The Department of Psychiatry boasts over 100 researchers, who work together to promote world-class investigations on issues relevant to mental health. We have a diverse group of outstanding scientists who are internationally recognized, carrying out pioneering work in all research disciplines.
Researcher |
Site |
Focus Area of Research |
jorge.armony [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Jorge Armony, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Emotion, fMRI, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. |
serge.beaulieu [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Serge Beaulieu, MD, PhD) | DMHUI | Affective disorders |
veronique.bohbot [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Veronique Bohbot, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Auditory and visual spatial memory, |
diane.boivin [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Diane Boivin, MD, PhD) | DMHUI | Sleep, circadian rhythms, affective disorders. |
patricia.boksa [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Patricia Boksa, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Studies on pregnancy and birth complications |
john.breitner [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. John Breitner, MD) |
DMHUI |
Alzheimer's disease, epidemiology, clinical |
Dr. Marie-Josée Brouillette, MD,FRCPC | MUHC | HIV and cognition Rasch analysis Interferon-alpha and depression |
thomas.brown [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Thomas G. Brown, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Transdisciplinary studies into substance |
alain.brunet [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Alain Brunet, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; assessment, |
jean.caron [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Jean Caron, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Social and psychiatric epidemiology. |
nicolas.cermakian [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Nicolas Cermakian, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Circadian rhythms in the context of mental health and immunity. |
nicolas.cermakian [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Mallar Chakravarty, PhD) | DMHUI | Computational brain anatomy. |
bruno.debruille [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. J. Bruno Debruille, MD, PhD) | DMHUI | Neurophysiological model of communication of affect and intent between schizophrenic adults and their parents. |
simon.ducharme [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Simon Ducharme, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)) | MNI | Neuropsychiatry, frontotemporal dementia, neuroimaging, brain development and aging |
david.dunkley [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. David M. Dunkley, PhD) |
JGH |
Cognitive-personality vulnerability to depression, |
salah.elmestikawy [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Salah El Mestikawy, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Neuroscience, neurotransmission, animal models, preclinical research psychiatric disorders, post-mortem examinations of human neuropathologies. |
frank.elgar [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Frank Elgar, PhD) | Inst. for Health & Social Policy |
Social and economic determinants of health and human development. |
carl.ernst [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Carl Ernst, PhD) | DMHUI | Genomics, stem cell biology, advanced DNA sequencing, epigenetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, mood disorders, suicide. |
catherine.fichten [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Catherine Fichten, PhD) |
JGH |
Cognitive-behaviour therapy - adults |
Marie-Josee.Fleury [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (Dr. Marie-Josée Fleury, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Organizational and policy analysis; mental |
cecilia.flores [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Cecilia Flores, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Cellular and molecular mechanisms by which experiences in adolescence alter ongoing brain development, rendering individuals susceptible or resilient to psychiatric disorders. |
nancy.frasure-smith [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Nancy Frasure-Smith, PhD) |
R&T |
Psychosomatics; psychosocial factors in |
serge.gauthier [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Serge G. Gauthier, MD) |
DMHUI |
Basic and clinical aspects of memory loss and |
kathryn.gill [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Kathryn Gill, PhD) |
MGH |
Clinical studies related to addiction treatment |
bruno.giros [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Bruno Giros, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Molecular neurobiology and |
ian.gold [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Ian Gold, PhD) |
Dept. |
Philosophy of psychiatry |
alain.gratton [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Alain Gratton, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Function and dysfunction of mesocorticolimibic |
danielle.groleau [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Danielle Groleau, PhD) |
JGH |
Psychocultural determinants of compliance |
reut.gruber [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Reut Gruber, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Child development, ADHD and sleep studies. |
lily.t.hechtman [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Lily Hechtman, MD) |
MCH |
Stimulant and multimodal treatment of children, |
srividya.iyer [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (Dr. Srividya Iyer, PhD) | DMHUI | Youth mental health and early intervention, especially for psychotic disorders in Canada and beyond |
ridha.joober [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Ridha Joober, PhD) | DMHUI | Neuroleptic resistant schizophrenia; load-responsivity of the frontal cortex in first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients. |
sherif.karama [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Sherif Karama, MD, PhD) | DMHUI | neurobiological underpinnings of cognitive ability changes throughout the lifespan |
suzanne.king [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Suzanne King, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Environmental and genetic risk factors for psychosis, |
laurence.kirmayer [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD) |
R&T |
Cultural psychiatry; psychiatric anthropology; philosophy of psychiatry; mental health of Indigenous peoples, immigrants and refugees; global mental health. |
eric.latimer [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Eric A. Latimer, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Economic analysis of mental health programs; |
martin.lepage [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Martin Lepage, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Cerebral organization of human memory in |
