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.
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Researcher
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Site
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Focus Area of Research
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Dr. Antoine Adamantidis, PhD
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DMHUI
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Neural circuits of arousal,optogenetics,
sleep-wake cycle, goal oriented behaviour.
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Dr. Lawrence Annable, Dip Stat
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R&T
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Design and statistical analysis of clinical trials
in psychopharmacology.
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Dr. Jorge Armony, PhD
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DMHUI
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Emotion, fMRI, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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| Dr. Serge Beaulieu, MD, PhD |
DMHUI |
Affective disorders |
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Dr. Chawki Benkelfat, MD
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R&T
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Studies on brain serotonin synthesis in patients
with Borderline Personality Disorder and
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
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Dr. Veronique Bohbot, PhD
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DMHUI
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Auditory and visual spatial memory,
virtual reality, plasticity.
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| Dr. Diane Boivin, MD, PhD |
DMHUI |
Sleep, circadian rhythms, affective disorders. |
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Dr. Patricia Boksa, PhD
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DMHUI
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Studies on pregnancy and birth complications
(C-section, perinatal hypoxia, infections in
utero) as risk factors for schizophrenia, using
animal modeling.
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Dr. John Breitner, MD
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DMHUI
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Alzheimer's disease, epidemiology, clinical
trial methods, Alzheimer's disease prevention
trials.
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Dr. Mathieu Brodeur, PhD
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DMHUI
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Schizophrenia, thought and perception, EEG,
contextual processing, episodic memory, fMRI.
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Dr. Thomas G. Brown, PhD
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DMHUI
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Transdisciplinary studies into substance
abuse-related risky behaviour, specifically
impaired driving; randomized control trials of
substance abuse psychotherapeutice; applied
studies into evidence-informed substance
abuse intervention and policy.
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Dr. Alain Brunet, PhD
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DMHUI
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; assessment,
peritraumatic responses, longitudinal
studies, early interventions, neurobiological
correlates, neuroimaging.
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Dr. Jean Caron, PhD
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DMHUI
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Social and psychiatric epidemiology.
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Dr. Nicolas Cermakian, PhD
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DMHUI
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Circadian rhythms, clock genes, sleep
regulation.
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Dr. Jennifer Coelho, PhD
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DMHUI
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Eating disorders
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Dr. Anne G. Crocker, PhD
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DMHUI
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Forensic mental health research.
1. The identification of psychosocial factors
associated with violence and criminality
among vulnerable populations, such as
individuals with a severemental illness
and individuals with intellectual disabilities.
2. The interface between the criminal justice
and mental health systems such as fitness
to stand trial, criminal responsibility and
mental health servicesresearch in relation to
the criminal justice system.
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| Dr. J. Bruno Debruille, MD, PhD |
DMHUI |
Neurophysiological model of communication of
affect and intent between schizophrenic adults
and their parents. |
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Dr. David M. Dunkley, PhD
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JGH
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Cognitive-personality vulnerability to depression,
self-critical perfectionism, longitudinal studies of
stress generation and stress reactivity models,
coping and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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Dr. Salah El Mestikawy, PhD
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DMHUI
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Neurobiology, molecular biology, neuroanatomy,
glutamatergic neurotransmission, animal
modeling, post-mortem examinations of human
neuropathologies.
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| Dr. Frank Elgar, PhD |
Inst.
for Health
& Social
Policy |
Social and economic determinants of health and
human development. |
| Dr. Mayada Elsabbagh, PhD |
R&T |
Autism |
| Dr. Carl Ernst, PhD |
DMHUI |
Genomics, stem cell biology, advanced DNA
sequencing, epigenetics, neurodevelopmental
disorders, mood disorders, suicide. |
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Dr. Catherine Fichten, PhD
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JGH
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Cognitive-behaviour therapy - adults
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Dr. Marie-Josée Fleury, PhD
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DMHUI
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Organizational and policy analysis; mental
health services evaluation; integrated service
networks; needs assessment.
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Dr. Cecilia Flores, PhD
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DMHUI
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying
the effects of drugs of abuse and stressors on
brain plasticity and behavior and their
implications for psychopathology.
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Dr. Nancy Frasure-Smith, PhD
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R&T
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Psychosomatics; psychosocial factors in
adjustment to cardiovascular disease;
mechanisms linking psychosocial factors and
cardiac mortality (sudden cardiac death).
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Dr. Serge G. Gauthier, MD
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DMHUI
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Basic and clinical aspects of memory loss and
motor dysfunction; Alzheimer's disease,
Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease;
new therapeutic avenues.
