*Supervisors listed below are approved Research Supervisors for the Psychiatry Graduate Program. ÌýHowever, please be advised that a number of faculty members in the Department of Psychiatry supervise students in other programs as well. ÌýStudents outside the Psychiatry Graduate Program may refer to our Researchers list for other potential supervisors.
jorge.armony [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýJorge Armony, PhD) Associate Professor |
Emotion, fMRI, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. |
serge.beaulieu [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSerge Beaulieu, MD, PhD) Associate Professor |
Affective Disorders. |
Assistant Professor |
schizophrenia, early psychosis, psychosis risk, rTMS, computational psychiatry |
marcelo.berlim [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMarcelo Berlim, MD) Associate Professor |
NeuromodulationÌý; mood disorders and suicidal behavior |
veronique.bohbot [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýVeronique Bohbot, PhD) Associate Professor |
Auditory and spatial memory, virtual reality, plasticity. |
linda.booij [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Linda Booij, PhD) Professor |
Eating disorders, including biopsychosocial mechanisms, early risk factors and predictors of treatment outcome |
diane.boivin [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýDiane Boivin, MD, PhD) Professor |
Sleep, circadian rhythms, affective disorders. |
mark.brandon [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMark Brandon, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Neural circuits of memory |
marie-josee.brouillette [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMarie-Josee Brouillette, MD, FRCPC) Associate Professor |
HIV and cognition, RASCH analysis, Interferon-alpha and depression |
alain.brunet [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýAlain Brunet, PhD) Professor |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
nicolas.cermakian [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýNicolas Cermakian, PhD) Professor |
Circadian rhythms in the context of mental health and immunity. |
eduardo.chachamovich [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýEduardo Chachamovich) Assistant Professor |
Social and clinical determinants of health in Aboriginal populations, suicide ideation and behaviours |
megha.chakravarty [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMallar Chakravarty, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Computational brain anatomy |
dara.charney [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýDara A. Charney, MD) Associate Professor |
treatment for alcohol use disorders |
bruno.debruille [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýJ. Bruno Debruille, MD, PhD) Associate Professor |
Cognitive and social neuroscience of consciousness and psychiatric disorders |
simon.ducharme [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSimon Ducharme) Assistant Professor |
Longitudinal changes in brain development; neuroimaging |
david.dunkley [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýDavid M. Dunkley, PhD) ´¡²õ²õ´Ç³¦¾±²¹³Ù±ðÌý±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ù |
Cognitive-personality vulnerability to depression; perfectionism; stress; coping; emotion regulation Ìý |
salah.elmestikawy [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSalah El Mestikawy, PhD) Professor |
Glutamatergic systems in the normal and pathological brain |
catherine.fichten [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýCatherine Fichten, PhD) Associate Professor |
Clinical psychology (disabilities, sleep) |
flemar [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýMarie-Josée Fleury, PhD) Associate Professor |
Organizational and adequacy of mental health servicesÌý |
cecilia.flores [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýCecilia Flores, PhD) Associate Professor |
Cellular and molecular mechanisms by which experiences in adolescence alter ongoing brain development, rendering individuals susceptible or resilient to psychiatric disorders |
guillaume.galbaud_du_fort [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýGuillaume Galbaud Du Fort) Associate Professor |
Assessment of screening tools for depression in medically ill populations |
marie-claude.geoffroy [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMarie-Claude Geoffroy) Associate Professor |
Epidemiology of suicide and related mental disorders across lifespan |
bruno.giros [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýBruno Giros, PhD) Professor |
Dopaminergic systems; neurobiology of schizophrenia and other psychopathologies |
gabriella.gobbi [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýGabriella Gobbi, MD, PhD) Professor |
Mood disorders, Cannabis, Hallucinogens, Melatonin |
ian.gold [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýIan Gold, PhD) Associate Professor |
Philosophy of psychiatry. DR GOLD WILL BE ON SABBATICAL (RESEARCH LEAVE)Ìý UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2020 |
alain.gratton [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýAlain Gratton, PhD) Professor |
Function and dysfunction of mesocorticolimibic dopamine neurons |
brian.greenfield [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýBrian J. Greenfield, MD) Associate Professor |
Childhood suicide: genetic predisposition, disease pathways, treatments and predictive testing |
DrÌýnatalie.grizenko [at] mcgill.ca (Natalie Grizenko, MD) Associate Professor |
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders |
danielle.groleau [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýDanielle Groleau, PhD) Associate Professor |
