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Senior Scientist, CMO & VP Education CAMH, Professor & Scientific Director of Obesity Canada
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam is the Scientific Director of Obesity Canada, a national organization for obesity. He is also Vice President, Education, Chief Medical Officer, and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He is Professor and Vice-Chair, Education in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Sockalingam is also the Co-Chair of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Ontario Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental and Health and the University of Toronto, which is a Ministry of Health funded hub-and-spoke virtual knowledge-sharing network model building mental health and addiction capacity in Ontario.
Dr. Sockalingam has over 230 peer-reviewed publications and is a lead investigator on several peer-reviewed clinical and medical education grants. His research interests focus on two main areas: 1) the implementation of mental health capacity building using technology and novel education approaches; 2) the exploration of predictors of psychosocial outcomes related to obesity care and evaluating psychological treatments for obesity, including virtual treatment modalities.
He has been the recipient of several national and international awards related to innovation, leadership and research including the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Alan Stoudemire Award for Innovation and Excellence in Education (2018) and the University of Toronto Faculty President’s Teaching Award (2022).
Friday, November 10, 2023
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM CST
