Alpna Munshi, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international fellows.
Critical care science · 2026
Delivering an Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program to Address Mental Health Challenges Faced by Correctional Workers and Other Public Safety Personnel: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2021
The Transcultural Psychiatry Reading Group: a Learner-Led Approach to Cultural Psychiatry.
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2015

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Delivering online cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) to address mental health challenges in correctional officers and other public safety personnel
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$30,000
Delivering online cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) to address mental health challenges in correctional officers and other public safety personnel
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$860,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international fellows.

Sklar MC, Bouez J, Joo HC, Sayed N, Lee C, Munshi A, Najeeb U, Mehta S, Kamani A, Hamilton M, Munshi L

Critical care science2026Open Access

DOI: 10.62675/2965-2774.20260336 PMID: 42339856

02

Delivering an Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program to Address Mental Health Challenges Faced by Correctional Workers and Other Public Safety Personnel: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Alavi N, Stephenson C, Omrani M, Gerritsen C, Martin MS, Knyahnytskyi A, Zhu Y, Kumar A, Jagayat J, Shirazi A, Moghimi E, Patel C, Knyahnytska Y, Simpson AIF, Zaheer J, Andersen J, Munshi A, Groll D

JMIR research protocols202117 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2196/30845 PMID: 34088656

03

The Transcultural Psychiatry Reading Group: a Learner-Led Approach to Cultural Psychiatry.

Beder M, Batke A, Hamer D, Munshi A, Nefsky C, Pink D

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry2015

DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0384-z PMID: 26122353

Delivering online cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) to address mental health challenges in correctional officers and other public safety personnel

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Mental Wellness in Public Safety Team Grants - LOI

Principal investigators: Alavi, Nazanin

Keywords: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Cbt); Correctional Officers; Digital Health; Icbt; Mental Health; Online Delivery; Public Safety Personnel (Psp)

$30,000

Delivering online cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) to address mental health challenges in correctional officers and other public safety personnel

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Mental Wellness in Public Safety Team Grants

Principal investigators: Alavi, Nazanin; Simpson, Alexander I

Keywords: Accessibility; Anxiety; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cbt); Correctional Services; Depression; Icbt; Online Care; Ptsd; Public Safety Personnel

$860,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Psychiatry
Department of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
School of Epidemiology and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Munshi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international fellows." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]