Investigators
Dr. Sinyor's lab focuses on understanding how suicide and related outcomes (suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, self-harm) can be prevented with an emphasis on population-level strategies including media interventions and means restriction. The Sinyor lab team also conducts clinical trials and does substantial research using coroner’s records. Dr. Sinyor is co-lead of the University of Toronto’s ASPIRE initiative (Alliance of Suicide Prevention and Intervention Researchers and Educators) and leads the International Association for Suicide Prevention’s Partnerships for Life initiative in the Americas.
Dr. Schaffer’s Lab focuses on bipolar disorder with additional foci on mood disorders in general and suicide prevention. Dr. Schaffer is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Deputy Editor of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. He serves as VP Research for the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) and VP Outreach for the Canadian Network of Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT). He is the recent recipient of the Mogens Schou Award for Education and Teaching in Bipolar Disorders.
Dr. Steinberg's lab focuses on the development of community-based suicide prevention strategies and novel service delivery models to enhance mental health care access for underserved populations. Dr. Steinberg’s research uses both quality improvement and implementation science frameworks to continually assess and improve clinical research initiatives, as well as to ensure the uptake of research findings into clinical practice. In addition to her research work, Dr. Steinberg serves as Deputy Chief of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Quality Improvement in the Department of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and as the Toronto Region Clinical Lead for Mental Health and Addictions at Ontario Health.
Dr. Mitchell's lab focuses on sex- and gender- differences in suicide and mood disorders in adolescents. Two main areas of focus are self-harm and suicide-related behavior, and the relationship between social media, (most recently TikTok), mental health and suicide-risk among adolescents. She also has a clinical and research interest in bipolar disorder. She has received a Young Investigator Award from the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention and the International Society of Bipolar Disorders. Dr. Mitchell frequently appears in the media as an expert on child and adolescent mental health.
