Meet featured research fellow Dr. Brianna Turner

Dr. Brianna Turner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. She is also the director of the Risky Behaviour Lab. Prior to joining the department in 2016, Dr. Turner obtained both her MA and PhD from Simon Fraser University, completed her clinical internship at the University of Washington, and held a CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University. She has been an active research fellow with the Centre for Youth & Society since 2017. Dr. Turner’s research focuses on self-harm and other types of self-damaging behaviours in youth and young adults. Recently, Dr. Turner has been involved in a Canada-wide study of the mental health impacts of the COVID-19.