Dr. Stephanie Cassin is the Director of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and previously served as Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department. In addition, she holds a faculty appointment at the University of Toronto (Department o...
Dr. Stephanie Cassin is the Director of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and previously served as Director of Clinical Training in the Psychology Department. In addition, she holds a faculty appointment at the University of Toronto (Department of Psychiatry) and is a member of the University Health Network Centre for Mental Health. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calgary and completed an accredited internship at the University of British Columbia. Following graduation, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Mood and Anxiety Treatment and Research Program). Prior to joining the Department of Psychology at TMU, Dr. Cassin held staff clinical psychologist positions in the Mood and Anxiety Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Bariatric Surgery Program at Toronto Western Hospital.
Dr. Cassin’s clinical and research interests are in the area of disordered eating, obesity and bariatric (weight loss) surgery. She is a Registered Clinical and Health Psychologist. Her current program of research focuses primarily on psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcomes and psychosocial interventions with the potential to improve outcomes, including cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing. She also investigates healthcare innovations that increase treatment accessibility, such as telephone-based interventions.