
Centre for Digital Therapeutics
The Centre for Digital Therapeutics is a research and development group focused on building novel digital therapeutics for chronic disease management to support patients in living well beyond chronic illness.
Lead: Quynh Pham
Affiliates: Emily Seto, Joseph A. Cafazzo, Shumit Saha
Dr. Quynh Pham is committed to advancing a culturally competent digital health research agenda that champions the use of technology to support ethnic minority communities realize equitable health outcomes. She currently serves as the Scientific Director and Principal Investigator of the globally-renowned Centre for Digital Therapeutics at the University Health Network. She is also the Director of Research and Evaluation at Stepped Care Solutions leading the evaluation of the federally-funded Wellness Together Canada portal for mental health and substance use support. In 2022, Dr. Pham was recognized by her peers as a Woman Leader in Digital Health for her achievements as “a female visionary who is harnessing the power of IT to transform health and healthcare in Canada.“
Dr. Pham’s program of research focuses on building novel digital therapeutics to support patients and families manage the impact of chronic disease on their health and wellbeing. She conducts collaborative research across the continuum of digital health innovation, from ideation through to impact. In recent years, she has expanded her portfolio to focus on family-centered digital health for older ethnic adults and their family caregivers. Her clinical interests lie in the digitally-mediated management of chronic conditions, particularly heart failure, asthma, cancer survivorship, and mental health. She leads an all-star research team to design, develop, evaluate, and implement therapeutics that can bridge the digital divide and meet the transcultural health and social needs of all people living across Canada and Canadians living abroad.

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Ting Xiong
PhD Graduate Student
Thesis: Medly Caretown: A culturally safe and family-centered digital health intervention to support patient-caregiver dyads living with heart failure
Supervisors: Quynh Pham
Karen Young
MSc Graduate Student
Thesis: We were always here: developing culturally safe virtual care for Chinese Canadian prostate cancer survivors through community-based participatory methods
Supervisors: Quynh Pham