Senior Scientist, Women's College Research Institute
Shirley Brown Chair in Women's Mental Health Research, Women's College Hospital
Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health
Associate Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto 

Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis is a senior scientist at Women's College Research Institute, and the inaugural Shirley Brown Chair in Women's Mental Health Research at Women's College Hospital. Dr. Dennis holds a Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health, is an associate professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and is cross appointed to the department of psychiatry. 

As the Shirley Brown Chair, Dr. Dennis focuses her research on identifying and preventing postpartum depression, and on developing innovative interventions to manage it. She is currently developing an innovative telephone-based interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of postpartum depression. In addition, she collaborates with Dr. Simone Vigod to examine the relationship between postpartum depression, domestic violence, childhood violence and substance use.

With more than 70 peer-reviewed publications related to diverse maternal and infant health outcomes, Dr. Dennis's specific areas of research focus include: improving breastfeeding outcomes; detecting, preventing and treating perinatal depression and anxiety; examining the health of immigrant mothers and infants; and developing postpartum interventions that include fathers.