Research Community

Dr. Lin Li completed her PhD in Nursing at McMaster University in 2024. In July 2024, she joined Bloomberg Nursing as a CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Kristin Cleverley (primary supervisor) and Dr. Yona Lunsky (co-supervisor, Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, CAMH, & Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto). Her doctoral work utilized qualitative methods to explore family experiences with the transition to adult care for youth with medical complexity. In her postdoctoral work, Dr. Li aims to apply mixed methods to understand care experiences and longitudinal outcomes of youth with neurodevelopmental disorders who are aging out of child and adolescent mental health services.

Dr. Jordana McMurray completed her PhD from the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto in 2025. Her research is centered at the intersection of sleep and mental health in youth populations. Her doctoral thesis examined actigraphic and self-reported sleep outcomes and relationships to anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents and young adults with and without cystic fibrosis. Her postdoctoral fellowship began in 2025 under the supervision of Dean Robyn Stremler (primary supervisor) and Dr. Kristin Cleverly (co-supervisor). Dr. McMurray’s postdoctoral research is focussed on conducting a randomized controlled trial using wearable sleep trackers to test an app-based sleep promotion intervention to improve sleep duration and mental health outcomes in adolescents. As she moves forward in her career, she is committed to advancing a research program focused on enhancing sleep, mental health, and well-being for young people.