Rate My Professor Laura Duncan

Dr. Laura Duncan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and an Associate Member in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. She also serves as Research, Evaluation & Information Systems Lead at McMaster Children’s Hospital’s Child & Youth Mental Health Program. Dr. Duncan holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Oxford, an MA from McMaster University, and a PhD in Health Research Methodology from McMaster University. Her research focuses on child and youth psychiatric epidemiology, the measurement and assessment of child and youth mental health, and the design and implementation of population health approaches to evaluate mental health service responses. She has led the development and evaluation of tools such as the Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales and the Mental Health Questionnaire for Children and Youth, and she guides information system development in partnership with community agencies.