Dr. Rinat Nissim

Dr. Nissim is a staff psychologist and the co-director of the Caregiver Clinic at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. As a clinician-researcher, her research program is aligned with her clinical focus on the psychosocial needs of family caregivers of individuals with a cancer diagnosis. Dr. Nissim has developed an expertise in integrating quantitative and qualitative research methods in order to yield meaningful answers to research questions in this field. Her research has been funded by both the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.