Meet the team.
CISP is comprised of individuals who bring a broad range of experiences and expertise to the team. They are connected by a common enthusiasm for and dedication to advancing holistic community health and wellbeing grounded in equity and belonging.
Srija Biswas
Senior Project Manager
Srija Biswas has a Masters of Health Science with a specialization in community health. Srija has worked with several non-profit community based organizations to manage and evaluate provincial programs and partnerships. Srija is skilled in program planning and evaluation, program and project management, community engagement, qualitative and quantitative research. Srija is passionate about evidence-based client-centered approach to healthcare, mitigating the gap between clinical and social care, and non-clinical and social interventions for improved overall health outcomes while implementing a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Le-Tien Bhaskar
Senior Advisor, Knowledge Mobilization
Le-Tien holds a Master of Public Health and is a Health Policy PhD Candidate. She has been integral in developing several social prescribing projects, including co-founding the Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective. She has experience with program planning, evaluation, community engagement, research, and policy analysis. She is passionate about community-led systems change through advancing evidence-based policies.
Renjini Devaki
Senior Program Specialist
Renjini Devaki, PhD, is a public and community health professional with around 20 years of international experience across India, South Africa, and Canada, advancing equitable health outcomes through community-based approaches. She holds a Master’s and PhD in Social Sciences and has worked with the United Nations and Global Fund–supported programs on HIV/AIDS, menstrual health, adolescent pregnancy, and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
She is passionate about advancing social health and strengthening community-based systems of care. She is the author of a book on women’s local social security, and a passionate champion for the role of community support systems in strengthening personal resilience and wellbeing.
Dr. Kate Mulligan
Scientific Director
Dr. Kate Mulligan is an Assistant Professor in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Instrumental in the formation of CISP, Kate is a globally recognized expert in community approaches to health and wellbeing, evaluation and research, and led one of Canada's first social prescribing pilot projects.
Raisa Rashid
Associate Communications Specialist
Raisa has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Waterloo. Her experience includes communications, community engagement and project implementation. She’s interested in promoting social connections, advocating for mental health supports and exploring art therapy.
