Stephanie Cassin

Dr. Cassin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She is also an Associate Professor and Director of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calgary, and completed an internship at the University of British Columbia. Following graduation, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Ontario Mental Health Foundation at the Mood and Anxiety Treatment and Research Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Prior to working in academia, she held staff clinical psychologist positions in the Mood and Anxiety Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the Bariatric Surgery Program at Toronto Western Hospital.

Research Synopsis

Dr. Cassin’s research interests are in the area of disordered eating, obesity, and bariatric surgery. Her current program of research focuses primarily on psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcome, and psychosocial interventions with the potential to improve outcomes, including motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy. She also investigates health care innovations that increase treatment accessibility, such as telephone-based and web-based interventions.