Collaborations

Enhancing our shared research knowledge

The Mood Disorders Research Group collaborates with academic groups in Canada and around the world. These collaborations allow us to work in cooperation with large groups of scientists, enabling us to conduct joint innovative research in mood disorders on a global level.

This collective scientific approach enhances our shared research knowledge toward a common goal of better understanding and treatment of psychiatric illness and improving the lives of people living with mood disorders.

Our collaborators

Canadian collaborations

• McGill University
• University of Calgary
• University of Toronto
• University of Western Ontario
• University of British Columbia
• University of Ottawa
• Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments

International collaborations

• UCLA / ChronoRecord Institute
• Western Psychiatric Institute / University of Pittsburgh
• King’s College London and Oxford University
• International Group for Study of Patients Treated with Lithium (IGSLi) with centres in Aarhus, Berlin, Dresden, Freiburg, Halifax, Ottawa, Poznan, Prague and Vienna
• Centre for Neuroscience at the University of Cagliari, Italy
• Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
• The International Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) with centres around the world, including the National Institute of Mental Health, Harvard University, UCSD, Tokyo, Mannheim and San Diego

Memberships

Members of the Mood Disorders Research Group are also involved in

• Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network
• Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
• Bipolar Sequencing Consortium
• Society of Biological Psychiatry
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America

Community collaboration

We have established strong ties with the community sector, including physicians, clinics and support groups. Most importantly, we have been able to connect and work with patients and their families from around the Maritimes over the past 20 years. Their participation and long-term dedication to our various research projects make this work possible and, for that, we are extremely grateful.