Brett Thombs
Associate Professor
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Professor and William Dawson Scholar, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Senior Investigator, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital
Research Interest
Dr. Thombs' research focuses on investigating ways to improve mental health and quality of life among Canadians living with chronic medical illnesses. Much of my team’s work involves the application of innovative methodologies and critical analysis in order to improve our ability to answer important clinical questions. We have developed this work in 3 inter-related areas: (1) the development, testing, and evaluation of patient-centered interventions to improve quality of life among people with chronic medical illnesses, particularly rare diseases; (2) the evaluation of mental health service programs, focusing on depression screening in medical settings, and (3) the examination of how medical research is conducted, the aim being to improve methods and reduce bias.
Publications
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Thombs BD*, Benedetti A, Kloda LA, Levis B, Riehm KE, Azar M, Cuijpers P, Gilbody S, Ioannidis JPA, McMillan D, Patten SB, Shrier I, Steele RJ, Ziegelstein RC, Tonelli M, Mitchell N, Comeau L, Schinazi J, Vigod S. The Diagnostic Accuracy of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for Detecting Major Depression in Pregnant and Postnatal Women: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analyses. BMJ Open. 2015;5:e009742. [IF=2.1].
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Montoro R, Thombs BD, Igartua K. The association of bullying with suicide ideation, plan, and attempt among adolescents with GLB or unsure sexual identity, heterosexual identity with same-sex attraction or behavior, or heterosexual identity without same-sex attraction or behaviour. Sante Ment Que. 2015;40(3):55-76. [IF=N/A]
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Azar M, Riehm KE, McKay D, Thombs BD*. Transparency of outcome reporting and trial registration of randomized controlled trials published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. PLOS ONE. 2015;10(11):e0142894. [IF=3.2]
