Full Name
Dr. Allison Crawford, MD, PhD
Job Title
Chief Medical Officer, 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline; and UArctic Chair in Public Mental Health and Community-based Digital Innovation
Organization
University of Toronto
Country
CANADA
Speaker Bio
Allison Crawford, MD, PhD, is the Chief Medical Officer for 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline (www.988.ca). She is also a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and a psychiatrist and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). A key focus of Allison’s work is improving access and equity in mental health care, especially to rural and underserved regions. She has overseen psychiatry services in Nunavut since 2010. She holds a Research Chair in Public Mental Health and Community-based Digital Innovation at the University of the Arctic.
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