Cindy-Lee Dennis
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Cindy-Lee Dennis | |
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| Born | Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada |
| Known for | Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale, perinatal mental health, postpartum depression |
| Spouse | Matthew D Turner |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BScN 1991, PhD 1999, University of Toronto MScN, 1995, University of Western Ontario |
| Thesis | Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure self-efficacy in breastfeeding women A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of telephone-based peer (mother-to-mother) support on breastfeeding duration among first-time mothers |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Website | www |
Cindy-Lee E. Dennis is a Canadian professor in the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She is also a senior scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute at Mt Sinai Hospital in Toronto. She previously held the Women's Health Research Chair at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, the Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health at the University of Toronto, and the Shirley Brown Chair in Women's Mental Health at Women's College Hospital.
Dennis completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Toronto (U of T) in 1991 before enrolling at the University of Western Ontario for her Master's degree. Upon graduating in 1995, Dennis returned to U of T for her PhD before joining the University of British Columbia for her postdoctoral fellowship.[1]
