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Tina Malti is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of the Laboratory for Social-Emotional Development and Intervention at the University of Toronto. She is a registered clinical psychologist in Ontario (Canada) and Zug (Switzerland).
Her research focuses on children’s and adolescents’ social-emotional development, aggression, and mental health. She also develops and tests interventions that nurture kindness and reduce the negative effects of exposure to violence in children experiencing varying levels of adversity.
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Charis Liu
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Danielle Mitrevski
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Paolina Onorato
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Teresa Sellitto
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Sarah Rashid
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Kathy Yang
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Maanya Khanna
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Abby Mitchell Walker
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Tulip Marawi
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Caterina Cavallo
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Ramsha Mir
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Jose Chacon
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Professor Kenneth A. Dodge
William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies
Sanford School of Public Policy
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Duke University
Professor Peter Donnelly
President and CEO
Public Health Ontario
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Professor Nancy Eisenberg
Regents' Professor
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University
Professor Barbara Fallon
Associate Professor; Factor-Inwentash Chair in Child Welfare
Associate Dean, Research, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
Professor Robert John Flynn
Professor Emeritus and Director
School of Psychology and Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services
University of Ottawa
Professor Melanie Killen
Professor of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
Associate Director, Center for Children, Relationships and Culture
Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
University of Maryland
Professor Harriet MacMillan
Chedoke Health Chair in Child Psychiatry, Associate Co-Chair, Research,
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences and Pediatrics
McMaster University
Member, Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster Children’s Hospital
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Ju-Hyun Song (2016-2018)
Assistant Professor, Division of Human Development, California State University, USA
Antonio Zuffiano (2014-2015)
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Lixian Cui (2013-2015)
Assistant Professor, Institute for Social Development, New York University Shanghai, China
Ella Daniel (2012-2013)
Assistant Professor, School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Margit Averdijk (2011-2014; co-supervisor)
Senior Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Ingrid Obsuth (2013-2014; co-supervisor)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK
Ph.D. Advisees (Selection)
Tyler Colasante (present)
Postdoctoral Student, University of Toronto
Maria Paula Chaparro (2015; co-supervision)
Clinical Psychologist, Toronto
Annekatrin Steinhoff (2014; co-supervision)
Postdoctoral Student, University of Zurich
Hyunji Kim (2013; co-supervision)
Postdoctoral Student, York University
Christine Nguyen (2013; co-supervision)
Ph.D. Student, University of Toronto
Master’s Thesis Advisees (Selection)
Joanna Peplak (2015)
Ph.D. Student, University of Toronto
Sebastian Dys (2013)
Ph.D. Student, University of Toronto
Sophia Ongley (2012)
Teacher, Vancouver, Canada
Sarah Kuenzler (2011)
School Psychologist, Switzerland
Corsin Caglia (2011)
Clinical Psychologist, Switzerland
Anai Fernandez (2010)
School Psychologist, Switzerland
Undergraduate Students (Selection; more than 200 students supervised at UofT since 2010)
Catherine Tessier (2018)
MSW, University of Michigan
Samantha Rundle (2018)
M.A. in Experimental Psychology, University of Toronto
Mahrukh Zahid (2018)
MPH in Health Care Management, Yale University
Tehreem Mehmood (2018)
MSc. in Couple and Family Therapy, Guelph University
Danah Elsayed (2018)
MSc. in Family Relations and Human Development, Guelph University
David Boshra (2018)
M.T, University of Toronto (OISE)
Ayah Ellithy (2017)
M.A. Student, Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Toronto
Belinda Tanuwijaya (2017)
M.A. Student, Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University, Boston
Iren Karki (2017)
M.A. Student, Counselling Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology, Vancouver
Anisha Aery (2017)
M.A. Student, Counselling Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology, Vancouver
Martin Atanasovski (2012)
M.A. Student, Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University, New Brunswick
Cristina Martan (2016)
M.Ed. Student, University of Toronto (OISE)
Shabana Omar (2015)
M.A. Student, Counselling Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology, Vancouver
Elizabeth Clancy (2015)
M.A. Student, Psychology & Neurology, Guelph University
Jessica Chuang (2015)
M.A. Student, Occupational Therapy, Western University
Chrystal Colquhoun (2014)
M.A. Student, Teaching, Learning, and Development, Brock University
Alyssa Saiphoo (2014)
M.A. Student, Social Psychology, Ryerson University
Michal Bak (2013)
Ph.D. Student, Developmental Psychology, Western University
Michelle Rodrigues (2013)
M.A. Student, School and Clinical Child Psychology, University of Toronto (OISE)
Matthew Medeiros (2013)
Ph.D. Student, Anthropology, University of Toronto
Nisreen Khambati (2013)
M.A. Student, Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice, Anne Freud Centre, London, UK
Isabella Schwyzer (2013)
M.A. Student, University of Zurich
Navneet Hundal (2013)
M.A. Student, Education, York University
Behzad Eshghi (2013)
Ph.D. Student, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Nick Hobson (2012)
Ph.D. Student, University of Toronto, Scarborough
Bushra Bayan (2013)
M.A. Student, Occupational Therapy, Queen’s University
Amani Saleh (2011)
Ph.D. Student, City University, London
Leyla Javam (2011)
Ph.D. Student, University of Toronto (OISE)
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Mari Hasegawa (2018)
Yokohama City University, Japan
Luciano Gasser (2015)
University of Teacher Education, Lucerne, Switzerland
Andreas Beelmann (2014)
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Michaela Gummerum (2013)
University of Plymouth, UK
Dagmar Strohmeier (2013)
University of Applied Sciences, Linz, Austria
Monika Keller (2011)
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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Stefania Sette (2015)
University of Rome, Italy
Milena Marzano (2012)
University of Bari, Italy
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Shazza Ali (2018)
University of Kent, UK
Anouk van Dijk (2015-2016)
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Jeannine Gruetter (2014-2015)
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Marieke de Bruine (2014-2015)
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Marta Nola (2014)
University of Pavia, Italy
Dorinde Jansma (2014)
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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