Psychiatry Research Day

Glen Baker completed BSP and MSc degrees in the College of Pharmacy and a PhD (Biological Psychiatry) in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (UofS) before doing a postdoctoral fellowship at the MRC Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Birmingham, UK.  In 1977 he joined the Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta (UofA), and in 1979, along with Drs. Bill Dewhurst and Ron Coutts, he co-founded the Neurochemical Research Unit.  Glen was promoted to full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in 1985 and has served in several administrative roles at the UofA, including Chair of Psychiatry, Associate Vice-President (Research) and Interim Chair of Pharmacology. He has been a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and a Distinguished University Professor and has supervised or co-supervised over 40 graduate students, 23 postdoctoral fellows/research associates and 31 psychiatry residents in research programs in neurochemistry and neuropsychopharmacology.  Glen has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and numerous other articles and abstracts and has co-edited 37 books. He is a Past-President of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP) and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Over the years, he has served on numerous grant panels and editorial boards and been on organizing committees for several national and international conferences. Glen has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including the CCNP College Medal, various awards of achievement from the UofS, McCalla and Killam Professorships and an Excellence in Mentoring Award from the UofA, and the Alberta Medical Association Medal of Honour. He is currently a Professor Emeritus, and in 2023 he was awarded membership in the Order of Canada.

Dr. Andrew J. Greenshaw, University of Alberta Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, trained in Europe and Canada. A Fellow of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP), for which he served as President from 2000-2002, and the Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP), Andy has served as University of Alberta Associate Vice President (Research) and as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the CIHR Institute of Neuroscience Mental Health & Addiction. 

Andy has broad research interests that range from neuroscience to policy in mental health, with particular interests in AI and machine learning applications and e-health. Andy is a founding member of the University of Alberta computational psychiatry group, working closely with members of the Alberta machine intelligence institute. Since 2016 Andy has served as Scientific Director for the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health, is a member of the Global Leadership Council of the e-Mental Health International Collaborative, and the Board Chair of Mental Health Research Canada.