Major Research Initiatives

ACCESS open minds

ACCESS Open Minds

Lead investigator: Ashok Malla, MD, FRCPC Scientific-clinical director:  Srividya Iyer, PhD Website: https://accessopenminds.ca/ ACCESS Open Minds is a ground-breaking, five-year national research project that aims to give young Canadians aged 11 to … Read more


Alliance en Santé Mentale du Québec

L’Alliance en Santé Mentale du Québec (ASMQ) brings together Québec’s three university mental health institutes and their respective research centers: Douglas Research Centre CERVO Research Centre Research Rentre of the … Read more


Centre for Translational Research on Mood Disorders and Suicide

Centre for Translational Research on Mood Disorders and Suicide

The Centre for Translational Research on Mood Disorders and Suicide, directed by Dr. Gustavo Turecki, combines several research areas – clinical, neuroanatomy, molecular and cellular biology and epigenetics – with … Read more


Douglas Data and Digital Science for Mental Health

The Douglas Data and Digital Science for Mental Health (D3SM) initiative fosters implementation of innovations in mental health at the Douglas. It wants to leverage the remarkable and diverse expertise … Read more


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Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics

Co-Scientific Director: Michael Meaney C.M., PhD, C.Q., FRSC The Ludmer Neuroinformatics Centre for Mental Health was established in 2013 thanks to donation of $4.5 million from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation … Read more


McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging

Director: Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, PhD The McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA) is a multi-disciplinary academic unit dedicated to gerontological research and postgraduate teaching on the mechanisms of aging as … Read more


Stop-AD Centre

Director  Sylvia Villeneuve, PhD Associate Director Judes Poirier, PhD, MD (Hon), CQ Website:for more information, visit centre-stopad.com The main objective of the StoP-Alzheimer Center is to pursue innovative studies on the … Read more