For over two decades, Ellen Corin has worked within provincial, national, and international arenas to introduce the concepts and methods developed in anthropology to the field of research and clinical practice in psychiatry.

As the professional chief of psychology , Margaret Peggy O'Byrne is responsible for evaluating the quality of professional acts of psychologists.

Marcelo Berlim is mainly interested in the study and treatment of depressive disorders with the use of state-of-the-art neuromodulation techniques.

John Breitner, MD, has devoted his career to investigating factors that modify an individual’s risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease.

Lalit Srivastava, has conducted research on schizophrenia and dopamine, a brain chemical implicated in its development.

Ashok Malla is an international leader in the development of programs for, and research in, early intervention in psychosis.

Gustavo Turecki investigates the neurobiology of suicide, focusing on the role of genetic risk factors.

Judes Poirier who had discovered a novel genetic risk factor that triggers the common form of Alzheimer’s disease, again made history in June.  

Salah El Mestikawy studies neurons using glutamate as a neurotransmitter in healthy and diseased central nervous systems.  

Duncan Pedersen studies how societies impact the mental health of their citizens. His work focuses on Latin America.