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Purnima Sundar

ResearcherUniversity of Ottawa

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Purnima Sundar

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Research

Caregivers Child And Youth Mental Health Health Services Research Participatory Action Research Population Health Qualitative Research

Latest papers

Sociodemographic Differences in Physician-Based Mental Health and Virtual Care Utilization and Uptake of Virtual Care Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023
New and continuing physician-based outpatient mental health care among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023
Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review.
International journal of mental health systems · 2023 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Co-Designing a National Webinar Series to Improve Young Canadians' Awareness and Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services since COVID-19
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$23,535
Integrating youth lived experience to enhance upstream prevention and health promotion
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Developing collaboratively a shared decision making tool for home-based videoconferencing versus in person care in child and youth mental health
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$424,576

All 6 grants and awards

9 publications.

Sociodemographic Differences in Physician-Based Mental Health and Virtual Care Utilization and Uptake of Virtual Care Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.

Toulany A, Kurdyak P, Stukel TA, Strauss R, Fu L, Guan J, Fiksenbaum L, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Vigod S, Chiu M, Moore Hepburn C, Moran K, Gardner W, Cappelli M, Sundar P, Saunders N

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023

DOI: 10.1177/07067437231156254 PMID: 36855797

New and continuing physician-based outpatient mental health care among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.

Toulany A, Vigod S, Kurdyak P, Stukel TA, Strauss R, Fu L, Guttmann A, Guan J, Cohen E, Chiu M, Hepburn CM, Moran K, Gardner W, Cappelli M, Sundar P, Saunders N

Frontiers in psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1063203 PMID: 38025438

Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review.

Schutte V, Danseco E, Lucente G, Sundar P

International journal of mental health systems2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13033-023-00599-2 PMID: 37828558

Meeting the service needs of youth with and without a self-reported mental health diagnosis during COVID-19.

Radomski A, Cloutier P, Polihronis C, Sheridan N, Sundar P, Cappelli M

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent2023

PMID: 37181448

Utilization of Physician-Based Mental Health Care Services Among Children and Adolescents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

Saunders NR, Kurdyak P, Stukel TA, Strauss R, Fu L, Guan J, Fiksenbaum L, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Vigod S, Chiu M, Hepburn CM, Moran K, Gardner W, Cappelli M, Sundar P, Toulany A

JAMA pediatrics2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6298 PMID: 35129604

Evaluating the sector-wide implementation of virtual child and youth mental health services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from service providers, agency leaders and clients.

Danseco E, Kurzawa J, Sundar P, Brown J, Huang C

Implementation research and practice2021

DOI: 10.1177/26334895211045690 PMID: 37089999

Towards high-quality, useful practice guidelines for child and youth mental health disorders: protocol for a systematic review and consensus exercise

Bennett K, Duda S, Brouwers M, Szatmari P, Newton A, McLennan J, Sundar P, Cleverley K, Charach A, Henderson J

BMJ Open20186 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018053 PMID: W2791750210

A Systematic Review of Social Media Use to Discuss and View Deliberate Self-Harm Acts.

Dyson MP, Hartling L, Shulhan J, Chisholm A, Milne A, Sundar P, Scott SD, Newton AS

PloS one2016

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155813 PMID: 27191728

Prevalence and Effect of Cyberbullying on Children and Young People: A Scoping Review of Social Media Studies.

Hamm MP, Newton AS, Chisholm A, Shulhan J, Milne A, Sundar P, Ennis H, Scott SD, Hartling L

JAMA pediatrics2015

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0944 PMID: 26098362

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Purnima Sundar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sociodemographic Differences in Physician-Based Mental Health and Virtual Care Utilization and Uptake of Virtual Care Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.

New and continuing physician-based outpatient mental health care among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.

Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review.

Meeting the service needs of youth with and without a self-reported mental health diagnosis during COVID-19.

Utilization of Physician-Based Mental Health Care Services Among Children and Adolescents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

Evaluating the sector-wide implementation of virtual child and youth mental health services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from service providers, agency leaders and clients.

Towards high-quality, useful practice guidelines for child and youth mental health disorders: protocol for a systematic review and consensus exercise

A Systematic Review of Social Media Use to Discuss and View Deliberate Self-Harm Acts.

Prevalence and Effect of Cyberbullying on Children and Young People: A Scoping Review of Social Media Studies.

Co-Designing a National Webinar Series to Improve Young Canadians' Awareness and Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services since COVID-19

Integrating youth lived experience to enhance upstream prevention and health promotion

Developing collaboratively a shared decision making tool for home-based videoconferencing versus in person care in child and youth mental health

Early Intervention for Eating Disorders in Ontario Integrated Youth Services: Best Practices for Implementation, Adaptation, Evaluation and Spread

Engaging youth and families in designing a mental health service plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A participatory action research study

Can primary care and community-based child & youth mental health services work together? An evaluation of a proposed model that improves integration and care for children and their families.

Frequent collaborators

Mario Cappelli

Eyal Cohen

Astrid Guttmann

Kimberly Moran

Simone Vigod

William Gardner

Paul Kurdyak

Alene Toulany

Lisa Hartling

Natasha Saunders

Ashley Radomski

Alice Charach

John McLennan

Kathryn Jane Bennett

Peter Szatmari

Peter Szatmari

Darren Courtney

Kristin Cleverley