Dr. Jennifer Crosbie, PhD, C. Psych.
Senior Scientist, Psychologist

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Dr. Jennifer Crosbie is a Clinical Psychologist and Health Clinician Scientist within the Department of Psychiatry at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Dr. Crosbie is an Senior Scientist in the Neuroscience and Mental Health program at SickKids Research Institute, and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Crosbie is the recipient of the Susan J. Bradley Health Clinician Scientist Award and is an O’Brien Scholar.

Dr. Crosbie’s research and clinical work are focused on understanding the neurobiological determinants of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders, with a particular focus on attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An overarching objective of her work involves investigating the behavioural, cognitive and genetic architecture of ADHD and related neuropsychiatric disorders. Four integrated domains of research create the foundation of her research:

  1. Cognition and behavioural phenomenology using cross sectional and longitudinal methods
  2. Understanding genetic etiology
  3. Utilizing general population samples to investigate the relationship of genes and environment
  4. Development of novel cognitive rehabilitation interventions.

Dr. Crosbie holds externally funded grants including CIHR, the Province of Ontario Neurodevelopmental Disorders (POND) Network funded by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI), CHILD BRIGHT, and CIHR-funded SPOR. She is a past recipient of a New Investigator Fellowship from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation (OMHF).

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