Thank you to the 39th Annual CACAP Conference Keynote Speakers!
• Dr. Roger Zemek; Professor, Dept of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine; Senior Scientist and Clinical Research Chair in Pediatric Concussion, University of Ottawa; Director, Clinical Research Unit, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Vice-chair, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC).• Dr. Rudolf Uher; Canada Research Chair in Early Interventions, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
• Dr. Evelyn Stewart; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. She leads the Brain, Behavior & Development theme at BC Children's Hospital. Research Institute and is Research Director for Child, Youth and Reproductive Mental Health at BC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Stewart is the founding Medical Director of the Provincial OCD Clinic and Research Program at BC Children’s Hospital.
• Dr. Kristin Cleverley; Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) Chair, Mental Health Nursing Research; Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Assistant Professor, Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
• Dr. Cécile Rousseau; Professor of the Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry at McGill University. She has worked extensively with immigrant and refugee communities, developing specific school based interventions and leading policy oriented research. Presently her research focuses on intervention and prevention programs to address violent radicalization. She directs the Research and Action Team on Social Polarizations which has the mandate to develop intervention and prevention programs for the province of Québec.
• Dr. Boris Birmaher; MD. Professor of Psychiatry, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, Director of the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
