Dr. Zahra Clayborne
Positions
Assistant Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
Assistant Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Calgary, 2024
PhD Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, 2022
BSc (Honours) Psychology, University of Calgary, 2015
Biography
Dr. Zahra Clayborne is a psychiatric epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences and Pediatrics at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. She completed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research postdoctoral fellowship in 2024 at the University of Calgary, where she worked with Drs. Suzanne Tough and Sheila McDonald with the All Our Families research team to understand flourishing from a developmental perspective. Dr. Clayborne completed a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Ottawa in 2022 under the supervision of Dr. Ian Colman. Concurrent with her doctoral studies, Dr. Clayborne worked as an epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada in positive mental health surveillance, where she developed a keen interest in better understanding how to cultivate positive health trajectories for Canadians from all walks of life.
Dr. Clayborne's program of research is centred on investigating optimal well-being and mental health outcomes throughout the life course via an intersectional lens, with a particular focus on the development of mental health, flourishing, and resiliency among children and youth. As the director of the Flourishing and Inclusive Health Research (FAIR) Lab, Dr. Clayborne is actively recruiting talented undergraduate and graduate students interested in population mental health and well-being research.
Research
Areas of Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Awards
- CIHR Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2023
Publications
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