Not only does our environment influence our mental and physical health, it can also change the functioning of the genes we inherit at birth

Ongoing research projects that the Mental Health and Society Research Group is working on

The research group directed by Rob Whitley studies the environmental factors that shape the onset and remission of mental illness.

Patricia Boksa conducts research on pregnancy and birth complications as risk factors for the later development of schizophrenia.

Howard Steiger contributed to the advancement of knowledge regarding causal mechanisms and clinical management of eating disorders.

Michael Meaney examines the molecular mechanisms by which maternal care alters gene expression.

The eating disorder “mix” : genes, environments and gender. A 2011 lecture by Howard Steiger (in French)

The Eating Disorder Mix: Genes, Environments and Gender - Video 2011

Lecture given by Stéphane Bastianetto, PhD, in 2008 on what defines mental illness (in French).

The neurophenotyping center, inaugurated October 2008, performs basic science in mental health (in French).