====== Robert Maunder ======

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Dr. **Robert Maunder** is a Professor of Psychiatry at the [[University of Toronto]], as well as the Chair of Health and Behaviour and Deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief at [[Sinai Health System]]. He has received [[COVID-19]] funding from the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), and sits on the Mental Health Working Group of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]]. Maunder is also conducting COVID-19 research with U of T and Sinai as well as the [[Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network]] (TIBDN), [[Unity Health Toronto]], and [[Public Health Canada]].

===== Affiliations =====

==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====

Maunder sits on the Mental Health Working Group on the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]].((Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. (2021, April 13). //About Us.// Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/))

==== Sinai Health System ====

Maunder is employed by [[Sinai Health System]] at [[Mount Sinai Hospital]]. He is the Chair of Health and Behaviour, as well as Deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief. His research focuses include working to "Shape public policy with a focus on disease prevention".((Ahsan, H. (2019, January 3). //New Psychiatry Chairs Announced.// Sinai Health. Retrieved November 6, 2021, from https://www.sinaihealth.ca/news/new-psychiatry-chairs-announced/))

==== University of Toronto ====

Maunder is a Professor of Psychiatry at the [[University of Toronto]]. He previously studied the long-term impact of working during the [[SARS-CoV-1|SARS]] outbreak on hospital workers.((//Department of Psychiatry.// University of Toronto. Retrieved November 6, 2021, from https://www.psychiatry.utoronto.ca/faculty/robert-maunder))

Maunder’s COVID-19 related research includes:

  * He received $498,900.00 from the [[Government of Canada]] via [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR) from a COVID-19 Research Fund “that will go towards setting up the [[COVID-19 Mathematical Modelling Rapid Response Task Force]], a network of experts who will work to predict outbreak trajectories for the disease, measure public health interventions and provide real-time advice to policy-makers.”((Kalvapalle, R. (2020, March 31). //Nine U of T researchers receive federal grants for COVID-19 projects.// University of Toronto News. Retrieved November 6, 2021, from https://www.utoronto.ca/news/nine-u-t-researchers-receive-federal-grants-covid-19-projects)) ((Canadian Institutes of Health Research. (2021, May 5). //Government of Canada funds 49 additional COVID-19 research projects – Details of the funded projects.// Canada.Ca. Retrieved November 6, 2021, from https://www.canada.ca/en/institutes-health-research/news/2020/03/government-of-canada-funds-49-additional-covid-19-research-projects-details-of-the-funded-projects.html)) ((Maunder, R. (2021, August 25). //Declaration of Interest - Robert Maunder.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved November 6, 2021, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Maunder-Declaration-of-Interest_Mental-Health-Working-Group_Robert-Maunder_20210825.pdf)) ((Maunder, R. (2021, March 25). //Declaration of Interest - Robert Maunder.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved November 6, 2021, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Maunder-Declaration-of-Interest_Mental-Health-Working-Group_Robert-Maunder_20210325.pdf))
  * Maunder is a researcher for the COVID-19 Education Study (CCS-2) under the [[Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network]] at [[Mount Sinai Hospital]], the [[University of Toronto]], and [[Unity Health Toronto]] funded by [[Public Health Canada]].((//COVID-19 Education Study (CCS-2)//. Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network. Retrieved November 25, 2021, from http://www.tibdn.ca/covid-19/education)) The study is examining COVID-19 and teachers and school employees in Ontario.