Dr. Amori Mikami (2nd from left) with UBC psychology students. Photo: Paul Joseph / UBC Brand & Marketing.
Dr. Amori Mikami (she/her), known for her research on childhood peer relationships and ADHD interventions, is one of UBC’s new Canada Research Chairs (CRC).
On Friday June 14, Dr. Amori Mikami, a professor in UBC’s department of psychology, was announced as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Clinical Child Psychology by the Government of Canada.
Dr. Mikami will use this support to examine barriers to mental health services and structures that encourage a more socially inclusive and welcoming peer group, particularly for the equity-deserving population of Asian Canadian youth with ADHD.
She is one of nine UBC researchers who were announced as new and renewed Canada Research Chairs in the latest round of appointments, representing an investment of $7.4 million through the Canada Research Chairs Program. The CRC program enables Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence and become world-class research centres. By advancing cutting-edge research, chairholders are improving the health and well-being of Canadians, strengthening Canada’s international competitiveness, and training the next generation of talent in their labs.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund is providing additional infrastructure funding to Dr. Mikami as a chairholder. CFI announced an investment of $3.9 million to support 18 Canada Research Chairs at 15 universities across the country.
“These awards will support current studies examining barriers to mental health service provision, and the structures that encourage a more socially inclusive and welcoming peer group, particularly for the equity-deserving population of Asian Canadian youth with ADHD. They will also provide research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students, with an emphasis on involving students from historically, persistently, and/or systemically marginalized backgrounds. I am immensely grateful to the Canadian government, and to the Psychology Department, for supporting my research program.””
Join us in congratulating Dr. Mikami on this recognition and support of her research program!
Amori Yee Mikami, PhD, is a professor and associate head for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her work blends basic and intervention science to understand and treat the complex contributions to peer problems in youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Her research team created Parental Friendship Coaching, a program that supports parents in coaching their children with ADHD to make and keep friends.
