Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Ph.D., is Professor of School/Applied Child Psychology, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. He is Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; and Associate Professor, Department of Community Dentistry at McGill University. He is a clinical consultant to numerous hospitals, school boards, government agencies and corporations. He has served on many government committees and has performed consultative services for SAMHSA, NIMH, NRC, and the NCPG. Dr. Derevensky has published widely and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Gambling Studies. Dr. Derevensky is on the editorial board of several journals and is a contributing editor of Wellplace (www.wellplace.com). Dr. Derevensky is a member of the National Centre for Gambling Studies, University of Alberta; National Network on Gambling Issues and Research, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; Centre d'Excellence, Université Laval; and is an International Associate of the Centre for the Study of the Social Impact of Gambling, University of Plymouth, England. He is a member of the Program Advisory Board, Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders, Division on Addictions, Harvard University Medical School.
jeffrey.derevensky@mcgill.ca

Rina Gupta, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor (Part-Time) in School/Applied Child Psychology at McGill University. Dr. Gupta was a recipient of a SSHRC and FCAR doctoral fellowship for her work on understanding children and adolescent gambling behaviour and her doctoral dissertation won the G.M. Dunlop Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Psychology in Canada, and she was the recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling in Washington. She has been invited to present her research and clinical work at numerous national and international conferences on youth gambling. Dr. Gupta is on the editorial board of the Journal of Gambling Studies. Her work is published in numerous journals and she is considered an expert in the field of youth gambling. She is the director of the clinical intervention program for youth problem gamblers at McGill University. Dr. Gupta is also a member of the National Centre for Gambling Studies, University of Alberta; National Network on Gambling Issues and Research, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse; and is an International Associate of the Centre for the Study of the Social Impact of Gambling, University of Plymouth, England.
rina.gupta@mcgill.ca