Qualitative methodologies; sociocultural determinants of health behavior; reporductive health; development and evaluation of school-based promotion of mental health and prevention of mental illness |
reut.gruber [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýReut Gruber, PhD) Associate Professor |
Child development, sleep, ADHD |
lily.t.hechtman [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýLily Hechtman, MD) Professor |
Attention deficit disorders in children, adolescents and adults. Treatment development and efficacy. Long-term prospective controlled follow-up. |
srividya.iyer [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSrividya N. Iyer, PhD) Professor |
Youth mental health and early intervention for psychosis |
eric.jarvis1 [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýG. Eric Jarvis, MD) Associate Professor |
Social psychiatry; first episode psychosis. |
ridha.joober [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýRidha Joober, PhD) Professor |
Youth Mental Health and Early intervention, genetics and pharmacogenetics of psychiatric disorders |
sherif.karama [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSherif Karama, MD, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Genetic and environmental effects of environment on brain development and corollary impacts of cognition |
laurence.kirmayer [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýLaurence J. Kirmayer, MD) Professor |
Cultural psychiatry; psychiatric anthropology; philosophy of psychiatry; mental health of Indigenous peoples, immigrants and refugees; global mental health. |
rachel.kronick [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Rachel Cardon Kronick, MD) Assistant Professor |
Cultural psychiatry, immigration policy, immigration detention, child and family mental health, asylum seekers |
marc.laporta [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMarc Laporta, MD) Assistant Professor |
Mental health knowledge transfer and exchange |
lise.laporte [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýLise Laporte, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Borderline personality disorder; youth protection services |
eric.latimer [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýEric A. Latimer, PhD) Professor |
Mental health policy and economic evaluationÌý |
martin.lepage [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMartin Lepage, PhD) Professor |
Comprehensive research into schizophrenia and psychosis |
marco.leyton [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMarco Leyton, PhD) Professor |
Neurobiology of substance use disorders, depression and personality traits |
eva.libman [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýEva Libman, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Sleep related aspects of behavioral medicine and health psychology |
michael.lifshitz2 [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Michael Lifshitz, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Ìý |
karl.looper [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýKarl J. Looper, MD) Associate Professor |
Psychosomatic research of medically unexplained symptoms and somatoform disorders; psychosocial predictors of outcomes of major medical illnesses (cancer, cardiac, arthritis). |
nancy.low [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýNancy C. P. Low, MD) Assistant Professor |
Familial risk in psychiatricÌýdisorders. Phenotypic refinement of psychiatric disorders;Ìýcomorbidities; mood and anxiety disorders acrossÌýcommunity, primary care and tertiary care samples/populations.Ìý |
michael.meaney [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMichael Meaney, PhD) Professor |
Biological basis of vulnerability for psychopathology |
tony.measham [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýToby J. Measham,ÌýMD) Assistant Professor |
Transcultural child psychiatry |
naguib.mechawar [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýNaguib Mechawar), PhD Professor |
Neurobiology of major depression and suicide. |
maxime.montembeault [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Maxime Montembeault, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Neurodegenerative diseases (primary progressive aphasia, frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease), Language, Social cognition, Emotions, Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging |
Associate Member |
Etiology of Anxiety Disorders, Intergenerational Transmission of Psychopathology, Mental Health Disorders Prevention, Emotion Regulation |
gail.myhr [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýGail A. Myhr, MD) Associate Professor |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for psychosis and other mental disorders; |
lucie.nadeau [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Lucie Nadeau, MD) Associate Professor |
Culture and context in the treatment of minority youths suffering from chronic illness |
lucie.nadeau [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Corina Nagy, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Molecular neurobiology of depression and suicide |
tuong.v.nguyen [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌý Tuong Vi Nguyen) Assistant Professor |
Behavioral and developmental neuroendocrinology PLEASE NOTE THAT DR NGUYEN IS CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE |
massimiliano.orri [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Massimiliano Orri, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Risk and protective factors for suicide and self-harming behavior across the lifespan using methods from psychiatric epidemiology, developmental psychopathology, and behavioral genetics traditions |
Lena.Palaniyappan [at] lhsc.on.ca (Dr. Lena Palaniyappan,) MBBS, PhD Professor |
