Dr. Jeremy Stewart

Lab director

[CV]

Dr. Jeremy Stewart has devoted his career to understanding the development and progression of mental health disorders in adolescents and young adults. Using a multi-modal approach grounded in clinical psychological science and neuroscience methods, he aims to uncover new insights regarding the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural processes that contribute to psychopathology in youth. Jeremy strives to translate his findings to enhance assessment and interventions for young people coping with mental illness, and ultimately, to improve well-being.

Jeremy’s most recent work is geared to understanding the onset and worsening of suicidal thoughts and behaviours, particularly. Suicide science faces many challenges. Among them is the fact that most people who think seriously about suicide will not make attempts, and most strong predictors of suicidal thoughts (e.g., depression) tell us little about who is most likely to act on these thoughts. Consequently, guided by a developmental psychopathology framework, Jeremy’s research aims to identify risk factors that cut across diagnostic boundaries that may contribute to the escalation from suicidal thoughts to actions. As this transition is a pivotal target for suicide prevention, Jeremy hopes that his findings will contribute to curbing unnecessary and preventable loss of life.

Presently, Jeremy is appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. His research team—the Queen’s Emotions and Risky Behaviours in Youth (QuERBY) Laboratory—is a dynamic group of junior scientists committed to improving the safety and well-being of Canadian youth through leading-edge research; local (e.g., campus), provincial, and national knowledge translation; and advocacy. Overall, Jeremy is privileged to have such an inclusive, professional, and hard-working lab who share his enthusiasm for psychological science!

Ashley Filion

B. Sc. (Psychology)

LAB COORDINATOR

Ashley joined the QuERBY Lab in 2020 as a directed lab student. The following summer, she was awarded the Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowship (USSRF) where she analyzed affective responses to visual stimuli depicting violent and/or risky behaviours from our study VISUAL2. In September 2022, she started her position as the lab coordinator. Currently, she is pursuing a Master of Public Health degree at Queen’s. She is excited to be able to continue to learn about suicide science in this position and to build a supportive and inclusive lab environment for other people to learn.

Natasha Drobotenko [cv]

Natasha is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Clinical Psychology program and holds a Canadian Institute of Health Research graduate scholarship for her doctoral research. Her research examines the role of emotion regulation in the development of suicide ideation in youth with a history of trauma. Towards this goal, Natasha utilizes electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate emotion regulation as a neural correlate.

Lily Martin [cv]

Lily is a second-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. She is interested in understanding risk factors for suicidal ideation among adolescents and young adults, with a focus on intra- and interpersonal functioning.

Emilia Sherifi [cv]

Emilia is a fourth-year PhD student in Clinical Psychology, dedicated to understanding the transition from suicidal ideation to attempt in youth. Her research focuses on the role of impulsivity, risky behaviors, and emotion dysregulation as key contributors to this progression. Additionally, Emilia has a strong interest in women's mental health, with a significant aspect of her PhD examining how menstrual cycle dynamics influence suicide risk. 

Neha Parvez [cv]

Neha is a third-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. Her research interests broadly pertain to understanding deficits in intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation processes and their relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviours among youth.

Si Ning Yeo [cv]

Si Ning is a third-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program. Her research focuses on understanding emotion regulation processes in individuals with a history of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, with a particular interest in how youth cope with or respond to their suicidal thoughts.

Christina Holmes 2023-2024
Michela Halari 2023
Andrea Vandyk 2023
Matthew Katzman 2021-2022
Jessica Mahadeo 2020-2023  
Grace Rowed 2020-2022 
Zainab Hassan 2019-2022 
Jasmine Chananna 2019-2020
Reem Atallah 2019-2020
Lindsay Simourd 2018-2020

Emily Schreiner 2023-2024
Laura Abbatangelo 2022-2023 
India Johnson 2022 
Hannah Del Gatto 2021-2022 
Davina Gadkar 2020-2022
Anjalika Khanna Roy 2019-2022 
Kayleigh Casmey 2018-2021  
Melodi Begetis 2018-2020 
Owen Hicks 2018-2020