September 29, 2009
Section : The Douglas

Gérard Lebel is a liaison for the Evaluation-Liaison Module, a service that responds to requests for psychiatric consultations from individuals referred by a physician.

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

Pedro Rosa-Neto is interested in the structural changes that occur in the brain as a result of neurodegenerative disease.

September 29, 2009
Section : Research

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