Dr. Kristin Cleverley
Principal Investigator
Dr. Kristin Cleverley is the Rossy Chair in Campus Mental Health, an Associate Professor at the Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (UofT) and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is the Academic Director of the Student and Youth Mental Health Research Initiative at UofT. Dr. Cleverley currently holds an Ontario Early Researcher Award (2021-2027), a UofT Connaught Global Challenge Award, and is the principal or co-investigator on over $40 million in grant funds. She has published over 100 journal articles and given over 100 keynote and conference presentations. She is an international expert in youth and student mental health, patient-oriented research, and mental health care transitions, meeting regularly with health care administrators and governments to advise on opportunities to strengthen transition standards and protocols.
Research Staff
Lexi Ewing, MA, PhD
Scientific Associate
Dr. Lexi Ewing is a Scientific Associate with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health at CAMH. She works in collaboration with the Cleverley Lab to manage the NavigateCAMPUS and P2P projects. Lexi completed her MA and PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, where her research focused on person-centered approaches to investigating post-secondary student mental health. She has particular expertise in the development and maintenance of self-injurious behaviors (e.g., nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal behavior) in education and community based settings.
Katherine Sainsbury, RN, MPA, CPMHN(C) (on leave)
Research Coordinator
Katherine supports all the Cleverley Lab’s research activities as a Research Coordinator, primarily working on the Longitudinal Youth in Transition Study (LYiTS). Katherine is a Registered Nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and a PhD student at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. In addition to mental health and addictions care, her clinical experience includes pediatrics and perinatal nursing. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University, and a BSc from McGill University. Katherine is passionate about the ways in which clinical practice, research, and policy can intersect to improve patient outcomes.
Julia Davies, RN, MN
Research Fellow
Julia is a PhD student at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto, a Registered Nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and a research trainee with the Longitudinal Youth in Transition Study. Her clinical background spans general surgery, multi-system trauma care, and acute mental health and addictions nursing, and she is developing expertise in youth mental health research and patient-oriented research through her work with LYiTS. The focus of her doctoral research includes psycho-social and functional outcomes of traumatic brain injury/concussion among youth who are accessing mental health and addictions care.
Emma McCann, HBSc
Knowledge Translation & Engagement Specialist
Emma supports the Cleverley Lab knowledge translation and implementation activities at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and is the acting Engagement Lead of Inlight. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Honours Bachelor of Science. Emma’s background is in stakeholder engagement in research and systems of care. She is passionate about moving evidence and community knowledge into practice and developing capacity for collaboration across mental health settings.
