Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen received her B.A. in psychology from the University of British Columbia in 2006 and her Ph.D. from SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in 2013. She previously held a Clinical Psychology Professorship in Child Health Psychology at the Alberta Children’s Hospital and was supported by early Career Development Awards from the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP), and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). She is currently an Associate Professor in ECPS at the University of British Columbia and she holds a Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Intersectionality. Dr. Tomfohr-Madsen’s research interests focus on psychological and social factors that promote or detract from optimal health trajectories. She has a line of research that investigates sociodemographic and racial disparities in health, with a particular interest in sleep. She is also interested in the transition to parenthood and the development of preventative interventions that optimize mental health in parenting.