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Gustavo Turecki

Academic title(s): 

Professor

Contact Information
Email address: 
gustavo.turecki [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-761-6131 ext. 3301
Fax number: 
514-762-3023
Address: 

Douglas Mental Health Research Institute
6875 LaSalle Blvd
Montreal, Quebec
H4H 1R3

Degree(s): 

MD, PhD

Areas of expertise: 

Suicide, depressive disorders, treatment-resistant major depressive disorder

Biography: 

Dr. Gustavo Turecki is a clinician-scientist investigating the neurobiology of depression and suicide, with a particular interest on functional genomics and epigenetics. Dr. Turecki's work uses clinical and basic research approaches, and has significantly advanced knowledge on mechanisms leading to suicide and suicidal behaviour. At a molecular level, he investigates the role of epigenetic risk factors on risk for major depression and suicidal behaviour.

He is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the Director of the (MGSS), a world-leading multidisciplinary suicide research group with researchers in psychology, epidemiology, anatomy and molecular biology. Dr. Turecki is also the Scientific Director of the Douglas Research Centre. Finally, as a clinician, he is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and associated hospitals and heads the at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, where he treats patients with refractory major depressive disorder.

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