Amy Cheun

MD, M.Sc.
Associate scientist
amy.cheung@sunnybrook.ca
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Phone: 416-480-4073
Fax: 416-480-6878

Research Assistant:

Mark Caumeran
Phone: 416-480-4073
Fax: 416-480-6878
Email: Mark.Caumeran@sunnybrook.ca

Dr. Cheung’s research interests include the management of mood disorders in adolescents and young adults by primary care providers, and the adverse effects of pharmacological treatments for mood disorders.

Education

  • BA, 1995, economics, University of Toronto, Canada
  • MD, 1997, medicine, McMaster University, Canada
  • M.Sc., 2001, health research methodology, McMaster University

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Associate professor, department of psychiatry, U of T

Research Foci

  • Adolescent mood disorders
  • Mental health services research

Publications

Affiliated Labs & Programs

Selected Publications

  1. Lam R, Levitt A, Levitan R, Michalak E, Cheung A, Morehouse R, Ramasubbu R, Yatham L, Tam E. Efficacy of bright light treatment, fluoxetine, and the combination in patients with nonseasonal major depressive disorder: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;73(1):56–63.

  2. Cheung A, Kozloff N, Sacks D. Pediatric depression: an evidence-based update on treatment interventions. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2013 Aug;15(8):381.

  3. Cheung A, Weir M, Mayhew A, Kozloff N, Brown K, Grimshaw J. Overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of reminders in improving healthcare professional behaviour. Syst Rev. 2012 April;1:36.

  4. Cheung A, Levitt A, Kusamakar V, Kutcher S, Dubo E, Garland J, Weiss M, Kiss A, Levitt A. Maintenance study for adolescent depression. J Child Adolesc Pharmacol. 2008 Aug;18(4):389–94.

  5. Cheung AH, Zuckerbrot RA, Jensen PS, Ghalib K, Laraque D, Stein RE; GLAD-PC Steering Group. Guidelines for adolescent depression in primary care (GLAD-PC): II. Treatment and ongoing management. Pediatrics. 2007 Nov;120(5):e1313–26.

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