Marco Leyton

Come and participate to this CIC talk on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 2:00 pm.

Presentation Title

Reimagining the Biopsychosocial Model: What’s it Good For

Presentation abstract

Dr. Leytoon will present a novel biopsychosocial model and discuss how it might help us identify both individual factors and their interactions. Most of the studies have been conducted in young adults longitudinally followed since birth. PET studies suggest that the effects arise from brain regional epigenetic processes and prospectively identified changes to dopamine and glutamate receptors.

Speaker

Marco Leyton
Professor

Biography

Dr. Leyton is a Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, his department’s Co-Director of Continuing Medical Education, a past-President of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and Director of Clinical Research Priorities at the Canadian Academy for Addiction Psychiatry. His research focuses on the neurobiology of mood and motivational states and biopsychosocial causes of commonly comorbid psychiatric disorders.