Arfeen Malick

Dr. Malick is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and an Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She is a Clinician-Educator at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto. She completed her General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) subspecialty training at the University of Toronto. She has also completed her Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition at Columbia University. Dr. Malick works at the Hospital for Sick Children as a Consultation-Liaison(CL) psychiatrist and consults to the Inpatient Eating Disorder program. She provides psychiatric consultation through Telelink and ICHA for Indigenous and Muslim youth and families. Her main clinical and research work focuses on supporting the mental health needs of medically-ill, underserved, and racialized populations, in addition to providing culturally- and spiritually-adapted care. She is involved in undergraduate, resident and subspecialty education along with continuing professional development as the the Sick Kids Consultation-Liasion Psychiatry Education lead, Founder and Chair of the Canadian Muslim Mental Health Conference and the Mental Health Director for the Muslim Medical Association of Canada. Dr. Malick has worked with Dr. Amy Gajaria and Dr. Priya Raju in developing CAP postgraduate subspecialty training that includes the lens of equity, diversity, social justice and inclusion. She has an interest in psychotherapy including mindfulness, psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy and has sought additional training in DBT-informed psychotherapy for adolescents and Families.

Degree/Qualifications

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA - Honours Bachelors of Science

Sept 2004-May 2009       Human Biology and Nutritional Science

Columbia University, New York, NY, USA - Master of Science         

July 2009 – August 2010                M. Sc. Clinical Nutrition

University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CA – Doctor of Medicine

July 2011- June 2014       MD

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA - General Psychiatry

July 2014-June 2019 - Psychiatry Residency

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Subspecialty Training

July 2018-May 2021

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, CA

July 2020-June 2021 Teaching Scholars Program

Appointments

St. Michael’s Hospital (Inner City Health Associates)

TeleLink Telepsychiatry Hospital for Sick Children

Hospital for Sick Children

Grants

2020 – present

2019 Discovery Fund Seed, Center for Addiction and Mental Health. Toronto, Ontario.

Understanding suicide and suicidal behavior in Muslim youth. Determine risk factors associated with suicide and suicidal behavior in first and second generation immigrant Muslim youth. Explore experiences of suicide in young Muslims with a history of suicidal behavior. (Juveria Zaheer , Zainab Furqan, Natasha Saunders, Mark Sinyor, Paul Kurdyak, Ishrat Husain, Arfeen Malick)

Role: Co-investigator

2020 – present

Excellence Funds, Department of Psychiatry

A professional and evidence-informed innovation supporting child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) postgraduate training in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) principles. An innovative research project aimed at evaluating a novel CAP curriculum with EDI content. (Raj Rasasingham, Chetana Kulkarni, Amy Gajaria, Arfeen Malick)

Role: Co-investigator

CAMH Grant: The BCI Consulting Inc. Fund for Inclusion in Mental Health.

09/01/18-09/01/19

Evaluating a culturally adaptive psychoeducation program on addiction to overcome stigma for Muslims. (Ahmed Hassan, Heba Ragheb, Arfeen Malick, Zainab Abdullah, Farah Islam, Nadiya Sunderji, Yusra Ahmad, Shireen Ahmed, Sarah Uddin)

Role: Co-Investigator

Recent Publications

1. Zainab Furqan, Arfeen Malick, Juveria Zaheer, Javeed Sukhera. Understanding and Addressing Islamophobia through Trauma-Informed Care. Canadian Medical Association Journal. Manuscript ID: CMAJ-21-1298. (Accepted)
2. Ahmed Hassan, Heba Ragheb, Arfeen Malick, Zainab Abdullah, Farah Islam, Nadiya Sunderji, Yusra Ahmad. Inspiring Muslim Minds: Evaluating a Spiritually Adapted Psycho-educational Program on Addiction to Overcome Stigma in Canadian Muslim Communities. Community Mental Health Journal. 2020 August: 57, 644–654. URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00699-0.
3. Zahinoor Ismail, Arfeen Malick, Eric E Smith, Tom Schweizer, Corinne Fischer. Depression versus dementia: is this construct still relevant? Neurodegenerative Disease Management. 2014:4(2):119-26. URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24832029/.
4. Book Chapters : J.A.Jenkins, L.S.A.Augustin, A.Malick, A.Esfahani, C.Kendall. Glucose: Chemistry and Dietary Sources. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, 3 rd Edition. Elsevier; 2013. Pages 372-380. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750839001331.

Honours and Awards

2017       Zofia Pakula Social Justice Award Recipient

2017      Hazel McCallion Award in Quality Care