Tovah Cowan, McGill University

Research

Consensus Forum Early Intervention For Psychosis Integrated Knowledge Translation Integrated Youth Services Learning Health Systems Nominal Group Technique Patient Engaged Research Patient Reported Outcome And Experience Measures

Latest papers

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2026
Integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing Into Learning Health Systems: Moving From Learning Health Systems to Learning Communities.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026
An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations.
JAMA psychiatry · 2025

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Understanding Lived Experience and System Perspectives to Improve Psychosis Care in Peru
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,347,261
(Re)envisioning and reinforcing data and learning health system capacities to advance services, research and policy for youth in Quebec and beyond
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$924,967
A consensus forum to co-design recommendations to increase youth engagement with Learning Health Systems
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$15,000

All 4 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Bedirian J, Cowan T, Noël V, Lal S, Joober R, Shah J, Abdel-Baki A, Fuhrer R, Boksa P, Andersson N, MacDonald K, Morin CA, Levasseur MA, Vallianatos H, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Urichuk L, Hutt-MacLeod D, Plourde V, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Rousseau C, Malla A, Iyer SN

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2026

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250441 PMID: 41992106

02

Integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing Into Learning Health Systems: Moving From Learning Health Systems to Learning Communities.

Melro CM, MacDonald K, Cowan T, Restoule B, Connors ETE, Marandola G, Mushquash CJ, Iyer SN

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251380734 PMID: 41032631

03

An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations.

Iyer SN, Boksa P, Joober R, Shah J, Fuhrer R, Andersson N, Lal S, D'Andrea G, Morrison N, Noel V, Rabouin D, Cowan T, MacDonald K, Levasseur MA, Poukhovski-Sheremetyev F, Abdel-Baki A, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Hay K, Hutt-MacLeod D, Plourde V, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Rousseau C, Rudderham H, Abba-Aji A, Aubin D, Urichuk L, Vallianatos H, Golchi S, Winkelmann I, Chisholm-Nelson J, Malla A

JAMA psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.4880 PMID: 40009399

04

The Suicide Status Form-4 (SSF-IV) as a potentially therapeutic suicide risk assessment tool.

Oakey-Frost N, Moscardini EH, Cowan T, Gerner JL, Crapanzano KA, Jobes DA, Tucker RP

Suicide & life-threatening behavior2025

DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13128 PMID: 39291637

05

Tobacco smoking and nicotine vaping in persons with first episode psychosis.

Bennett ME, Medoff D, Cowan T, Fang L, Kacmarek C, Oikonomou MT, Calkins ME, Baker KK, Bencivengo D, Boumaiz Y, Buchanan RW, Campbell P, Chengappa KNR, Conroy CG, Cooke A, Dong F, Fauble M, Goldberg RW, Harvin A, Jumper MBE, Kauffman B, Kelly C, Kohler CG, Kreyenbuhl J, Li L, Lucksted A, Margolis RL, Marsteller JA, Moxam A, Namowicz D, Oko J, Riggs J, Saravana A, Sarpal DK, Scheinberg R, Smith WR, States R, Taylor J, Vatza C, Wolcott M, Dickerson F

Schizophrenia research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.03.020 PMID: 38547716

Understanding Lived Experience and System Perspectives to Improve Psychosis Care in Peru

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Iyer, Srividya N; Caballero, July; Claux, Juan A; Cutipé Cárdenas, Yuri L; PINAO SUAREZ, MARGARITA Y

Keywords: Community Mental Health Care; Global Health; Global Mental Health; Health System Coverage; Lived Experience; Mental Health Services; Peru; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Tanahashi Framework

$1,347,261

(Re)envisioning and reinforcing data and learning health system capacities to advance services, research and policy for youth in Quebec and beyond

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Provincial Stream Grants

Principal investigators: Iyer, Srividya N; Roy, Isabelle; Abdel-Baki, Amal M; Bentayeb, Naïma; Brodeur, Sébastien; Ferrari, Manuela; Goyette, Martin; Menear, Matthew; Pullen Sansfaçon, Annie M

Keywords: Data Collection; Learning Health System; Mental Health Services; Youth Mental Health

$924,967

A consensus forum to co-design recommendations to increase youth engagement with Learning Health Systems

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Cowan, Tovah M; Ferrari, Manuela; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Consensus Forum; Early Intervention For Psychosis; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health Systems; Nominal Group Technique; Patient Engaged Research; Patient Reported Outcome And Experience Measures; Self-Reported Measures; Youth Mental Health

$15,000

Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2: Indigenous Network

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Restoule, Brenda; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Ferrari, Manuela; Genereux, Jacob; Henderson, Jo; Iyer, Srividya N; King, Alexandra; Kowatch, Kristy R; Lucas, Heidi U; Madsen, Victoria; Melro, Carolyn M; Moar, Marissa V; Mushquash, Aislin; Young, Nancy L

Keywords: Community-Engagement; Health Service Planning; Indigenous Youth Mental Health And Wellness; Integration Of Youth Services; Participatory-Action Research

$6,730,312

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2024

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Consensus Forum Dear Professor Cowan, 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 "Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative." (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.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A consensus forum to co-design recommendations to increase youth engagement with Learning Health Systems" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]