Brigitte L. Kieffer, PhD, is the new Scientific Director of the Douglas Institute Research Centre

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

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

Eduardo Chachamovich’s work focuses mainly on social and clinical determinants of mental health in Aboriginal populations.

Cecilia Flores' work focuses on the dysfunction of the dopaminergic system, a brain system important in reward, motor, and cognitive functions.

Joseph Rochford examines how antidepressants change behavioral and biological mechanisms involved in coping with stress.

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

Norbert Schmitz is involved in biostatistics, psychiatric epidemiology and psychometrics.  

Marc Laporta, MD, develops international collaborative ventures  in the area of emergencies and disasters for the Americas.

As a clinician, Johanne Renaud holds the title of medical chief for the youth section of the Douglas Institute’s Depressive Disorders Program.