Biography

Dr. Cassin is a Registered Clinical and Health Psychologist. She is a Professor of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University, and Director of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (HEAL) Lab. In addition, she holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Prior to working in academia, she was a staff clinical psychologist in the Bariatric Surgery Program at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Cassin’s research interests are in the areas of disordered eating, obesity, and bariatric surgery. Her current program of research focuses primarily on psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery outcome, and psychosocial interventions with the potential to improve outcomes.