To watch this year's 2017 Departmental Day on Cannabis in Canada: What do we know? What can we expect? please visit: https://youtu.be/8VDUSl883hA
To read more, please go to: http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/12/cannabis-in-canada-what-do-we-know-what-can-we-expect/
Congratulations to all the students who received a Graduate Excellence Fellowship in Mental Health Research.
Dear Residents and Faculty,
On behalf of the Postgraduate Residency Training Program and the Department of Psychiatry, we would like to congratulate all the winners of the 2017 Annual Awards Night.
Best,
Dr. Leon Tourian
Psychiatry Residency Program
Awards night 2017
Staff Prizes
Best Role Model
Une des plus grandes banques de cerveaux humains au monde se trouve à Montréal. Des chercheurs des quatre coins de la planète ont recourt à ses services pour analyser des échantillons prélevés sur plus de 3000 spécimens. On est allés rencontrer le psychiatre Gustavo Turecki de la Banque Douglas-Bell Canada pour visiter les laboratoires et en apprendre plus sur ses études sur le suicide et la dépression.
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Latimer who was awarded the 2017 Royal College McLaughlin Gallie Visiting Professorship.
To read more, please visit (Profs from the UK & Montreal net 2017 visiting professorships) or (Des enseignants du R.-U. et de Montréal parmi les professeurs invités de 2017).

Douglas Institute Students
Oral Presentations:
1st (Prix d'excellence du FRQ-S): Scott Bell (Dr. Carl Ernst's lab)
2nd: Chloé Nobis (Dr. Nicolas Cermakian's lab)
3rd: Santiago Cuesta (Cecilia Flores' lab)
Poster Presentations:
1st: Abdelhalim Elsiekh (Dr. Natasha Rajah's lab)
2nd: Lauren Reynolds (Dr. Cecilia Flores' lab)
McGill Graduate Psychiatry Students:
Oral Presentations:
Masters
Sarah McIlwaine
Tatiana Sanchez
Johnson ying
Jishian Ravinthiran
Doctoral
Nevicia Case
Manal El Deb
Kathleen MacDonald
Resident - research
Dr. Anthony Gifuni (Phase I)
Dr. Srividya Iyer has been selected as the laureate of the 2017 Maude Abbott Prize!
This award was established in 2010 by the Faculty of Medicine in order to recognize outstanding female faculty members at an early career stage who have excelled in education, research or administration.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the FRSQ Competition 2017-2018 winners!
Chercheurs-bousiers
Dr. Xiangfei Meng
Dr. Jamie Near
Dr. Brett Thombs
Chercheurs-bousiers cliniciens
Dr. Michael Bodnar
Dr. Eduardo Chachamovich
Dr. Tuong-Vi Nguyen
Dr. Soham Rej
Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto
Congratulations to the CIHR 2016 Project Grant and Bridge Grant winners!
Dear colleagues,
Congratulations to Dr. Gustavo Turecki on being granted Tier 1-Canada Research Chair in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide.
To read more, please visit: http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2016/12/16-canada-research-chairs-for-mcgill/
Dr. Gustavo Turecki was awarded Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Awards NARSAD Distinguished investigator Grant.
For more details, please see attachment.
Awards Night 2016
Dear Residents and Faculty,
The Resident Awards Night took place at the Thomson House on November 24th. I would like to thank the MPRA and the Department of Psychiatry for making this a special evening where we were able to honor Faculty and Resident achievements.
Faculty Awards
Best Clinical Supervisor for Senior residents
Winner: Dr. Viviane Zicherman
