Academic and Research Experience

Project: Exploring family involvement in early intervention services for youth with early psychosis in Canada; eliciting care preferences through knowledge synthesis and implementability appraisal of clinical practise policies, multi-stakeholder consultation and prioritisation, and examining empirical evidence for family involvement practises

Doctor of Philosophy (2024)

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada

Master of Social Work (2013)

Madras Christian College, India

Project: A descriptive study on the practices of postpartum women and their Quality of Life (QOL) in the Cuddalore (rural) district, Tamilnadu, South India

Bachelor of Social Work (2011)

Stella Maris College, India

Project: A descriptive study on the socio-economic condition of women in a self-help group belonging to the fishermen community
from north Chennai, Tamilnadu, South India.

Research Roles

  • Positions held at McGill University with:

    • Alumni Association and Indigenous Initiatives

    • Indigenous Initiatives

    • Research Project in Science Teaching & Learning

    • Campus Planning and Development Office

      I helped design and execute comprehensive research methodologies. Through strategic communications and analysis, I identified key priorities, collaborated with stakeholders, and conducted in-depth data analysis, resulting in comprehensive reports with actionable recommendations.

  • Research Projects:

    Psychosocial Rehabilitation for people with Schizophrenia – an outpatient-based intervention program
    (Dr. Padmavati Ramachandran)

    Adversity: Understanding its meaning and effects in a population suffering from first-episode psychosis.
    (Dr. Shiva P. Srinivasan, & Dr. Padmavati Ramachandran)

    Cultural Validation of Stigma scales, a collaborative project with the University of Columbia, USA
    (Dr. Padmavati Ramachandran, & Dr. Lawrence Yang)

    First Episode Psychosis in Montreal, Canada and Chennai, India: Examining Multiple Outcome Domains and the Differential Role of Family Factors (Dr. Ashok Malla, Dr. Srividya Iyer, Dr. Thara Srinivasan, Dr.Padmavati Ramachandran)

  • Research projects:

    Whether, when, who, how? Examining stakeholder preferences about involving families in early intervention for psychosis using discrete choice experiment methodology
    (Dr. Srividya Iyer)

    Development of meaningful assessment protocol for PEPP
    (Dr. Srividya N. Iyer, Dr. Jai Shah, Dr. Manuela Ferrari)

    Making family engagement and family peer support a reality in early intervention programs for psychosis - a consensus development conference
    (Dr. Srividya Iyer)

    Unmet mental health care needs of adolescents and young adults -A systematic review
    (Dr. Srividya Iyer)