Dr. Karama is a 鶹AV-trained general psychiatrist with research training in brain imaging and genetics. He received his PhD in Neuroscience from the Université de Montréal. He completed a 15-month postdoctoral fellowship at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Behavioral Genetics as well as a five-year postdoctoral fellowship in Brain Imaging at the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of theCIHR operating grants competition. (PostedJuly 4, 2014)
Diane B Boivin
Pharmacological interventions to treat circadian disruption.
Thomas G Brown
Dynamic decision making in the trajectory to driving while impaired behaviour: a virtual reality, randomized controlled experiment.
Rob Whitley
Stopping the Stigma: Creating and Assessing an Anti-Stigma and Pro-Recovery Educational Intervention using Participatory Video with People with Mental Illness.
Congratulations to the award recipients of the 2014 StudentResearch Day!
Ian Blum, FRSQ Top Presentation Prize, Douglas (supervisor: Dr. Kai-Florian Storch)
A novel neurological mechanism driving rhythms of dopamine release
Lauren Reynolds, Douglas Institute Second Prize, Douglas (supervisor: Dr. Cecilia Flores)
Adolescent amphetamine exposure disrupts the development of medial prefrontal cortex dopamine connectivity
With this issue of the spotlight, we would like to congratulate Dr. Brett Thombs who is the recipient of the 2014 Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emergent Researchers. This award was created in 2013 to encourage and celebrate 鶹AV’s most outstanding earl-career researchers, as well as to provide them with an advantage as they apply for external awards by adding a prestigious internal distinction to their list of accomplishments.
February 17, 2014
Subject: Leyton Addiction Research Prize
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached the application form for the 2014 Leyton Addiction Research Prize.
This week, we would like to spotlight Dr. Laurence J Kirmayer, a James 鶹AV Professor and the Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry. He is also editor-in-chief of Transcultural Psychiatry (the official journal of the Section on Transcultural Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association), which was founded at 鶹AV and celebrated its 50th volume on October 25, 2013.
9,8 millions de dollars pour créer un centre spécialisé en recherche sur la dépression et le suicide
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi’s recent revolutionary research, “Father Absence in the Monogamous California Mouse Impairs Social Behavior and Modifies Dopamine and Glutamate Synapses in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex” (Cerebral CORTEX, Oxford Journals) highlighting the importance of fathers in both neurobiology and behavior of offspring has been featured by numerous media outlets.
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of theCIHR operating grants competition. (PostedJanuary 31, 2014)
Frank J Elgar
Social, economic and policy influences on social inequalities in adolescent health: a cross-national comparative study in 43 countries (1986-2014)
Bruno J Giros
A pharmacological approach to reduce cognitive deficits in psychosis: Targeting of the dopamine D1 receptors.
Eric A Latimer
Evaluating the strengths model of case management for people with severe mental illness : A multi-province study
It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Lila Amirali has accepted to act as Interim Head of the Department of Psychiatry of the Montreal Children’s Hospital as well as Interim Division Chief of Child Psychiatry. This new leadership role has been in effect since January 1, 2014. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Amirali in her new position.
Please note that a Search Committee for a permanent Department Head will be organized in the near future.
It is our pleasure to announce Dr. Jess Friedland as the new Program Director for Geriatric Psychiatry.
In this week’s Spotlight, we would like to highlight Dr. Simon Young who will be setting his sights on a well-deserved retirement as Emeritus Professor after 42 years with the 鶹AV Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Young began his productive 鶹AV career in 1971 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He was appointed an Assistant Professor in 1975 and Full Professor in 1987. He has made exceptional contributions to research, teaching and administration, authoring approximately 230 referred papers and over 50 editorials and comments.
Mimi Israël, MD, and Serge Beaulieu, MD, PhD received a 2013 “” for their commitment as first-line psychiatrists. The awards were handed out by Roger Cadieux, President of the Forum économique de Verdun, during a recognition ceremony on the evening of November 27.
This award recognizes the involvement of Verdun residents and employees.