Directory

Mental health

The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of mental health and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our research related to mental health, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.


Labs and Groups

These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.

Research Group
Albert Lab
Our lab is uncovering some of the factors that lead to depression and determine whether patients will respond to antidepressants. Antidepressants l...
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Research Group
Chen Lab
My laboratory is working to identify common molecular links between metabolic disorders (diabetes and atherosclerosis), stroke and anxiety in ord...
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Research Group
Hatching Ideas Lab
The Hatching Ideas Lab is a research lab headed by Dr. Simon Hatcher based out of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Our program of research f...
Paul Albert
Scientist

Paul Albert

Senior Scientist, Neuroscience
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Clinician Investigator

Taliesin Cahill

Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Hsiao-Huei Chen
Scientist

Hsiao-Huei Chen

Senior Scientist, Neuroscience
Aroldo Dargel
Scientist

Aroldo Dargel

Associate Scientist, Neuroscience
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Scientist

Jess Fiedorowicz

Scientist, Neuroscience
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Clinician Investigator

Cheryl Harris

Clinician Investigator, Neuroscience
Simon Hatcher
Scientist

Simon Hatcher

Scientist, Neuroscience
Brian Hutton
Scientist

Brian Hutton

Senior Scientist, Methodological and Implementation Research
Daniel Myran
Scientist

Daniel Myran

Associate Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
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Clinician Investigator

Gayatri Saraf

Clinician Investigator, Neuroscience
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Clinician Investigator

Marco Solmi

Clinician Investigator, Neuroscience
Lisa Walker
Clinician Investigator

Lisa Walker

Clinician Investigator, Neuroscience

Resources

The Ottawa Hospital Mental Health Program

Mental health research at The Ottawa Hospital: Addiction, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, Suicide

Search for clinical trials at The Ottawa Hospital related to this disease or condition.