Contact
416-979-5000, ext.552369
isijercic@ryerson.ca
Degree in Progress
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Degrees
MA in Clinical Psychology, Ryerson University
BA (Honours) in Psychology, York University
Research Interests
Iris is a graduate student in the IMPACT lab at Ryerson and also conducts research and clinical work within the HEAL lab. She works as a therapist delivering telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy to individuals who have undergone bariatric surgery, and has in the past conducted qualitative research on interpersonal relationships and body image in bariatric surgery patients. She is particularly interested in the overlap between disordered eating and trauma, and her research aims to examine predictors of treatment outcome to enhance patient care.
Selected Publications
- Cassin, S. E., Sijercic I., & Montemarano, V. (2020). Psychosocial interventions for food addiction: A systematic review. Current Addiction Reports, 7, 9-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-020-00295-y
- David, L. A., Sijercic, I., & Cassin, S. E. (2020). Pre- and post-operative psychosocial interventions for bariatric surgery patients: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 1(4), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12926
- Sijercic, I., Whitfield, K. M., Cassin, S. E., & Antony, M. M. (2020). A systematic review of cognitive-behavioral therapy for pharmacotherapy treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100532