About Us
Our Team
Dr. Anne Duffy, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Centre Director
Anne Duffy is an academic psychiatrist whose multidisciplinary translational research focuses on understanding the development of common mental disorders in young people. Main research programs include longitudinal cohort studies of children and adolescents at familial risk for mood disorders (Flourish research) and of undergraduate students from the start to completion of their studies (U-Flourish research).
Dr. Nathan King, PhD
Centre Research Scientist
Nathan King is a research scientist who completed his PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Queen’s University Departments of Public Health Sciences and Psychiatry. His research focuses on common mental health concerns in both school age children and youth, as well as university students. Specific interests include estimating the burden of mental health across various subgroups of young people, including for potentially disadvantaged subgroups.
Dr. Liz Tetzlaff, PhD
Centre Coordinator, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Elizabeth (Liz) Tetzlaff completed her PhD at the Telfer School of Management within the University of Ottawa. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University. Within the field of Entrepreneurship, Elizabeth focuses on transgenerational entrepreneurship and family business. Specifically, her research explores the implications of mental health and wellbeing for both enterprising families and their businesses.
Our Executive Leadership Team
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Dr. Scott Patten
University of Calgary
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Dr. Ed Watkins
University of Exeter (UK)
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Dr. Lucy Robinson
Newcastle University (UK)
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Dr. William Pickett
Brock University
Our Students
Daniel Rivera, MSc
Developing and evaluating digital tools to address the spectrum of post-secondary student mental health need.
Funding:
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CIHR; 2024-27)) Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (2023-24)
MD/PhD Student (Queen’s University)Adeleine Lyon, MSc
Describing cannabis use and associations with mental health in first year university students.
Funding:
U-Flourish Centre (2024)
MD Student (Queen’s University)Hayden John
Evaluating unacceptable experiences and the resulting impacts on undergraduate student mental health and well-being.
Funding:
Undergraduate Student Research Award (SSHRC; 2024)
MD Student (Queen’s University)Annika Waite
BSc Student (Queen’s University)
Student Engagement Co-Lead
Alice Yu Shen Li, BScH
Unpacking the impact of demographic factors on university student well-being.
Funding:
McLaughlin Research Studentstip Fund (2024)
MD Student (Queen’s University)Olivia Pellarin
BSc Student (Queen’s University)
Student Engagement Co-Lead
