Expert Comments on Available Evidence
The DEPRESSD Project
A Unique and Rigorous Data Platform for Depression Screening Research
Name: Kexin Li
Email: kexin.li3@mail.mcgill.ca
Position: Clinical Research Assistant
Biography:
Kexin joined the team in 2020 as a part-time research assistant and completed her BSc in Global Nutrition with a Psychology minor at McGill University in 2021. During her work under the supervision of Dr. Thombs, Kexin found her interest in health disparities. Kexin is now in the Master of Public Health program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Award:
- Eliza M. Jones Award, McGill University, 2020.
Publications:
- Jiang X, Li K, Wu Yin, Benedetti A, Thombs BD. Letter to Editor: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients with systemic sclerosis: a psychometric and factor analysis in a monocentric cohort. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 022 Feb 1. doi:10.55563/clinexprheumatol/1uxlqs.
Tasleem, A., Wang, Y., Li, K., Jiang, X., Krishnan, A., He, C., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Fan, S., Boruff, J. T., Markham, S., Rice, D. B., Bonardi, O., Santo, T. D., Li, L., Thombs-Vite, I., Agic, B., Fahim, C., Martin, M. S., Sockalingam, S., Benedetti, A., & Thombs, B. D. (2022, 2022/07/01/). Effects of mental health interventions among people hospitalized with COVID-19 infection: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. General Hospital Psychiatry, 77, 40-68. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.04.002.
Bonardi, O., Wang, Y., Li, K., Jiang, X., Krishnan, A., He, C., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Boruff, J. T., Markham, S., Rice, D. B., Thombs-Vite, I., Tasleem, A., Santo, T. D., Yao, A., Azar, M., Agic, B., Fahim, C., Martin, M. S., Sockalingam, S., Turecki, G., Benedetti, A., & Thombs, B. D. (in press). Effects of COVID-19 Mental Health Interventions among Community-based Children, Adolescents, and Adults: A Living Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. Can J Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.04.21256517.
Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Bonardi, O., Krishnan, A., He, C., Boruff, J. T., Rice, D. B., Wang, Y., Jiang, X., Li, K., Markham, S., Levis, B., Azar, M., Thombs-Vite, I., Neupane, D., Santo, T. D., Tasleem, A., Yao, A., Agic, B., Fahim, C., Martin, M. S., Sockalingam, S., Turecki, G., Benedetti, A., & Thombs, B. D. (revision requested). Comparison of Mental Health Symptoms prior to and during COVID-19: Evidence from a Living Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.10.21256920.
Santo, T. D., Sun, Y., Wu, Y., He, C., Wang, Y., Jiang, X., Li, K., Bonardi, O., Krishnan, A., Boruff, J. T., Rice, D. B., Markham, S., Levis, B., Azar, M., Neupane, D., Tasleem, A., Yao, A., Thombs-Vite, I., Agic, B., Fahim, C., Martin, M. S., Sockalingam, S., Turecki, G., Benedetti, A., & Thombs, B. D. (2021). Comparison of Mental Health Symptom Changes from pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 by Sex or Gender: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.28.21259384.
Santo TD, Rice DB, Amiri LSN, Tasleem A, Li K, Boruff JT, Geoffroy MC, Benedetti A, Thombs BD. Methods and results of studies on reporting guideline adherence are poorly reported: a meta-research study [published online ahead of print, 2023 Jun 2]. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023;S0895-4356(23)00131-2. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.05.017.
Presentations:
- Li K, Li L, Jiang X, Wu Y, Fan S, Tasleem A, Dal Santo T, Thombs BD. Effects of mental health interventions among older adults in COVID-19: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. In Wu Y (Chair), Mental health intervention effects in the general population and among youth and older adults to inform management strategies during and post-COVID-19: evidence from an ongoing living systematic review (Symposium). 2023 Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 2023.
- Li K, Wu Y, Li L, Fan S, Sun Y, Thombs BD. Older adults’ loneliness and mental health in the pandemic: a systematic review of changes from pre-COVID-19 and during COVID-19 (Poster). 2023 Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 2023.