and Adolescent Development

The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice

Viljoen, J. and Penner, E. and Roesch, R.

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195385106.013.0022

Young offenders in custody: An international comparison of mental health services

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Penner, E.K. and Roesch, R. and Viljoen, J.L.

DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2011.598427

Defense attorneys' concerns about the competence of adolescent defendants

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Viljoen, J.L. and McLachlan, K. and Wingrove, T. and Penner, E.

DOI: 10.1002/bsl.954
Grants

Transplant Research Foundation Venture Grant, 2016

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, CGS 2009 & 2007

American Psychology-Law Research Grant, 2008

Research Grant in the Social Policy Field, 2009

Honours & Awards

SFU Graduate Fellowship, 2009

Waterhouse Graduate Fellowship in Organizational Innovation and Change, 2010

President's Research Stipend, 2011

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