Our Team

 

Julia Lecce is the manager of the Nicotine Dependence Clinic at CAMH as well as other addiction-related projects within the Nicotine Dependence Service (NDS). She holds a MA in Psychology and has held a variety of research and education-related positions within the NDS. Among her interests are quality improvements  and optimizing workflows, client and staff engagement and striving to create a happy, healthy workplace.

Nadia Minian is a Developmental Psychologist who has been trained as an implementation scientist. As a scientist at the Nicotine Dependence Services (NDS) at the Centre for Addition and Mental Health (CAMH) Dr. Minian leads the Knowledge Translation team, supporting the implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of evidence in practice. Her work ensures that the NDS is continually striving toward delivering the highest quality and most efficient services possible so that the best outcomes can be achieved for Ontario smokers.
At the NDS, Dr. Minian undertakes research studies regarding tobacco and alcohol control, mental health and addiction in primary care, as well as health prevention and knowledge translation initiatives using technology and methods to scale up interventions.  She likes to work in collaboration with communities, researchers and policy makers to promote health equity and improve the health system.

Sarwar Hussain is the Director of Innovation, Operations & Strategy at the Nicotine Dependence Service at CAMH. He completed his undergraduate (BSc in Toxicology) and graduate (MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences) education at the University of Toronto. His graduate thesis work investigated behavioral mechanisms of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy. Currently he focuses on implementation and rapid scale-up of technology-enabled solutions to bring treatment to real and virtual patient spaces. This typically involves starting with what works, then innovating variations and new models with emerging technologies, informed by population behavior trends. His approach is to collaborate across disciplines, and engage in appropriate industry partnerships to achieve greater value for patients and increase return on investment for the healthcare system. This work stems from previous involvement in innovating and implementing large-scale treatment delivery initiatives for smoking cessation.