Nicole is the Associate Director of Global Mental Health at Grand Challenges Canada.

Nicole focuses on investments and partnerships that support the mental health and wellbeing of young people in low-resource settings.

Nicole provides direction to the mental health portfolio in addition to providing strategic oversight to the Saving Brains portfolio. She joined Grand Challenges Canada in 2019 to lead the relaunch of the Global Mental Health program. Prior to joining GCC, Nicole worked to support mental health programs in Canada. She completed her MSc and the University of Edinburgh and her PhD in Developmental Psychology at Queen’s University.