Director of the MGSS
Congratulations to Massimiliano Orri, Postdoctoral fellow, on winning the February 2019 Relève étoile Jacques-Genest prize, from the Fonds de recherche Santé – Québec.
His award-winning publication is :
Association of Childhood Irritability and Depressive/Anxious Mood Profiles With Adolescent Suicidal Ideation and Attempts (more…)
Read a recent interview with Dr. Gustavo Turecki in McGill News, to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Department of Psychiatry, celebrated November 29th:
https://mcgill.ca/channels/channels/news/conversation-dr-gustavo-turecki-291506
Congratulations to Gustavo Turecki, recently named Canada Research Chair in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide (Tier 1). CRCs are granted to outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. The CRC program was created to enable Canadian universities to attract and retain established and emerging world-class researchers.
View the full list of new and renewed CRC on the Canada Research Chairs website.
Congratulations to Naguib Mechawar, who received a $100,000 research grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This research grant aims to determine if early life adversity affects white matter development in the brain in a way that increases suicide risk. This research could lead to the identification of potential brain targets for suicide prevention.
Read the news here:
