Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Expertise
Psychiatric epidemiology, injury epidemiology, linked data research, twin and family studies

Suggested topics
- Examining the impact of familial confounding in the relationship between depression and alcohol harms in young people.
- Is the relationship between bipolar disorder and substance use disorder consistent with causality?
- Are sex differences in the onset and co-occurrence of mental illness and substance use disorder causal?

Associate Professor Young is a Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He also holds adjunct positions at The University of Melbourne, The University of Western Australia, Monash University, Curtin University, and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Specialising in psychiatric epidemiology with expertise in data linkage research and twin and family studies, his program of research focuses on generating robust population-based, policy-relevant evidence on dual diagnosis (the co-occurrence of mental illness and substance use disorder), its associated health burden and health service use patterns, and is underpinned by the principles of inclusion health and mental health equity.