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Dr. Kathryn Gill, PhD
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MGH
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Clinical studies related to addiction treatment
outcome, dual diagnosis, pharmacotherapy;
biochemical, gene mapping and
pharmacogenetic studies in recombinant
inbred and congenic mice; mental health
issues of urban Native Americans and Inuit.
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Dr. Bruno Giros, PhD
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DMHUI
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Molecular neurobiology and
neuropsychopharmacology.
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Dr. Ian Gold, PhD
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Dept.
of
Philosophy
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Philosophy of psychiatry
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Dr. Alain Gratton, PhD
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DMHUI
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Function and dysfunction of mesocorticolimibic
dopamine neurons; stress effects on central
motivational processes; neuropeptide
interactions with dopamine neurons.
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Dr. Danielle Groleau, PhD
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JGH
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Psychocultural determinants of compliance
after a heart attack;hyperemesis gravicarum
in immigrant women; psychocultural
determinants of low breastfeeding rates among
disadvantaged French Canadians, etc.
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Dr. Reut Gruber, PhD
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DMHUI
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Child development, ADHD and sleep studies.
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Dr. Lily Hechtman, MD
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MCH
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Stimulant and multimodal treatment of children,
adolescents, and adults with attention deficit disorders.
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Dr. Krista L. Hyde, PhD
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MUHC
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Auditory cognitive neuroscience; brain imaging;
developmental disorders.
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Dr. Fabrice Jollant
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DMHUI |
Suicidal behavior, depression, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, decision-making, cognition, emotion
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| Dr. Ridha Joober, PhD |
DMHUI |
Neuroleptic resistant schizophrenia;
load-responsivity of the frontal cortex in
first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients. |
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Dr. Suzanne King, PhD
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DMHUI
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Environmental and genetic risk factors for psychosis,
especially prenatal maternal stress: three on-going studies
of development in children exposed in utero to maternal
stress from a natural disaster.
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Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD
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R&T
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Cultural psychiatry; mental health of Inuit and
First Nations peoples; psychiatry in primary care;
epidemiology and ethnographic research;
metaphor in psychiatric theory and practice.
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Dr. Aurélie Labbe, PhD
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DMHUI
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Biostatistics, statistical genetics, Bayesian
statistics, genetic epidemiology.
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Dr. Eric A. Latimer, PhD
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DMHUI
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Economic analysis of mental health programs;
Assertive Community Treatment; economic
issues related to supported employment for
people with severe mental illness.
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Dr. Martin Lepage, PhD
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DMHUI
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Cerebral organization of human memory in
healthy and psychiatric populations using
functional neuroimaging techniques such as
PET and fMRI.
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Dr. Marco Leyton, PhD
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R&T
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Role of dopamine and serotonin in substance
abuse, impulsive behavior and depression; PET
studies, drug challenges and acute
monoamine depletion.
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Dr. Eva Libman
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JGH
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Sleep, chronic fatigue syndroms, behavioral
medicine.
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Dr. Giamal N. Luheshi, PhD
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DMHUI
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Neuro-immune interactions, sickness behaviour
and infection/inflammation.
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| Dr. Ashok Malla, MD |
DMHUI |
Investigation of delay in treatment; impact of
early case detection; predictors and evaluation
of strategies to improve outcome, cognition and
psychopathology in early psychosis; controlled
evaluation of integrated treatment methods
and program development for and evaluation
of early intervention. |
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Dr. Michael Meaney, PhD
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DMHUI
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Stress; steroids; peptides; aging; development;
individual differences; hormone receptors.
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Dr. Naguib Mechawar, PhD
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DMHUI
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Mood disorders, chemical neuroanatomy and
adult brain neurogenesis.
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Dr. Roberta M. Palmour, PhD
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R&T
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Genetic analysis of major psychiatric diseases,
in man and in model systems (experimental
animals and cultured cells); neurochemical
mechanisms in inherited metabolic diseases.
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Dr. Joel Paris, MD
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JGH
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Studies on Borderline Personality Disorder
including long-term follow-up, biological and
psychological risk factors, childhood precursors
and assessment of underlying traits.
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Dr. Duncan Pedersen, PhD
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DMHUI
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Trauma-related disorders and social suffering;
long-term impact and health outcomes of
socio-political violence.
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Dr. Michel Perreault, PhD
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DMHUI
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Evaluation of health service systems and
development and validation of measures of
expectation and satisfaction of patients and
relatives regarding services for mental health.
