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Yona Lunsky

Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES Central Mental Health & Addictions Research Program

Biography

At the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Dr. Yona Lunsky is a clinician-scientist in Adult Neurodevelopmental Services, director of the Healthcare Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) Program, and director of the Azrieli Centre for Adult Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. She is professor and development disabilities lead in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

  • PhD, Clinical Psychology, Ohio State University
  • MA, Clinical Psychology, Ohio State University
  • BA, University of Guelph
  • Health services research
  • Mental health and addictions
  • Director, Azrieli Centre for Adult Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Professor and developmental disabilities lead, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
  • Director of the Healthcare Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Clinician-Scientist in Adult Neurodevelopmental Services, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

ICES Grants

Grant
2021 - 2025

Maternal disability and child preventive healthcare: supporting family-centred care

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Brown H
Co-Investigators
Cohen E, Gemmill M, Guttmann A, Lunsky YJ, Pituch E, Saunders NR, Telner D, Vigod SN, Zwicker JD
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$439,876
Grant
2019 - 2023

Psychotropic drug use and safety among children and youth

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Antoniou T, Gomes T
Co-Investigators
Gardner W, Juurlink DN, Lunsky YJ, Mamdani M, Pajer K, Penner M, Tadrous M
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$481,952
Grant
2010 - 2016

Healthcare access research in developmental disabilities

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Balogh R, Carlucci R, Cobigo V, Gonzales A, Isaacs B, Lin E, Lunsky Y, Neitzert M, Ouellette-Kuntz H
Co-Investigators
Barnsley J, Barry K, Blugerman T, Bullock H, Casson R, Durbin J, Farrell S, Jaakkimainen L, Martin L, Morris S, O'Shea M, Paprica A, Southiere A, Stemp S, Sullivan W, Weisberg, S, Weiss J
Grant Type
Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)
Grant Amount
$766,000
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