Dr. Jon Hunter is Head of the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry, Health, and Disease Program and Deputy Chief of The Department of Psychiatry, MSH. His clinical practice centers on the psychiatric care of cancer patients, with particular emphasis placed on psychotherapeutic interventions. He has a longstanding interest in the way people’s personalities interact with the world around them, for instance, when dealing with illness. Research interests include psychological management of chemotherapy side-effects, group psychotherapy in women at high risk for breast cancer, and the role of early life experience in adaptation to disease.