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

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

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

Jens Pruessner uses brain imaging techniques to investigate what happens in the brain when stress is perceived and processed.

The research of Myra Piat focuses on housing for persons with serious mental illness and recovery from serious mental illness.

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

Michel Perreault's main focus is the evaluation of psychiatric and substance abuse programs.  

Eric Latimer, PhD, is a health economist and looks for ways to improve the services to people with severe forms of mental illness.

Ridha Joober developed a pharmaco-genetic profile of schizophrenia that may lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.

Camillo Zacchia is Senior advisor, Mental Health Education Office (MHEO) at the Douglas Institute.