McGill Group for Suicide Studies – Groupe McGill d'études sur le suicide

The MGSS is a multidisciplinary team of researchers using complementary approaches to understand what makes people at risk for suicide.

Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD

Director of the MGSS
Naguib Mechawar, PhD

Studies how brain cells are affected in depression and suicide
Marie-Claude Geoffroy, PhD

Aims to understand and prevent suicide risk in the general population
The MGSS team

Meet the team
Stéphane Richard-Devantoy, MD, PhD

Seeks to understand cognitive control mechanisms involved in elderly suicidal processes
Marcelo T Berlim, MD, MSc

Treats depression with state-of-the-art brain stimulation techniques
Carl Ernst, PhD

Studies the genetic component of psychiatric disease and suicide
Stephanie Jean Lloyd, PhD

Explores the interactions between social and scientific theories of the mind and brain
Fabrice Jollant, MD, PhD

Seeks to understand the basis of vulnerability to suicidal behavior in the brain and mind
Eduardo Chachamovich, MD, PhD

Studies the social and clinical determinants of mental health in Aboriginal populations
Monique Séguin, PhD

Develops strategies to support suicidal individuals and their loved ones
Johanne Renaud, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Strives to improve prevention and treatment of youth suicidal behaviours

In conversation with Dr. Gustavo Turecki – McGill News

December 3, 2018

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

Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD

Naguib Mechawar, PhD

Marie-Claude Geoffroy, PhD

The MGSS team

Stéphane Richard-Devantoy, MD, PhD

Marcelo T Berlim, MD, MSc

Carl Ernst, PhD

Stephanie Jean Lloyd, PhD

Fabrice Jollant, MD, PhD

Eduardo Chachamovich, MD, PhD

Monique Séguin, PhD

Johanne Renaud, MD, MSc, FRCPC