Deferred Care Outcomes in Canadian Children and Youth: Measuring and Mitigating Risk during COVID-19

Principal Investigators: Brownell MD, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Saunders NR
Co-investigators: Hanlon-Dearman A, Hepburn CM, Katz A, Mahar A, Rayner J, Stukel T, Wanigaratne S, Wilson S

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, COVID-19 Rapid Research
2020-2021; $258,686

Mental health outcomes in victims of physical assault during childhood: a population-based study

Principal investigator: Saunders N
Co-investigators: Archambault E, Brown H, Vigod S.

National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect, Fellow Award
2019-2020; $39,030

Optimizing Canada's Healthcare for REfugees (OCHRE)

Principal investigators: Glazier R, Guttmann A, Rayner J
Co-investigators: Evans A, de Oliveira C, Isaranuwatchai W, Kurdyak P, Manuel D, Saunders N, Stukel T, Urquia M, Wiedmeyer H

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2018-2022; $585,224

Recent Awards & Recognition

Claire Bombardier Award

2015: Awarded to Dr. Natasha Saunders by the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto for the most promising student in the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Program.

6/12/2015

Thomas and Edna Naylor Award

2015: Awarded to Dr. Natasha Saunders by the Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. The award is for a graduate student (MSc or PhD) who completes the best paper based on their thesis in the field of health services research.

6/12/2015

Research Training Competition (Restracomp) Award

2012-2015: Awarded to Dr. Natasha Saunders by the Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Centre. The award funds exceptional researchers working under the supervision of a SickKids scientist.

3/12/2012

2/11/2021

Use of administrative record linkage to measure medical and social risk factors for early developmental vulnerability in Ontario, Canada

Saunders NR, Janus M, Porter J, Lu H, Gaskin A, Kalappa G, Guttmann A. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2021; Feb 11 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1407

1/27/2021

Accidental injury, self-injury and assault among children of women with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study

Taylor CL, Brown HK, Saunders NR, Barker LC, Chen S, Cohen E, Dennis C, Ray JG, Vigod SN. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2021; Jan 27 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13281

Natasha Saunders

Education

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Other Affiliations

Recent ICES Grants

Deferred Care Outcomes in Canadian Children and Youth: Measuring and Mitigating Risk during COVID-19

Mental health outcomes in victims of physical assault during childhood: a population-based study

Optimizing Canada's Healthcare for REfugees (OCHRE)

Recent Awards & Recognition

Claire Bombardier Award

Thomas and Edna Naylor Award

Research Training Competition (Restracomp) Award

Recent ICES Publications

Mental Health and Addictions System Performance in Ontario: 2021 Scorecard

Use of administrative record linkage to measure medical and social risk factors for early developmental vulnerability in Ontario, Canada

Accidental injury, self-injury and assault among children of women with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study

News coverage

Refugee and immigrant youth more likely to end up in ER during mental health crisis, study shows

Refugee children more vulnerable to injuries, Sick Kids study finds