Meet Our Research Team
Dr. Leslie E. Roos
Project Director
Dr. Leslie E. Roos is an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. She aims to prevent the intergenerational transmission of stress-linked health inequities by developing scalable programs that promote parent mental health and family relationships.
Clinical Leads
Our clinical teams are a group of clinical psychology students at the University of Manitoba and the University of Calgary. They enhance our programs by providing evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help participants manage mental health and parenting concerns. You may see them in the telehealth group component of your program.
Lianne is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Intersectionality. Her research focuses on the psychological and social factors that promote or detract from optimal health trajectories. She aims to address patient-oriented research priorities for developing, testing and disseminating prevention and intervention programs that will improve parental and child mental health. Her current program of research is influenced her role as a mother and her clinical work, which have led her to develop expertise in relational therapies, mindfulness, and self-compassion.
Dr. Anna MacKinnon is a Registered Psychologist and Assistant Professor at l’Université de Montréal. She is director of the Family, Adversity, and well-Being (F.A.B.) Lab at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, which aims to improve early childhood development by developing and implementing accessible programs that target risk and resilience factors including perinatal mental health and parenting.
Dr. Tasmia Hai is an Assistant Professor in the Educational and Counselling Psychology program at McGill University. She is also a school and clinical psychologist. Tasmia completed her post-doctoral fellowship under Dr. Leslie Roos’ supervision, supporting parent mental health programs and is currently one of the senior clinicians for the BRIDGE program. Her program of research is centered on the exploration of the neurobiological and behavioural correlates of childhood disorders.
Emily Cameron is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Psychology and Paediatrics & Child Health at the University of Manitoba. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calgary and Clinical Residency in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Manitoba. Emily’s research interests focus on biological, psychological and social influences on early child development. Her background is in parental factors in pregnancy and the postpartum that influence child development, with a particular interest in inclusive family-centred care for all caregivers. Her postdoctoral work in the Hearts and Minds Lab focuses on developing and implementing inclusive eHealth parenting and mental health interventions to support young parents.
Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen
Anna Mackinnon
Tasmia Hai
Emily Cameron
Clinical Team
Our clinical teams are a group of clinical psychology students at the University of Manitoba and the University of Calgary. They enhance our programs by providing evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help participants manage mental health and parenting concerns. You may see them in the telehealth group component of your program.
Bailin Xie
Amber Cook
Sandra Hunter
James Jung
Nicole Tongol
Sydney Levasseur-Puhach
Meghan Mollons
Makayla Freeman
Jessa Hogarth
Shaelyn Stienwandt
Kaeley Simpson
Lara Penner-Goeke
Parent Coach Lead
Parent Coaches play a vital role in our programs by offering invaluable support to both participants and the research team, helping to create a more successful and supportive environment for all involved.
Ashley Pharazyn
Project Coordinators
Our project coordinators are a team of students and staff who have a passion for research. You may see some of their faces in virtual visits before your program starts, during group telehealth sessions, or have a chat over email.
Pictured from left to right: Grace, Allyson, Rachel, Cynthia, Kyla, Kayley, Madi, Janelle
Co-Investigators
Our Co-Investigators include researchers from multiple universities across Canada. They have collaborated on the scientific direction of each of our research programs to ensure projects are grounded in best-practices. We are incredibly grateful for their interdisciplinary collaboration as it plays a vital role in shaping research programs
Dr. Tracie Afifi
Dr. Ana Hanlon-Dearman
Dr. Nicole Letourneau
Dr. Anna MacKinnon
Dr. Kristene Cheung
Dr. Jessica L. Schleider
Dr. Ashley Stewart-Tufescu
Dr. Maureen Zalewski Regnier
Dr. Cara Katz
Dr. Natalie Mota
Dr. Fiona Clement
Dr. Terry Klassen
Dr. Mandy Archibald
Dr. Emily E. Cameron
Dr. Gerald Giesbrecht
Dr. Laurence Y. Katz
Dr. Catherine Lebel
Dr. Melanie Soderstorm
Dr. Kristin Reynolds
Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala
Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen (Co-PI)
Dr. Ryan Giuliano
Dr. Lauren Kelly
Dr. Nathan Nickel
Dr. Aislin Mushquash
Dr. Philip Fisher
Funders & Friends
Our Funders
Our Friends
Hearts and Minds Lab
Healthy Families Lab