Role
Director, Program Scaling, Strategic Partnerships and SNAP / EARL Co-Founder at the Child Development Institute (CDI) & Adjunct Professor, at the University of Toronto.
Leena K. Augimeri, PhD, is Director, Program Scaling, Strategic Partnerships and SNAP / EARL Co-Founder at the Child Development Institute (CDI) & Adjunct Professor, at the University of Toronto. For 38 years, this innovative scientist-practitioner has focused on research, development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based children/youth mental health (MH) and crime prevention (CP) strategies, and the creation of a comprehensive MH CP framework for children/youth with serious disruptive behaviour problems that included community referral protocols, risk/need assessment guides (EARL-V3), and gender-sensitive SNAP model programs. Dr. Augimeri has authored numerous publications, conducted hundreds of presentations, and received several prestigious awards (e.g., Prime Minister’s Regional Social Innovation Award and Elizabeth Manson Award for exemplary contributions to the promotion of children’s MH). She's led national implementation initiatives and participated in international research study groups and government review panels aimed at creating massive social change and improving the landscape of children/youth MH and CP.