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Anna MacKinnon is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Université de Montréal's Department of Psychiatry and Addictology within the Faculty of Medicine. She specializes in perinatal mental health, child development, and eHealth interventions. Her research focuses on developing digital mental health programs for parents and improving maternal-child health outcomes through behavioral interventions.
MacKinnon leads multiple research projects funded by organizations like FRQS and Quebec Health Ministry. Notable projects include the BEAM app-based program for parents with mental health challenges, and studies on sleep disorders during pregnancy. She collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, including the GRIP research group on child psychosocial dysfunction.
Her work bridges clinical psychiatry with public health, addressing social determinants of health and leveraging technology for scalable mental health solutions. Recent grants support translational research on integrated perinatal mental health care systems and neighborhood influences on child development.
- Key grants: $1.2M for BEAM program development, $890k for sleep-CBT trials
- Teaching: Master's programs in clinical sciences, psychiatric/addictionology, and theology
- Labs: GRIP (Child Psychosocial Dysfunction Group), Perinatal Mental Health Innovation Lab
