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

Natasha Rajah, nvestigates how memory retrieval works in healthy young adults, and how it is affected by aging.

Naguib Mechawar identifies the neurochemical and neuroanatomical properties of major depression and suicidal behaviors in the brain.

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

Suzanne King is investigating  risk factors for schizophrenia, such as prenatal stress, obstetric complications, and cannabis use.

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

Natalie Grizenko is medical director with the mandate of integrating research, teaching and clinical excellence throughout the program.

Sylvain Williams pursues several complimentary lines of study aimed towards elucidating the cause of Alzheimer Disease.

Claire-Dominique Walker investigates the consequences of early stress on brain development and the neuroendocrine responses to stress.

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