Zainab Furqan
BASc, MD FRCPC
Qualification
- MD FRCPC
Professional Memberships
- CPSO
Dr. Furqan is a Clinician-Investigator at the University Health Network. She works in the outpatient setting, providing psychiatric services to the Community Mental Health Clinic and the Urgent Care Clinic. Her research is focused on suicide prevention, understanding lived experiences of people who use mental health services, and cultural dimensions of psychiatry.
Research Synopsis
Furqan Z, Sinyor M, Schaffer A, Kurdyak P, Zaheer J. “I can’t crack the code”: what suicide notes teach us about experiences with mental illness and mental health care. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2019 Feb;64(2):98-106.
Furqan Z, Awaad R, Kurdyak P, Husain MI, Husain N, Zaheer J. Considerations for clinicians treating Muslim patients with psychiatric disorders during Ramadan. The lancet. Psychiatry. 2019 Jul;6(7):556-7.