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Dr. John Christopher Perry, MD
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JGH
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Relationships between acceptance/rejection
feelings in children with serious behavior
problems. Correlates of emotional and
behavioral problems in children of mothers
with breast cancer.
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Dr. Myra Piat, PhD
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DMHUI
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Recovery, mental health, consumer perspective,
participatory research, housing, peer support,
caregivers, qualitative methodology, evaluation
services, homelessness and mental illness.
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Dr. Judes Poirier, PhD
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DMHUI
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Alzheimer's/neurodegenerative diseases,
genetics and pharmacogenomics.
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Dr. Jens C. Pruessner, PhD
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DMHUI
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Director, Aging and Alzheimer's Research
Theme.
Positron Emission Tomography; functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging; structural
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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Dr. Rémi Quirion, PhD
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DMHUI
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Alzheimer's disease, neuropeptides,
neuroprotection, cell death and psychiatric
illnesses.
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Dr. Maria Natasha Rajah, PhD
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DMHUI
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Changes in the prefrontal cortex with age;
memory performance during normal aging;
aging and dementia: biological changes
associated with normal versus pathological
aging; event-related functional magnetic
resonance imaging.
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Dr. Amir Raz, PhD
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JGH
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Clinical and cognitive neuroscience;
applied cognition.
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Dr. Joseph Rochford, PhD
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DMHUI
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Behavioural pharmacology of learning, memory
and motivation; influence of learning on pain
sensitivity; behavioural effects of anxiolytic and
antidepressant drugs; neuropharmacology of
attention.
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Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, MSc, PhD
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DMHUI
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Translational neuroimaging, human and animal
imaging, PET, MRI, neurodegenerative
disease, dementia. Director of Translational
Neuroimaging Laboratory.
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Dr. Cecile Rousseau, MD
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CSSS
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Cultural psychiatry; mental health and adaptation
of refugee children and adolescents from
Southeast Asia, Central America and Somalia.
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Dr. Norbert Schmitz, PhD
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DMHUI
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Psychiatric epidemiology,psychiatric-somatic
comorbidity, public mental health, depression
and chronic conditions, population based
studies, health related quality of life research,
measurement tools.
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Dr. Lalit K. Srivastava, PhD
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DMHUI
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Role of developmental mechanisms in the
etiopathology of schizophrenia, brain dopamine
receptor regulation, biochemical and genetic
studies on neural cell adhesion molecules.
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Dr. Howard Steiger, PhD
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DMHUI
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Onset, course and treatment of eating disorders.
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Dr. Florian Storch, PhD
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DMHUI
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Circadian rhythms and mouse genetics.
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| Dr. Ron Sullivan |
R&T |
Sex differences in how the brain regulates stress
and emotion-related processing. |
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Dr. Brett D. Thombs, PhD
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JGH
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Etiology, assessment and treatment of
interrelated somatic and psychological
symptoms that are common in medical
illness, particularly cardiovascular and
rheumatic diseases. Transcultural Psychiatry.
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| 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. |
| Dr. Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD |
DMHUI |
Suicide, depressive disorders, functional
genomics, epigenetics, early-life adversity,
gene-environment interaction, neurobiology. |
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Dr. Claire-Dominique Walker, PhD
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DMHUI
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Influence of stress on reproductive functions
during lactation in the rat and developmental
aspects of the stress response.
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Dr. Rob Whitley, PhD
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DMHUI
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Research interests: the emerging recovery
paradigm in mental health; religion and mental
health; the mental health and mental health
service experience of immigrants and
ethno-cultural minorities; mental health in
developing countries; qualitative research.
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Dr. Sylvain Williams, PhD
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DMHUI
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Studies on the cause of Alzheimer's Disease
using electrophysiology and other techniques to
better understand the physiological interactions
on neurons within the septum; and the role of
pro-inflammatory cytokines on the modulation
of neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity and
neuronal stem cell development.
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Dr. Tak Pan Wong, PhD
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DMHUI
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Impact of stress on the brain; studies of how
stress produces abnormality in synaptic
transmission and impairment of memory
formation; molecular mechanisms of synaptic
plasticity.
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| Dr. Allan Young, PhD |
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Culture and somatization; the ethnography of
post-traumatic stress disorder; anthropology of
psychiatry. |
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Dr. Simon N. Young, PhD
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R&T
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Behavioural neurochemistry
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Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz, EdD
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JGH
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Studies on developmental outcome in very low
birthweight infants, postpartum depression and
its effects on family functioning and risk factors
for borderline pathology in mothers and children.
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