About
CAN-BIND

Executive Committee


Benicio N. Frey, MD, MSc, PhD

CAN-BIND Director

Site Lead, McMaster University & St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (Hamilton, Ontario)

  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences; Director, Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, McMaster University
  • Academic Head, Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
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Pierre Blier, MD, PhD

Pierre Blier, MD, PhD

Founding Member

Site Lead, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario)

  • Professor, Psychiatry and Cellular/Molecular Medicines, University of Ottawa & Royal Ottawa Mental Health Care
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Raymond Lam, MD, FRCPC

Founding Member

Clinical Platform Co-Lead

Site Lead, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)

  • Professor & Head, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Director, Mood Disorders Centre of Excellence, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
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Claudio Soares, MD, PhD, FRCPC, MBA

Claudio Soares, MD, PhD, FRCPC, MBA

Founding Member

Strategy & New Partnerships Lead
Digital Health Platform Co-Lead

  • Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University School of Medicine (Kingston, Ontario)
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Roumen Milev, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, FRCPC

Roumen Milev, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, FRCPC

Founding Member

Clinical Platform Co-Lead

Site Lead, Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario)

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology; Director, Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University
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Sagar Parikh, MD

Sagar Parikh, MD

Founding Member

Knowledge Translation Platform Lead

  • John F. Greden Professor of Depression and Clinical Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health; Associate Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
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Susan Rotzinger, PhD

Susan Rotzinger, PhD

Founding Member

Program Manager

  • Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Jane Foster, PhD  

Jane Foster, PhD

Molecular Platform Co-Lead

  • Associate Professor, Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)
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Faranak Farzan, PhD

EEG Platform Lead

  • Assistant Professor, School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering; Chair in Technology Innovations for Youth Addiction Recovery and Mental Health, Simon Fraser University (Surrey, British Columbia)
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Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD

Molecular Platform Co-Lead
Site Lead, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)

  • Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
  • Canada Research Chair in Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide
  • Head, Depressive Disorders Program, Douglas Institute
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Daniel Mueller, MD, PhD

Executive Member

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Whitby, Ontario)

  • Head, Pharmacogenetics Research Clinic, CAMH
  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto
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Valerie H Taylor, MD, PhD

Site Lead, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)

  • Department Head, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services
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Rudolf Uher, MD, PhD

Data Science Platform Co-Lead

  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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Nicholas Bock, PhD

Neuroimaging Platform Co-Lead

  • Associate Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Frank Rudzicz

Data Science Platform Co-Lead

  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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Joshua Rosenblat

Site Lead, University Health Network (Toronto, Ontario)

  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto
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Lena Quilty, PhD, C.Psych

Digital Health Platform Co-Lead

Site Co-Lead, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) (Toronto, Ontario)

  • Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research; Senior Scientist, Addictions and Psychology Divisions, CAMH
  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
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Ishrat Husain, MBBS, MD, MRCPsych

Site Co-Lead, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) (Toronto, Ontario)

  • Senior Scientist, General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems; Scientific Head, Clinical Trials Unit; Lead, CAMH Mood Disorders Service, CAMH
  • Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

 

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Kate Harkness, PhD, C.Psych

Clinical Platform (Stress), Queen’s University

  • Professor and Head, Department of Psychology; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario)
  • Senior Research Associate, Providence Care Hospital
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Nathan Churchill

Neuroimaging Platform Co-Lead

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Keith Ho

Data Manager

  • Research Manager, Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Franca Placenza, PhD

Clinical Operations Manager

  • Research Manager, University Health Network (Toronto, Ontario)
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Stefanie Hassel, PhD

Neuroimaging Manager

  • Research Manager, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; Associate Member, Hotchkiss Brain Institute; Associate Member, Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)

 

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Bianca Wollenhaupt De Aguiar, PhD

Molecular Manager

  • Research Manager, Department of Psychiatry; Laboratory Manager, Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Andrew Kcomt

Community Engagement Co-Chair

  • Knowledge Translation and Research Manager, Hope+Me/Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario)
  • CAN-BIND Community Advisory Committee Co-Chair

 

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Kathryn Schade

Community Engagement Co-Chair

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Sidney Kennedy, MD, FRCPC

Sidney Kennedy, MD, FRCPC

Founding Director (Emeritus)

Site Lead, St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto, Ontario)

  • Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
  • Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide and Depression Studies; Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Scientist, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network
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Glenda MacQueen, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Founding Member

Former Neuroimaging Platform Co-Lead

Former Site Lead, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)

  • Former Vice Dean, Cumming School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary
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