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

Moshe Szyf and colleagues have produced findings on how environment affects DNA McGill University Professor Dr. Moshe Szyf, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has received Radio-Canada’s Scientist of the Year 2009 title for his pioneering work into how our enviro[...]

Michael Meaney, Moshe Szyf and Gustavo Turecki honoured for their work in epigenetics.

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2010 Session of the Douglas Institute Mini-Psych School.

MGSS is studying the molecular and cellular changes taking place in the brains of individuals that become depressed and commit suicide.

The MGSS is made up of independent investigators, research associates, graduate PhD and MSc level students, and research collaborators.

Research at the Eating Disorders Program addresses various aspects of the phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of eating disorders in the spectrum of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Her current research interests lie in the areas of molecular genetic and personality factors that influence eating disorder symptoms and treatment outcomes.

Carl Ernst studies human behaviour and mood by identifying genes that may be involved in mental disorders.