2006
"The Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation provided me with my first funded research opportunity in 1983. Without those first years of grant renewals, I may never have developed a career as a clinician researcher in mood disorders.”

Dr. Sidney Kennedy
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario

The following research projects have been recommended for funding by CPRF’s Professional Advisory Board and approved by the Board of Directors.


RBC Foundation Research Award

Dr. Paul Arnold, University of Toronto

"Glutamate Neurotransmission in OCD: Genetic Study of a Candidate Biological System"
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This project is funded through the generous support of RBC Foundation


Schizophrenia Research Award


Dr. David Mamo, University of Toronto

"Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in Schizophrenia"
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This project is funded through the generous support of Schizophrenia Society of Canada.




Dr. Erin Michalak, University of British Columbia
"Mood Monitoring as a Moderator of Relapse in Bipolar Disorder"
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CIBC World Markets Children's Miracle Award


Dr. Dave Saint-Amour, University of Montreal

"Electrophysiological Assessment of Sensory Integration Autism"
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This project is funded through the generous support of CIBC World Market's Children's Foundation



Dr. Jorge Armony, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Centre
"Emotional Processing in PTSD and Remitted Individuals: An FMRI Investigation"
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RBC Foundation Research Award


Dr. Sylvana Côté, University of Montreal Mary C. Early Fellow

"Associations Between Day Care Experiences and Children’s Mental Health: “The Role of Child Care Quality, Family Risk, and Children’s Individual Risks"

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This project is funded through the generous support of RBC Foundation



Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, McGill University
"Cannabis Exposure During Adolescence Alters Serotonin Neurotransmission and Emotional Behaviour in Adulthood"
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Dr. Richard McCurdy, University of Toronto
"Gene Expression of Neuronal Progenitors in a 1q22-Linked Familial Subtype of Schizophrenia"
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This project is funded through the generous support of the Robert E. Enos Foundation, Tom & Ruth Kritsch Family Foundation and Niagara Community Foundation Schizophrenia Research Fund.
Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders and Addictions Program

These projects are funded jointly in partnership with the following organizations:

"Partnerships play a key role in CIHR's vision. With our partners we can accelerate the creation of new ideas and their translation into new clinical practices, innovative health policies and successful business ventures. Since 2003, collaborations between CIHR and Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D), the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, CIHR’s Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health and AstraZeneca have helped support the development of fundamental science essential to understanding and eventually treating numerous psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety and schizophrenia."
Dr. David Brener
Director of Research Translation Programs
Canadian Institutes of Health Research




Dr. Paul Albert, University of Ottawa
"DNA methylation at a novel functional polymorphism of the serotonin-1A receptor gene promoter."
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Dr. Diane Cox, University of Alberta
"NPAS3, encoding a brain transcription factor, as a causative gene for schizophrenia."
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Dr. Steven Robert Laviolette, University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine
"Neural mechanisms of nicotine addiction and vulnerability: Role of dopamine transmission in the acute versus dependent phases of nicotine exposure."
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Dr. Nicholas Barden, Laval University
“Role of Tyrosine Hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) in the Etiology of Affective Disorders”
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Dr. Suzanne Erb, University of Toronto
"Effects of varying the interval Between a Reinstating Stimulus and the Opportunity to Seek Drug: An Animal Model of Relapse with Potential Treatment Implications"
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Dr. Verner J. Knott, Royal Ottawa Hospital
"Effects of smoking history and acute nicotine on mood, arousal, and cognitive responses to Tryptophan depletion in depression-prone subjects."
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