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Dr. Soham Rej completed his medical school (2009) and psychiatry residency at McGill (2014), followed by a geriatric psychiatry clinical and research fellowship at the University of Toronto (2017). He is currently an Associate Professor and Geriatric Psychiatrist at the Jewish General Hospital/Lady Davis Institute, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Montreal.

As of Oct 2024, he has 175 peer-reviewed publications, $3.2M in peer-reviewed research funding (CIHR, FRQS, etc.) and $2.1M in charitable, corporate, and governmental funding. He has mentored more than 90 graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, psychiatry residents, and other trainees, including 30 who are currently scientists at the assistant/associate professor level.

Major Research Activities:
Dr. Rej's research lab investigates:
a) Clinical trials to improve mood, anxiety, and cognitive disorders in older adults with three foci:
1. Mind-body Interventions (Mindfulness, Meditation, Tai Chi, Yoga, Exercise, Health Education);
2. Technology-Assisted Behavioral Interventions (e.g. Virtual Reality, Zoom);
3. Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy (Ketamine, Psilocybin).

b) The Epidemiology of Older Age Bipolar Disorder using the Global Aging in Geriatric Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD). I am one of 4 main investigators for this project with n≥ 4500 participants, and >34 sites.

c) The Neuroscience of Expert Meditators.

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