Core Faculty
The McConnell BIC Principal Investigators are faculty members at McGill, with research interests spanning the widest spectrum of expertise in neuroimaging. Click on names to see a short bio and a description of research focus.
Douglas Arnold, MD - James-McGill Professor
Sylvain Baillet, PhD - Professor & Director, MEG Core
Andrea Bernasconi, MD - Professor
Boris Bernhardt, PhD - Assistant Professor
Danilo Bzdok, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Xioqian Chai, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
D. Louis Collins, PhD - Professor
Alain Dagher, MD - Associate Professor
Julien Doyon, PhD - Professor & Director, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
Simon Ducharme, MD, MSc - Assistant Professor
Alan C. Evans, PhD - James-McGill Professor
Rick Hoge, PhD - Associate Professor, Director of MRI Research
Yasser Iturria-Medina - Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Alexey Kostikov, PhD - Assistant Professor
Neda Ladbon Bernasconi, MD, PhD - Associate Professor
Marco Leyton, Ph.D., Professor
Gassan Massarweh, PhD - Assistant Professor, Director of Cycloton and Radiochemistry
Bratislav Misic, PhD - Assistant Professor
Sridar Narayanan, PhD - Assistant Professor
Jamie Near, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Jean-Baptiste Poline, PhD - Associate Professor
Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor
David Rudko, PhD - Assistant Professor
Amir Shmuel, PhD - Associate Professor
Jean-Paul Soucy, MD, MSc - Associate Professor, Medical Director, PET Unit
Nathan Spreng, Ph.D., Professor
Christine Tardif, PhD - Assistant Professor
Sylvia Villeneuve, PhD - Assistant Professor
Robert Zatorre, PhD - Professor
Adjunct
Andrew Reader, PhD - Associate Professor
Emeritus
Mirko Diksic, PhD - Professor
In Memoriam
Christopher Thompson, DSc, FCCPM FCOMP - Professor
Affiliated Faculty
Montreal is one of the largest hubs in neuroscience research worldwide. Our Centre serves the research needs of about 120 Principal Investigators, at McGill, Montreal and beyond. About 40 of our expert users are affiliated with the BIC as a token of our Centre's appreciation for their key expertise and contribution to the academic life and technical spectrum of the platform.
If you are interested in joining the McConnell BIC as an affiliated faculty member, please sylvain.baillet [at] mcgill.ca (contact us.)
Tal Arbel, PhD - Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill Centre for Intelligent Machines
Email: arbel AT cim.mcgill.ca
Jorge Armony, PhD - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: jorge.armony AT mcgill.ca
Curtis Baker, PhD - Professor of Ophthalmology, McGill
Email: curtis.baker AT mcgill.ca
Marc-André Bédard, PhD - Professor, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Adjunct Professor McGill
Chawki Benkelfat, MD - Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: chawki.benkelfat AT mcgill.ca
Veronique Bohbot, PhD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: veronique.bohbot AT mcgill.ca
Linda Booij, PhD - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal
Email: linda.booij AT umontreal.ca
Marie-Hélène Boudrias - Assistant Professor / Professeure adjointe, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill
Marie Brossard-Racine OT, PhD - Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Associate Member, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Researcher, Division of Child Neurology, Montreal Children’s Hospital
Catherine Bushnell, PhD - Harold Griffith Professor of Anesthesia and Professor in Dentistry and Neurology, McGill
Email: catherine.bushnell AT mcgill.ca
Howard Chertkow, PhD - Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Director of The Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, McGill
Email: howard.chertkow AT mcgill.ca
Jean Gotman, PhD- Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: jean.gotman AT mcgill.ca
Benoit Goulet, MD - Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: benoit.goulet AT mcgill.ca
Vincent Gracco, PhD - Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill
Email: vincent.gracco AT mcgill.ca
Yosef Grodzinsky, PhD - Professor of Lingusitics, McGill
Email: yosef.grodzinsky AT mcgill.ca
Christophe Grova, PhD - Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McGill
Email: cristophe.grova AT mcgill.ca
Robert Hess, PhD, DSc - Professor of Ophthalmology, and Director of McGill Vision Research Unit, McGill
Email: robert.hess AT mcgill.ca
Krista Hyde, PhD - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: krista.hyde AT mcgill.ca
Sherif Karama, MD, FRCPC - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: sherif.karama AT mcgill.ca
Fred Kingdom, PhD - Professor of Ophthalmology, McGill
Email: fred.kingdom AT mcgill.ca
Denise Klein, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: denise.klein AT mcgill.ca
Eliane Kobayashi, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: eliane.kobayash AT mcgill.ca
Martin Lepage, PhD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: martin.lepage AT mcgill.ca
Dan Levitin, PhD - Professor of Psychology, McGill
Email: daniel.levitin AT mcgill.ca
Marco Leyton, PhD - Professor of Psychiatry, McGill - William Dawson Scholar
Email: marco.leyton AT mcgill.ca
Catherine Limperopoulos, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, McGill
Email: catherine.limperopoulos AT mcgill.ca
Sonia Lupien, PhD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: sonia.lupien AT mcgill.ca
Rolando Del Maestro, MD, PhD - Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: rolando.delmaestro AT mcgill.ca
Janine Mendola, PhD - Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, McGill
Email: janine.mendola AT mcgill.ca
Brenda Milner, CC, OQ, DSc, PhD - Dorothy J. Killam Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: ebrenda.milner AT mcgill.ca
Gillian O’Driscoll, PhD - Associate Professor of Psychology, McGill
Email: gillian.odriscoll AT mcgill.ca
André Olivier, MD, PhD - Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: andre.olivier AT mcgill.ca
Tomáš Paus, MD, PhD - Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor and Chair of Population Neuroscience, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Email: tpaus AT research.baycrest.org
Marc Pell, PhD - James McGill Professor, Director and Associate Dean of School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill
Email: marc.pell AT mcgill.ca
Virginia Penhune, PhD - Professor of Psychology, Concordia University
Email: virginia.penhune AT concordia.ca
Michael Petrides, PhD - Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: michael.petrides AT mcgill.ca
Robert Pihl, PhD - Professor of Psychology, McGill
Email: robert.pihl AT mcgill.ca
Gilles Plourde, MD - Professor of Anesthesia, McGill
Email: gilles.plourde AT mcgill.ca
Jens Pruessner, PhD - Associate Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: jens.pruessner AT mcgill.ca
Alain Ptito, PhD - Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Email: alain.ptito AT mcgill.ca
Natasha Rajah PhD - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, McGill
Email: natasha.rajah AT mcgill.ca
Amir Raz, PhD, ABPH - Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurosurgery, Associate Professor of Psychology, McGill
Email: amir.raz AT mcgill.ca
Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, McGill
Email: pedro AT bic.mni.mcgill.ca
Abbas Sadikot, MD, PhD - Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: abbas.sadikot AT mcgill.ca
Petra Schweinhardt MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Dentistry and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: petra.schweinhardt AT mcgill.ca
Peter Shizgal, PhD - Professor of Psychology, Concordia University
Email: peter.shizgal AT concordia.ca
Kaleem Siddiqi, PhD - Professor of Computer Science, McGill
Email: kaleem.siddiqi AT mcgill.ca
Donatella Tampieri, MD - Professor of Radiology and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: donatella.tampieri AT mcgill.ca
Alex Thiel, MD - Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: alex.thiel AT mcgill.ca
Daria Trojan, MD - Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: daria.trojan AT mcgill.ca
Pia Wintermark, MD - Assistant Professor of Paediatrics and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: pia.wintermark AT mcgill.ca
Robert Zatorre, PhD - Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill
Email: robert.zatorre AT mcgill.ca