Program Director
Paula Ravitz MD, FRCPC
Paula Ravitz is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, where her research and publications have focused on the processes and outcomes of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), attachment patterns of relating, and knowledge translation of evidence-supported psychotherapies. She received the 2022 Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education and the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s Paul Patterson Innovation in Education Leadership Award, and was a past president of the International Society of IPT. She has led workshops and taught IPT in Canada, and internationally including in the United States, at numerous international conferences, and in Ethiopia with the Toronto Addis Ababa Psychiatric Project.
Scientific Planning Committee
Daisy Singla PhD, CPsych
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Institute of Mental Health Policy Research & Centre for Complex Interventions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Dawit Wondimagegn MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University
Clare Pain MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Edward McAnanmara PhD, OT
Psychotherapist, Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy Clinic
Luis Flores Jr. PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Queen’s University
Giorgio Tasca PhD
Associate Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
Laura Jane Nelles MFA, RP
Cynthia Whitehead MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP
Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Director and Scientist, The Wilson Centre
Allison Hughes MSW
Social Worker and Psychotherapist, Sinai Health System
Sue Biglieri BScN, MEd
Public Health Nurse and Manager, Toronto Public Health
Faculty Disclosure
It is the policy of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Continuing Professional Development to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually accredited or jointly accredited educational programs. Speakers and/or planning committee members, participating in University of Toronto accredited programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships within the last FIVE (5) years with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of facts. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.