Department of Psychiatry
Vision: to transform care for people with mental disorders and addictions through innovations in research, education and partnerships.
Mission: the department is committed to realizing its vision by investing in the people and the infrastructure that will drive cutting-edge research programs and knowledge creation, which will translate into life-changing clinical care for ever-growing populations suffering from mental illnesses and addictions in BC and across Canada.
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Austin, Jehannine | Clinical genetics (except cancer genetics); genetic counseling; genetics services; mental health |
| Beasley, Clare Louise | identify changes in the brains of individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder that may elucidate the etiology of these disorders and provide clues to novel treatments; white matter pathology and inflammation; effects of antipsychotic medications on the brain |
| Brotto, Lori | Human reproduction and development sciences; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Clinical psychology; mindfulness; Sexual Dysfunctions; sexual desire; treatment of sexual concerns; women's sexual health; asexuality; digital health interventions |
| Chakrabarty, Trisha | Cognitive dsyfunction; Virtual reality cognitive retraining; Bipolarity; Psychotherapy approaches for mood disorders |
| Craig, Ann Marie | Excitatory and inhibitory synapses, Synapse development and plasticity, Synapse organizing proteins, Neurotransmitter receptors, Autism and schizophrenia |
| Diamond, Adele | executive functions; prefrontal cortex; dopamine; working memory; self-control; self-regulation; cognition; COMT gene; Sex differences; stress; ACEs (adverse childhood experiences); ELS (early life stress); resilience; social determinants of health; ADHD; depression; PTSD; Physical Activity; the arts; mindfulness |
| Frangou, Sophia | the study of the human brain in health and disease |
| Geller, Josie | Eating Disorders |
| Holt, Robert | Immunogenetics, Metagenomics - Infectious agents in Cancer, Cancer Genomes, Neurobiology, DNA Sequencing |
| Honer, William | Brain disorders, risk factors for disease |
| Jang, Kerry | addiction and substance use, and public health research on vulnerable urban populations, specifically the causes of homeless and the health status of individuals suffering from concurrently occurring psychiatric disorder and polysubstance abuse and addiction. |
| Kealy, David | Consciousness, Subjectivity and Personal Identity; Mental Health and Society; Affective and Emotional Development; Psychotherapy; mental health; Personality; Emotional functioning |
| Keramatian, Kamyar | early intervention in bipolar disorder, Mental Health & Addictions |
| Krausz, Reinhard | addiction, complex concurrent disorders, E -Mental Health, Internet based healthcare, vulnerable urban populaton, Psychosis, opiate addiction, e-mental health, internet based healthcare, vulnerbale urban population, trauma, homelessness and mental health |
| Lam, Raymond | Psychiatry (including psychotherapy); depression; Biomarkers; light therapy; cognition; digital technologies; bipolar disorder; antidepressants; global mental health |
| MacVicar, Brian | Brain Research, epilepsy, astrocyte, glia, dendrites, synapse, imaging, two photon laser scanning microscopy, neurophysiology, Role of calcium, regulation of neurons, cell death |
| Michalak, Erin | bipolar disorder; quality of life; stigma, community based research; depression; mental health; ehealth; self-management, Bipolar disorder, quality of life, stigma, community based research, depression, mental health, ehealth, self-management |
| Murphy, Timothy | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Autism; brain imaging; depression; Neuronal Systems; stroke |
| Ngan, Elton | Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Schizophrenia |
| Ogrodniczuk, John | Mental Health and Society; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Personality Disorders; Group Psychotherapy; Men’s Mental Health; Alexithymia; Athletes |
| Panenka, William | Brain, Behaviour & Development |
| Pavlidis, Paul | Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Engineering and technology; genomics; Bioinformatics; cellular and molecular neuroscience; Genetics; disorders of the nervous system; single-cell genomics; Computational Biology; Gene regulation |
| Phillips, Anthony | Addictions Psychiatry, Basic Neurosciences |
| Raymond, Lynn | Huntington's Disease |
| Schuetz, Christian | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects |
| Seamans, Jeremy | Schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder and addiction |
| Snutch, Terrance Preston | Medical, health and life sciences; Brain Disorders; Animal models; genomics; Drug discovery & development |
| Stewart, Evelyn | Genetic, phenotypic, and developmental aspects of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| Taylor, Steven | Anxiety disorders, stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, health anxiety, hypochondriasis, psychotherapy, cognitive-behavior therapy, mental disorders, psychiatric diagnosis |
| Vanderwal, Tamara | Functional Neuroimaging; child psychiatric disorders; depression in youth |
| Vigo, Daniel | Burden of disease estimation; Service improvement; Health systems assessment; global mental health; Psychiatric epidemiology; Psychopharmacology; Psychotherapy; E-mental health |
| Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel | Brain stimulation Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Theta-bust stimulation (TBS) Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) Depression Psychosis Schizophrenia |
| Woodward, Todd | Cognitive neuropsychiatry and functional neuroimaging |
| Yatham, Lakshmi | Mood & Anxiety Disorders |