Kristin Cleverley RN, PhD, CPMHN(C)

Associate Professor
CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research

Currently Accepting Students

Dr. Kristin Cleverley is the CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. She is also Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, a Full Member of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto, and a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

Dr. Cleverley’s clinical and research interests include: psychiatric epidemiology, health care transitions, student and youth mental health; and patient- and family- centered care.

CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research will develop a new and innovative program of research in mental health nursing, the goal of which is to increase awareness, dialogue and new knowledge in the field of mental health nursing and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

  • 2012 – PhD, Health Research Methodology, McMaster University

  • 2006 – MSc, Nursing, McMaster University

  • 2002 – BScN, McMaster University

Dr. Cleverley’s PubMed link is available here.

Julia Davies

Julia is a PhD student at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, a Registered Nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and a research trainee with Dr. Cleverley’s Longitudinal Youth in Transition Study (LYiTS). 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 psychosocial and functional outcomes of traumatic brain injury/concussion among youth who are accessing mental health and addictions care.

Katherine Sainsbury, RN, MPA, CPMHN(C)

Katherine is a registered nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), a Research Coordinator with the Cleverley Lab, and a PhD student at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include healthcare transitions, student mental health, and risk assessment in acute car. Katherine’s doctoral research aims to better understand the needs of post-secondary students who are accessing mental health services.

Patty Wilson, NP

Patty Wilson is a Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing candidate at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. Based in Calgary, Alberta, she specializes in substance use, with a particular focus on prescribed safer supply. Her research interests include implementing prescribed safer supply practices among prescribers. Patty aims to understand both internal and external barriers and facilitators influencing prescribers’ decision-making processes to enhance support for this life-saving intervention.

 

Sara Ling, RN, PhD

Thesis title: Predictors of and reasons for early discharge from an inpatient withdrawal management service.

Dr. Ling is currently an Associate Scientist in the Digital Mental Health Lab, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario

Remar Mangaoil, RN, BScN, PhD CPMHN(C)

Thesis Title: The use of post-seclusion and restraint debriefing by nurses in inpatient mental health settings

Dr. Mangaoil is currently a Professor at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario.