Drs. Mahsa Dadar and Phoebe Friesen honoured with 2025 President’s Prize

We are delighted to share that Dr. Mahsa Dadar (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Phoebe Friesen (Associate Member) have been awarded the 2025 President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers. This prestigious honour was presented during McGill’s Health Sciences Convocation Ceremony on May 27. The award recognizes exceptional early-career researchers whose innovative work is advancing the frontiers of knowledge in their respective fields.

Drs. Gustavo Turecki and Naguib Mechawar, CISION Newswire

Brain Canada Invests in Six Montreal-Area Platforms to Drive Open Science Innovation. Read more

Dr. Romina Mizrahi, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

For people at risk of psychosis, cannabis use can be dangerous. Read more

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McGill researchers lead project to reform youth mental health care in Canada. Watch here | Read more

Student Scholarships

The Graduate Office is pleased to announce that several of our outstanding students and trainees have been recognized with prestigious awards this spring. We are proud of their accomplishments and look forward to their continued contributions to the field of psychiatry. Congratulations to the following recipients for their achievements:

Sara Gloeckler – CGS Doctoral SSHRC (Dr. K. Greenway)

Megan Davies – FRQSC (Dr. M. Ferrari)

HBHL Symposium 2025: a week later, the energy still shines!

Over 300 attendees gathered at McGill University on May 6 and 7 for the HBHL Symposium 2025, a vibrant two-day celebration of cutting-edge neuroscience and brain health research. 

This year’s event featured inspiring keynote talks by Damien Fair (University of Minnesota), Lucina Q. Uddin (UCLA) and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (McGill University), who explored topics from neuropsychiatry and brain network dynamics to social determinants of brain health.

Dr. Lena Palaniyappan, CBC - The 306

Cannabis use and psychosis. Listen here

Congratulations to Dr. Cecilia Flores on James McGill Professor Award!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Cecilia Flores has been named a James McGill Professor by Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi. This prestigious internal award recognizes Dr. Flores's exceptional research achievements and significant contributions to her field. Congratulations Dr. Flores! Read more

Congratulations to the FRQ-Santé Career Award Recipients!

The Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé announced the recipients of salary awards on April 30, 2025. Congratulations to Drs. Kyle Greenway, Rachel Kronick, Katie Lavigne, Maxime Montembeault, Lena Palaniyappan, Rachel Rabin, Delphine Raucher-Chéné and Nicolas Tritsch, recipients of the FRQS Chercheurs-Boursiers awards. Additionally, Dr.

Eight Faculty of Science professors honoured by Provost for exceptional research achievements

Clockwise from top left: Robert Brandenberger (Physics), Christian Genest (Mathematics and Statistics), Joel Kamnitzer (Mathematics and Statistics), Bärbel Knäuper (Psychology), Milica Miočević (Psychology), Adrian Liu (Physics), Nagissa Mahmoudi (Earth and Planetary Sciences), and Galen Halverson (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

SEX CELLS! On the importance of sex and gender in brain health

Last week, we welcomed neuroscientists Liisa Galea (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and Robert-Paul Juster (Université de Montréal) for SEX CELLS!, a vital conversation on implementing Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) in health research. 

Dr Gustavo Turecki, Le Soleil

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Got a parent with Alzheimer's? Study reveals whether mum or dad carries the biggest risk for you. Read more

Dr. Lena Palaniyappan, McGill Newsroom

What links cannabis use and psychosis? Researchers point to the brain’s dopamine system. Read more

Dre Cécile Rousseau, La Presse

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