Assistant professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Clinical Health Psychology
PZ350-771 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4
Phone: 204-787-7424
Sabrina Demetrioff, PhD
Keywords
- criminal responsibility
- fitness to stand trial
- forensic mental health
- legal processes
- violence risk assessment
Research affiliations
Adult Forensic Service, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg
Research summary
Dr. Demetrioff’s research is focused on various aspects of the forensic mental health and legal systems. She is currently working on a project examining similarities and differences between individuals who are referred for an assessment of criminal responsibility and are found eligible versus ineligible for the defence. Other recent projects have included surveying Canadian forensic psychologists about their clinical practice, studying the trajectories of forensic mental health patients through the health and legal systems, and surveying legal professionals about their experiences with the forensic mental health program.
Biography
Dr. Sabrina Demetrioff is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor in clinical health psychology at the University of Manitoba.
She has been working at the Adult Forensic Service at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg since completing her predoctoral residency at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario in 2013.
Her clinical work with the Adult Forensic Service primarily involves consulting on court-ordered assessments of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility and completing violence risk assessments for individuals who come under the Criminal Code Review Board of Manitoba.
She is involved in training psychology residents and medical students, and conducts research related to her work in forensic mental health. This includes supervising student research through the Med Summer Research Program, as well as research volunteers with training in psychology and/or medicine.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD), Dalhousie University (2014)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology (BA), University of Winnipeg (2001)
Awards
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Scholarship (SSHRC) (2006-2009)
D.O. Hebb Doctoral Post-Graduate Prize (awarded to a student entering the graduate program in Psychology who has demonstrated the greatest potential to make significant scientific contributions) (2005)
Contact us
Clinical Health Psychology
PZ350-771 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4 Canada
204-787-7424
204-787-3755