About Us

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).

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.

Centre Coordinator, Post-Doctoral Fellow

University of Calgary

University of Exeter (UK)

Newcastle University (UK)

Brock University

MD/PhD Student (Queen’s University)

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)

MSc Student (Queen’s University)

Describing cannabis use and associations with mental health in first year university students.

Funding: U-Flourish Centre (2024)

MD Student (Queen’s University)

Unpacking the impact of demographic factors on university student well-being.

Funding: McLaughlin Research Studentstip Fund (2024)

MD Student (Queen’s University)

Evaluating unacceptable experiences and the resulting impacts on undergraduate student mental health and well-being.

Funding: Undergraduate Student Research Award (SSHRC; 2024)