Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and the the McMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery & Study (MiNDS) program at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Heather has authored numerous publications and chapters, and has presented at scholarly conferences nationally and internationally. Her research interests include; risk assessment, evaluating and enhancing treatment efficacy, and diagnostic issues relevant to risk and treatment, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between mental illness and violent and sexual offending.