Youth mental health, Early intervention, Psychosis, Depression, ADHD, Neuroimaging, Brain Stimulation, Speech and Language, Machine Learning |
michel.perreault [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýMichel Perreault, PhD) Associate Professor |
Evaluation of health service systemsÌý |
myra.piat [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýMyra Piat, PhD) Professor |
Mental Health Recovery |
judes.poirier [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýJudes Poirier, PhD) Professor |
Genetics of Alzheimer's disease |
natasha.rajah [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Rachel Rabin, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Effects of drugs of abuse on cognitive function in psychiatric (e.g., schizophrenia) and non-psychiatric populations |
soham.rej [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSoham Rej, MD, MSc) ´¡²õ²õ´Ç³¦¾±²¹³Ù±ðÌý±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ù |
Geriatric Psychiatry, Randomized Clinical Trials, Technology-Assisted Behavioral Interventions (Virtual Reality, Zoom, Sensors, Phenotyping, Robots), Mind-Body Interventions (Mindfulness, Meditaiton, Yoga, Tai Chi, Exercise, Health Education), Psychedelic Therapy, Late-Life Depression, Anxiety, and Dementia. We often have post-doctoral, research assistant, graduate student, and volunteer positions available. If you are interested, please send your CV to Dr. Sekhon (harmehr.sekhon [at] mail.mcgill.ca) |
johanne.renaud [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýJohanne Renaud, MD) Associate Professor |
Studies on suicide risk factors in children and adolescents interventions, and trajectories of services studies. |
jesse.renaud [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Jesse Renaud, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Ìý |
stephane.richard-devantoy [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýStéphane Richard-Devantoy, MD) Adjunct Professor |
Suicide, neurocognition, depression |
joseph.rochford [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýJoseph Rochford, PhD) Associate Professor |
Behavioural pharmacology of learning, memory and motivation; behavioural effects of anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs |
pedro.rosa [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýPedro Rosa-Neto, MD, PhD) Professor |
Translational neuroimaging of neurodegenerative disorders |
zeev.rosberger [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Zeev Rosberger, PhD) Associate Professor |
Ìý |
cecile.rousseau [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýCecile Rousseau, MD) Professor |
Cultural psychiatry; mental health and adaptation of refugee children and adolescents from Southeast Asia, Central America and Somalia. |
jai.shah [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýJai Shah, MD) Assistant Professor |
Early intervention, first episode psychosis, at-risk mental states, youth mental health, clinical staging |
patricia.silveira [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýPatricia Silveira, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Biology of developmental mechanisms in the risk for chronic adult disease. |
lalit.srivastava [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýLalit K. Srivastava, PhD) Professor |
Role of developmental mechanisms in the etiopathology of schizophrenia, brain dopamine receptor regulation, biochemical and genetic studies on neural cell adhesion molecules. |
howard.steiger [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýHoward Steiger, PhD) Professor |
Onset, course and treatment of eating disorders. |
florian.storch [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýFlorian Storch, PhD) Associate Professor |
Biological rhythms and psychopathology |
lea.thaler [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýLea Thaler) Assistant Professor |
Etiology, assessment and treatment of eating disorders |
brett.thombs [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýBrett D. Thombs, PhD) Professor |
Mental health screening, clinical trials, patient-engaged research, mental health in people with medical conditions, rare diseases, meta-research |
leon.tourian [at] mcgill.ca (Dr Leon Tourian), MD Assistant Professor |
Pain Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, ICU Psychiatry |
nicolas.tritsch [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Nicolas Tritsch, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Ìý |
gustavo.turecki [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýGustavo Turecki, MD, PhD) Professor |
Clinical and biomedical research on major depression and suicide |
sylvia.villeneuve [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýSylvia Villeneuve, PhD) Assistant Professor |
Multimodal imaging of the aging brain |
dominique.walker [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýClair-Dominique Walker, PhD) Professor |
Early stress, maternal regulation and neuroendocrine development |
ashley.wazana [at] mcgill.ca (D. Ashley Wazana, MD) Assistant Professor |
Early Manifestations of psychopathology; health of children with precarious immigration status; relations between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry |
robert.whitley [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýRob Whitley, PhD) Associate Professor |
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Recovery, Stigma, Men’s Mental Health, Veterans’ Mental Health, Qualitative Methods, Participatory Video, Religion and Mental Health. |
sylvain.williams [at] douglas.mcgill.ca (DrÌýSylvain Williams, PhD) Professor |
Hippocampal rhythms, memory, and Alzheimer's disease |
takpan.wong [at] mcgill.ca (DrÌýTak Pan Wong, PhD) Associate Professor |
Molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, stress; memory |
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