marco.leyton [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Marco Leyton, PhD) |
R&T |
The neurobiology of addictions and addiction related neuropsychiatric disorders, as studied with PET/fMRI, drug challenges and other neurotransmitter manipulation strategies. |
eva.libman [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Eva Libman) |
JGH |
Sleep, chronic fatigue syndroms, behavioral |
giamal.luheshi [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Giamal N. Luheshi, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Neuro-immune interactions, sickness behaviour |
ashok.malla [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Ashok Malla, MD) | DMHUI |
First Episode Psychosis Outcome, Early Case Identification; Models of Treatment of Early Psychosis and Randomized Controlled trials of Services; Youth Mental Health Service Innovation, Research and Evaluation. |
michael.meaney [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Michael Meaney, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Stress; steroids; peptides; aging; development; |
naguib.mechawar [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Naguib Mechawar, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Glia, neuroplasticity, and neuroinflammation in depression and suicide. |
naguib.mechawar [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Xiangfei Meng, PhD) | DMHUI | Population mental health and neuro-psychiatric epidemiology; bio-psycho-social attributes of common mental disorders; early life stress |
naguib.mechawar [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Corina Nagy, PhD) | DMHUI | Depression, single-cell molecular neurobiology, functional genomics, epigenetics, sex difference |
roberta.palmour [at] mcgill.ca (Dr.) roberta.palmour [at] mcgill.ca (Roberta M. Palmour, PhD) |
R&T |
Genetic analysis of major psychiatric diseases, |
joel.paris [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Joel Paris, MD) |
JGH |
Studies on Borderline Personality Disorder |
michel.perreault [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Michel Perreault, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Evaluation of health service systems and |
jchristopher.perry [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. John Christopher Perry, MD) |
JGH |
Relationships between acceptance/rejection |
myra.piat [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Myra Piat, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Recovery, mental health, consumer perspective, |
judes.poirier [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Judes Poirier, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Alzheimer's/neurodegenerative diseases, |
remi.quirion [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Rémi Quirion, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Alzheimer's disease, neuropeptides, |
maria.rajah [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Rachel Rabin, PhD) | DMHUI | Effects of drugs of abuse on cognitive function in psychiatric (e.g., schizophrenia) and non-psychiatric populations |
maria.rajah [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Changes in the prefrontal cortex with age; |
amir.raz [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Amir Raz, PhD) |
JGH |
Clinical and cognitive neuroscience; |
joseph.rochford [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Joseph Rochford, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Behavioural pharmacology of learning, memory |
pedro.rosa [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, MSc, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Translational neuroimaging, human and animal |
cecile.rousseau [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Cecile Rousseau, MD) |
CSSS |
Cultural psychiatry; mental health and adaptation |
norbert.schmitz [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Norbert Schmitz, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Psychiatric epidemiology,psychiatric-somatic |
norbert.schmitz [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Patricia Silveira, PhD)
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DMHUI | Biology of developmental mechanisms in the risk for chronic adult disease. |
l.srivastava [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Lalit K. Srivastava, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Role of developmental mechanisms in the |
howard.steiger [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Howard Steiger, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Genetic and epigenetic processes in eating disorder development; Treatment response to specialized treatments; Motivational factors in eating disorder treatment; Comorbidity. |
florian.storch [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Florian Storch, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Circadian rhythms and mouse genetics. |
brett.thombs [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Brett D. Thombs, PhD) |
JGH |
Mental health screening, clinical trials, patient-engaged research, mental health in people with medical conditions, rare diseases, meta-research. |
jacques.tremblay2 [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Jacques Tremblay) | DMHUI | Clinical epidemiology in mental health; community mental health planning; conduct of clinical trials to test the effectiveness of psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use related disorders, and bipolar disorder; mixed methods studies on trauma and global health in developing countries. |
gustavo.turecki [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD) | DMHUI | Suicide, depressive disorders, functional genomics, epigenetics, early-life adversity, gene-environment interaction, neurobiology. |
claire-dominique.walker [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Claire-Dominique Walker, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Influence of stress on reproductive functions |
robert.whitley [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Rob Whitley, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Research interests: the emerging recovery |
sylvain.williams [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Sylvain Williams, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Studies on the cause of Alzheimer's Disease |
takpan.wong [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Tak Pan Wong, PhD) |
DMHUI |
Impact of stress on the brain; studies of how |
allan.young [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Allan Young, PhD) | Culture and somatization; the ethnography of post-traumatic stress disorder; anthropology of psychiatry. |
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phyllis.zelkowitz [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz, EdD) |
JGH |
Perinatal mental health; psychosocial factors related to fertility health; risk factors for borderline pathology in adolescents; transitional care for children and families following Child Psychiatry Day Hospital treatment |