Tina Malti
Tina Malti is a German-Palestinian clinical and developmental psychologist. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and founding director of the Laboratory for Social-Emotional Development and Intervention, as well as founding director of the Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
Tina is President-Elect of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) and serves on the Editorial Boards of Child Development, Psychological Review, and American Psychologist.
Education
Tina Malti earned a Ph.D. in clinical-developmental psychology from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Free University of Berlin, under the supervision of Wolfgang Edelstein. She also obtained a postgraduate M.A. in clinical child psychology from the Academy of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Adolescents in Switzerland and a Habilitation in psychology from Free University of Berlin.
Research
Tina Malti’s research is aimed at advancing the understanding of why some children engage in behaviors that are harmful to others or self, while others show concern from early on, with an emphasis on the roots, pathways, and consequences of aggression and kindness. In addition, her research is set to discover how caregivers, practitioners, and communities can be caring in ways that nurture and heal children’s development and healthy concern for self and others. To achieve these goals, her team and she create, test, and disseminate interventions that help children reach their full potential and overcome the negative effects of exposure to violence, war, and trauma. Her multidisciplinary research, training, and policy efforts capitalize on humanistic and inclusive principles to reach every child.
Tina works closely with local and international communities and agencies to provide research-informed knowledge that can nurture the development, wellbeing, and potential for kindness in children from all walks of life. Her work has been funded by all three federal funding agencies in Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, as well as international foundations and funding agencies. Her multi-cultural team has published over 200 publications in the areas of child development and interventions for healthy child development and flourishing.
Tina’s work has been recognized through the receipt of major research awards, including early career awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, the Society for Research on Adolescence, and the International Society for Research on Aggression. In 2019, she received the Desmond Morton Research Excellence Award from the University of Toronto Mississauga for her outstanding career achievements in research and scholarly activity. Tina is a distinguished Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 7 and 53) and the Association of Psychological Science. She has served on numerous expert advisory panels and works closely with national and international agencies and with colleagues in over 15 countries on 5 continents to provide and act on evidence to improve the development, health, and flourishing of all children.
External links
- Tina Malti’s Laboratory for Social-Emotional Development and Intervention at the University of Toronto
- Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy at the University of Toronto Mississauga
- Full list of publications
- Curriculum Vitae
- ResearchGate
- Google Scholar
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