Zainab Furqan, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Understanding Canadian experiences of suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol of a pan-Canadian qualitative study.
BMJ open · 2025
Impact of patient suicide on psychiatry residents: protocol of a qualitative study.
BMJ open · 2025
"I was Close to Helping him but Couldn't Quite get There": Psychiatrists' Experiences of a Patient's Death by Suicide.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023 · first author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Experiences of suicide-related thoughts and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pan-Canadian qualitative study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$499,971

All 1 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Understanding Canadian experiences of suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol of a pan-Canadian qualitative study.

Baharikhoob P, Hollenberg E, Cuperfain AB, Rudoler D, Nicoll G, Blumberger D, Bolton J, Chartier GB, Crawford A, Furqan Z, Gajaria A, Gratzer D, Hatcher S, Husain MI, Kurdyak P, Lam JSH, Lavergne MR, Marshall EG, Mulsant B, Reid N, Schütz CG, Stergiopoulos V, Zaheer J

BMJ open2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100048 PMID: 41005773

02

Impact of patient suicide on psychiatry residents: protocol of a qualitative study.

Fenwick P, Tse E, Nicoll G, Chaukos D, Furqan Z, Lustig A, Sinyor M, Soklaridis S, Stergiopoulos V, Zaheer J

BMJ open2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108233 PMID: 41213711

03

"I was Close to Helping him but Couldn't Quite get There": Psychiatrists' Experiences of a Patient's Death by Suicide.

Furqan Z, Cooper RB, Lustig A, Sinyor M, Nakhost A, Kurdyak P, Rudoler D, Naeem F, Stergiopoulos V, Zaheer J

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie20235 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437221125300 PMID: 36124379

04

Suicide and Self-Harm Among Immigrant Youth to Ontario, Canada From Muslim Majority Countries: A Population-Based Study.

Saunders N, Strauss R, Swayze S, Kopp A, Kurdyak P, Furqan Z, Malick A, Husain MI, Sinyor M, Zaheer J

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie20233 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/07067437231166840 PMID: 37038714

05

Understanding and addressing Islamophobia through trauma-informed care.

Furqan Z, Malick A, Zaheer J, Sukhera J

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne20225 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211298 PMID: 35636756

06

Considerations for clinicians treating Muslim patients with psychiatric disorders during Ramadan.

Furqan Z, Awaad R, Kurdyak P, Husain MI, Husain N, Zaheer J

The lancet. Psychiatry201916 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30161-0 PMID: 31056458

Experiences of suicide-related thoughts and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pan-Canadian qualitative study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. the Wider Impacts of COVID- Exacerb. of disp. among marg. pops.

Principal investigators: Zaheer, Juveria; Rudoler, David

Keywords: Mental Health; Qualitative Research; Suicide Prevention

$499,971

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

Daniel Blumberger and Benoit Mulsant: 195 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Muhammad Husain: 66 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and Juveria Zaheer: 38 shared papers
David Rudoler and Ruth Lavergne: 34 shared papers
Emily Marshall and Ruth Lavergne: 27 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Muhammad Husain: 20 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and David Rudoler: 20 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Paul Kurdyak: 18 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Paul Kurdyak: 16 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Juveria Zaheer: 16 shared papers
Emily Marshall and David Rudoler: 16 shared papers
Simon Hatcher and Mark Sinyor: 15 shared papers
Mark Sinyor and Juveria Zaheer: 14 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Juveria Zaheer: 12 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and Juveria Zaheer: 11 shared papers
Allison Crawford and Paul Kurdyak: 10 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and Mark Sinyor: 10 shared papers
Sophie Soklaridis and Juveria Zaheer: 9 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Paul Kurdyak: 8 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Sophie Soklaridis: 8 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Allison Crawford: 8 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and Natasha Saunders: 8 shared papers
Sophie Soklaridis and Allison Crawford: 7 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and Ruth Lavergne: 7 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and David Gratzer: 7 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Nadine Reid: 6 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Javeed Sukhera: 6 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Zainab Furqan: 6 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and David Gratzer: 5 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Christian Schütz: 5 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Amy Gajaria: 5 shared papers
James Bolton and Paul Kurdyak: 4 shared papers
Christian Schütz and Ruth Lavergne: 4 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and David Gratzer: 4 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and Zainab Furqan: 4 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Ari Cuperfain: 4 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Zainab Furqan: 3 shared papers
Simon Hatcher and Allison Crawford: 3 shared papers
Simon Hatcher and Juveria Zaheer: 3 shared papers
Benoit Mulsant and Ari Cuperfain: 3 shared papers
Paul Kurdyak and Ari Cuperfain: 3 shared papers
Mark Sinyor and Zainab Furqan: 3 shared papers
Muhammad Husain and Zainab Furqan: 3 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Nadine Reid: 3 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Amy Gajaria: 2 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Nadine Reid: 2 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Amy Gajaria: 2 shared papers
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Andrew Lustig: 2 shared papers
James Bolton and Benoit Mulsant: 2 shared papers
James Bolton and Emily Marshall: 2 shared papers
Christian Schütz and Paul Kurdyak: 2 shared papers
David Rudoler and Zainab Furqan: 2 shared papers
Mark Sinyor and Andrew Lustig: 2 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Andrew Lustig: 2 shared papers
Juveria Zaheer and Arfeen Malick: 2 shared papers
Zainab Furqan and Andrew Lustig: 2 shared papers
Zainab Furqan and Arfeen Malick: 2 shared papers
Daniel Blumberger and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Vicky Stergiopoulos and Deanna Chaukos: 1 shared paper
James Bolton and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Sophie Soklaridis and Deanna Chaukos: 1 shared paper
Sophie Soklaridis and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Simon Hatcher and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Christian Schütz and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Benoit Mulsant and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Emily Marshall and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Allison Crawford and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Paul Kurdyak and Arfeen Malick: 1 shared paper
Natasha Saunders and Mark Sinyor: 1 shared paper
Natasha Saunders and Muhammad Husain: 1 shared paper
Natasha Saunders and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Mark Sinyor and Deanna Chaukos: 1 shared paper
Ari Cuperfain and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Amy Gajaria and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Javeed Sukhera and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Javeed Sukhera and Arfeen Malick: 1 shared paper
Ruth Lavergne and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Deanna Chaukos and Zainab Furqan: 1 shared paper
Zainab Furqan and David Gratzer: 1 shared paper
Zainab Furqan and Nadine Reid: 1 shared paper

Department of Psychiatry
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Institute of Medical Science
Clinical Public Health Division
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Department of Family Medicine
Psychiatry
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Furqan, 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 "Understanding Canadian experiences of suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol of a pan-Canadian qualitative study." (2025), 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]