Trainee spotlights

July 2025 –Trainee spotlight Supervisor: Dr. Linda Booij Current program: PhD Year of Study:entering PhD 3 Program of Study:Clinical Psychology (Concordia University) Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? During my second year as a graduate student in my program (considered Master’s level for the first two years), my supervisor Dr. Booij started … Read more

February 2025 –Trainee spotlight Supervisor: Ian Gold Co-supervisor: Geneviève Sauvé Current program: Master of Science (MSc) Year of Study: 2 Program of Study: Mental Health Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? My connection to the Douglas started early—I was a participant in the ‘98 Ice Storm longitudinal birth cohort study for nearly … Read more

October 2024 Trainee spotlight Supervisor: Srividya Iyer Degree: PhD Year of Study: 4th year (PhD5) Program of Study: Mental Health (McGill University, Department of Psychiatry)   Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? During my residency, I travelled to Montreal for a clinical and research internship at PEPP- Montreal, and I was inspired … Read more

February 2022 Trainee Spotlight Name of Supervisor: Dr. Suzanne King Name of Co-Supervisors: Dr. Bianca D’Antono Degree: Graduate Student – PhD Year of Study: Year 3 Program of Study: PhD in Psychology Research and Intervention Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? First of all, the environment around the Douglas has always made me dream, I had a secret … Read more

March 2021 Trainee Spotlight Name of Supervisor: Dr. Giamal Luheshi Name of Co-Supervisors: Dr. Nicolas Cermakian & Dr. Marie-Claude Audet Degree: Graduate Student – PhD Year of Study: Year 5 Program of Study: Integrated Program in Neuroscience Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? I came to the Douglas to work with my graduate supervisor, Dr. Giamal Luheshi. … Read more

October 2020 Trainee Spotlight Name of Supervisor: Kai-Florian Storch Degree: Graduate Student – PhD Year of Study: Year 4 Program of Study: Integrated Program in Neuroscience Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? I was interested in systems neuroscience research and techniques, and the Douglas seemed to have a number of labs who were undertaking such work. While … Read more

December 2019 Trainee Spotlight Name of Supervisor: Jamie Near Degree: Graduate Student – PhD Year of Study: Year 3 Program of Study: Biological and Biomedical Engineering Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? Joining a lab at the Douglas was actually a bit of an accident. Initially when I looked at my current prof’s profile (Dr. Jamie … Read more

June 2019 Trainee Spotlight Name of Supervisor: John Breitner Degree of Study: Étudiante graduée – doctorat Year of Study: Ancienne étudiante et mainteannt stagiaire postdoctorale Program of Study: IPN Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? The Douglas is associated with McGill. There was a new centre that was opening to discover new biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. … Read more

May 2019 Trainee spotlight Supervisor: Jai Shah, MD Degree: Graduate Student – Master’s Year of Study: Year 3 Program of Study: Psychiatry Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? I’ve wanted to do research in early psychosis since I had the opportunity to coordinate a drama group at the Levinschi House at the Douglas. This unique experience … Read more

April 2019 Trainee spotlight Supervisor: Thomas G. Brown, Ph.D. Co-Supervisor: Marie Claude Ouimet, Ph.D. Degree: Graduate Student – PhD Year of Study: Year 3 Program of Study: Psychiatry Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? My supervisors, who work a the Douglas, gave me the opportunity to study exactly what I wanted (i.e. … Read more

May 2018 Trainee Spotlight Supervisors: Diane B. Boivin and Nicolas Cermakian Degree: Postdoctoral Fellow Year of Study: Year 2 Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? Towards the end of my PhD, I had a clear picture in my mind of the next: I wanted to continue doing research in the field of circadian rhythms. More … Read more

October 2017 Trainee Spotlight Supervisor: Gustavo Turecki Degree: Graduate student PhD. Year of study: Year 4 Program of study: Neuroscience Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? Ever since I first started my academic career I’ve known that I wanted to study the neurobiological basis of depression. Wanting to work with humans, I … Read more

May 2017 Trainee spotlight Supervisor Suzanne King Co-Supervisor Moshe Szyf Degree Postdoctoral Fellow,  Year 5 Program of Study Effect of prenatal maternal stress on children’s DNA methylation profile and physical development. Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? Dr. Suzanne King’s Project Ice Storm is the first study that allows us to explore … Read more

March 2017 Trainee spotlight Supervisor Sylvain Williams Co-supervisor Antoine Adamantidis (now at University of Bern) Degree PhD student, year 6 Program of Study Integrated Program in Neuroscience Why did you choose to come to the Douglas? I was initially drawn to the work of Sylvain Williams, a researcher at the Douglas, who at the time … Read more