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Roberto Sassi

ResearcherOccupational TherapyUniversity of British Columbia

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Roberto Sassi

Researcher

Occupational Therapy

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Latest papers

Substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in North America: a systematic review.
BMC psychiatry · 2026
A pilot randomized trial of ketamine for suicidal ideation in a pediatric emergency department.
CJEM · 2026
British Columbia Children's Hospital Compass Program: Extending mental health supports for rural Northern communities.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$405,449
IYS Impact 1.0: A multi-methods, qualitative, and population-level study of the impact of Integrated Youth Services (IYS) on youth mental health care access and experiences in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,732,726
Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$635,373

All 6 grants and awards

11 publications.

Substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in North America: a systematic review.

Kuriakose G, Seo J, Asgharipourzahmati N, Lew A, Daswani R, Ignaszewski MJ, Sassi R, Choi F, Seethapathy V, Krausz RM

BMC psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-026-08580-2 PMID: 42698081

A pilot randomized trial of ketamine for suicidal ideation in a pediatric emergency department.

Onikashvili Y, Burt H, Meckler G, Bone JN, Hind T, Sih K, Sassi R, Stillwell K, Black T, Doan Q

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01190-7 PMID: 42234079

British Columbia Children's Hospital Compass Program: Extending mental health supports for rural Northern communities.

Tsang VWL, Kim A, Wu TYX, Hill L, Burkey M, Crawford M, Koopmans E, Wilson C, Sassi R

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340735 PMID: 42133727

Outpatient Care Before and After Mental Health Hospitalization for Adolescents From Immigrant, Refugee and Non-immigrant Backgrounds in British Columbia: A Retrospective Cohort Study: Soins en consultation externe avant et après une hospitalisation en santé mentale pour les adolescents, issus ou non de l’immigration ou réfugiés, en Colombie-Britannique: Une étude de cohorte rétrospective

Gadermann A, Petteni MG, Magee C, Janus M, Georgiades K, Sassi R, Guhn M, Puyat JH

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251372189

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Goodyear T, Thulien M, Anghel A, Slemon A, Jensen M, Ignaszewski MJ, Sassi R, Mathias S, Jenkins E, Knight R, Fast D

Social science & medicine (1982)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118701 PMID: 41135255

Compass-Canada's first child psychiatry access program: Implementation and lessons learned.

Tsang VWL, Lin MCQ, Huang N, Tsoi S, Hu J, Sinclair S, Watson P, Baer S, Sassi R

PloS one2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323199 PMID: 40549690

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.

Marchand K, Turuba R, Hui D, Gunn H, Wright MD, Marshall T, Fast D, Knight R, Marsh DC, Sassi R, Mathias S, Barbic S

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.07.013 PMID: 39340500

Maternal prenatal depression is associated with dysregulation over the first five years of life moderated by child polygenic risk for comorbid psychiatric problems.

Babineau V, Jolicoeur-Martineau A, Szekely E, Green CG, Sassi R, Gaudreau H, Levitan RD, Lydon J, Steiner M, O'Donnell KJ, Kennedy JL, Burack JA, Wazana A

Developmental psychobiology2023

DOI: 10.1002/dev.22395 PMID: 37338256

Neuroimaging profiling identifies distinct brain maturational subtypes of youth with mood and anxiety disorders.

Ge R, Sassi R, Yatham LN, Frangou S

Molecular psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01925-9 PMID: 36577839

Examining attachment, cortisol secretion, and cognitive neurodevelopment in preschoolers and its predictive value for telomere length at age seven.

de Mendonça Filho EJ, Frechette A, Pokhvisneva I, Arcego DM, Barth B, Tejada CV, Sassi R, Wazana A, Atkinson L, Meaney MJ, Silveira PP

Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience2022

DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.954977 PMID: 36311861

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Roberto Sassi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in North America: a systematic review.

A pilot randomized trial of ketamine for suicidal ideation in a pediatric emergency department.

British Columbia Children's Hospital Compass Program: Extending mental health supports for rural Northern communities.

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Compass-Canada's first child psychiatry access program: Implementation and lessons learned.

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.

Maternal prenatal depression is associated with dysregulation over the first five years of life moderated by child polygenic risk for comorbid psychiatric problems.

Neuroimaging profiling identifies distinct brain maturational subtypes of youth with mood and anxiety disorders.

Examining attachment, cortisol secretion, and cognitive neurodevelopment in preschoolers and its predictive value for telomere length at age seven.

Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods

IYS Impact 1.0: A multi-methods, qualitative, and population-level study of the impact of Integrated Youth Services (IYS) on youth mental health care access and experiences in British Columbia

Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia

Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium.

Experiential and Epigenetic Pathways to Depression and Resilience in Youth

Towards a Learning Health System to support an Integrated Youth Services Network in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Steve Mathias

Danya Fast

Eszter Szekely

Rodney Knight

Allie Slemon

Kirsten Marchand

Martin Guhn

Magdalena Janus

Ashley Wazana

Rodney Knight

Quynh Doan

Emily Jenkins

Skye Barbic

Anne Gadermann

Trevor Goodyear

Kathy Georgiades

Sophia Frangou

Magdalena Janus

Roberto Sassi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults in North America: a systematic review.

A pilot randomized trial of ketamine for suicidal ideation in a pediatric emergency department.

British Columbia Children's Hospital Compass Program: Extending mental health supports for rural Northern communities.

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Compass-Canada's first child psychiatry access program: Implementation and lessons learned.

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids&#xa0;in Canada and the United States.

Maternal prenatal depression is associated with dysregulation over the first five years of life moderated by child polygenic risk for comorbid psychiatric problems.

Neuroimaging profiling identifies distinct brain maturational subtypes of youth with mood and anxiety disorders.

Examining attachment, cortisol secretion, and cognitive neurodevelopment in preschoolers and its predictive value for telomere length at age seven.

Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods

IYS Impact 1.0: A multi-methods, qualitative, and population-level study of the impact of Integrated Youth Services (IYS) on youth mental health care access and experiences in British Columbia

Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia

Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium.

Experiential and Epigenetic Pathways to Depression and Resilience in Youth

Towards a Learning Health System to support an Integrated Youth Services Network in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Steve Mathias

Danya Fast

Eszter Szekely

Rodney Knight

Allie Slemon

Kirsten Marchand

Martin Guhn

Magdalena Janus

Ashley Wazana

Rodney Knight

Quynh Doan

Emily Jenkins

Skye Barbic

Anne Gadermann

Trevor Goodyear

Kathy Georgiades

Sophia Frangou

Magdalena Janus

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.