Mark Sinyor
Qualification
- Hon. BSc, 2002, Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
- MSc, 2003, Chemistry, University of Toronto
- MD, 2007, Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Sinyor is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Staff Psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and lead of Sunnybrook’s Suicide Prevention Research Collaborative (SPRC). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on the topic of suicide. His research focuses mainly on population-level strategies for suicide prevention with an emphasis on how media messaging impacts suicide. He also conducts studies of coroner records of suicide deaths in Ontario as well as a small number of clinical trials. Dr. Sinyor is the International Association for Suicide Prevention’s “Partnerships for Life” lead for the Americas. He is lead author of the Canadian Psychiatric Association guidelines on responsible media reporting about suicide. He has also created a free mental health literacy curriculum that teaches middle schoolers coping skills and distress managements while reading “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in English language. The curriculum has been used by thousands of young people worldwide.
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