Vision
Create innovative and integrated research programs in mental disorders, from genes to society.
Mission
Understand, prevent, and treat mental disorders through science.
Values
Executive Committee
- Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, Scientific Director
- Martin Lepage, PhD, Deputy Scientific Director
- Jess Chisholm-Nelson, Administrative Director
- Sylvanne Daniels, PhD, Director, Strategic Initiatives
Administrative Team
Research activities are supported by a diversified administrative team. To contact an administrative service, consult the Administration contact list.
Protection of Personal Information
The Douglas Research Centre designates its Scientific Director, Dr. Gustavo Turecki, as the individual with the highest authority within the organization, to be responsible for the protection of personal information, in accordance with the Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels (art. 3.1 de la LP; art. 103 de la Loi 25).
Collective Agreement
As of December 2019, employees of the Douglas Research Hospital are represented by the Douglas Hospital Research Centre Union (DHRCU).
For more information
DHRCU Website: https://www.scrhd-afpc.com/about.html
Collective Agreement & Charter: https://www.scrhd-afpc.com/documents.html
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please see here for important clarifications re. the Collective Bargaining Agreement:
April 2024-Information about CBA renewal
Find us
The Douglas Institute is located at 6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Montreal, QC, H4A 1R3.
Research activities are spread out among its numerous pavilions:
560+
Individuals on-site
472
Publications in 2020
247
Trainees
67
Principal Investigators
7
Canada Research Chairs
The Douglas RC was founded in 1979 by Dr. Samarthji Lal and Dr. Vasavan Nair
Did you know?
Research funding
- Grants to our investigators: ~$30M/year
- Support to the Research Centre: from the Montreal West Island CIUSSS, the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé, the Douglas Foundation, and other sources.
- Douglas Research Centre rated exceptional by the FRQ-S
The Douglas Research Centre is
- The second largest mental health research centre in Canada, with over 400 scientific publications per year
- A research centre embedded in a hospital, member of the Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CIUSSS) de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal
Research structure
- 4 Research Divisions
- Representative of all researchers
- Separated based on research approaches
- 5 Theme-Based Groups
- Naturally formed groups around common interests
- Multidisciplinary
- Externally-evaluated
- 5 Research Platforms
- Key research infrastuctures to support local and international research teams
- State-of-the-art facilities to achieve technically-challenging reseach objectives
- 6 Committees
- Each committee led by a Douglas researcher
- Clear mandates to support research activities
Annual reports for the Douglas Research Centre
The Douglas Foundation
You can make a donation to support Mental Health research today: Donate to the Douglas Foundation
The mission of the Douglas Foundation is to finance the development of the Douglas Institute: patient care, research in neuroscience and mental health, and education and training.
Learn more about the Douglas Foundation: