Lead, Mood Disorders Service, General Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Scientific Head, Clinical Trials Unit, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH, Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Associate Professor, Division of Neuroscience and Clinical Translation, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Dr. Ishrat Husain [MBBS, MD(Res.), MRCPsych (UK)] is a an Associate Professor
of Psychiatry and Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies at the
University of Toronto, Department Head and Program Medical Director, Centre
for Mental Health at University Health Network (UHN). Dr. Husain is Senior
Scientist and Scientific Head of the Clinical Trials Unit at the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), where he also serves as the Lead of the
CAMH Mood Disorders Service.. He holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in
Treatment Innovation in Mood Disorders. Dr. Husain’s research program
focusses on advancing the understanding and treatment of mood disorders
across populations through clinical trials of emerging pharmacological and
psychosocial interventions.
Dr. Husain’s primary area of research is investigating novel treatments in mood
disorders by conducting clinical trials that incorporate the use of putative
biomarkers to determine the neurobiological underpinnings of both major
depressive disorder and bipolar disorders.