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BIO

Dr. Benjamin Goldstein is the Scientific Director of the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder (CYBD) and a child-adolescent psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Dr. Goldstein additionally holds the RBC Investments Chair in Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Psychopathology at CAMH.

He is also a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. An active educator, Dr. Goldstein serves as the Director of the Clinician Scientist Program in the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Goldstein completed his medical training at the University of Calgary, followed by residency training in general and child-adolescent psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He has authored over 230 scientific articles and has received national and international awards for his research, including the Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize, the Dr. Samarthji Lal Award from the Graham Boeckh Foundation, and the Colvin Prize for mood disorders research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaJul 2017 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaJul 2013 - Jun 2017
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaJul 2009 - Jun 2013

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director, Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, CanadaSep 2020 - present
  • RBC Investments Chair in Children's Mental Health and Developmental PsychopathologyRBC Investments Chair in Children's Mental Health and Developmental Psychopathology
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, CanadaSep 2020 - present
  • Director, Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder
    Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada2009 - Aug 2020
  • Attending Psychiatrist, Child & Adolescent Bipolar Services
    UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, United StatesJul 2006 - Jun 2009

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medicine
    University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada1998 - 2001
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Psychology
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1996 - 2001
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States1992 - 1996

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • TC3 (Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Consortium)
  • MITO2i (Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative)
  • Inlight - Student Mental Health Initiative

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health