The Board of Governors has approved the nomination of Dr. Jacques Bradwejn as dean of the Faculty of Medicine for a five-year term ending June 30, 2012.
Before accepting the position of acting dean for the Faculty of Medicine on July 1, 2006,
Dr. Bradwejn served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Ottawa and as Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Royal Ottawa Hospital, positions he has held since January 1998, and as Head of Psychiatry of the Ottawa Hospital since January 1999. He has also held positions at McGill University as Associate Professor of Psychiatry and at the University of Toronto as Professor of Psychiatry.
Dr. Jacques Bradwejn trained in medicine at the University of Sherbrooke and in psychiatry at McGill University. He completed a research fellowship in psychopharmacology at McGill University and in neuropsychopharmacology at the University of Montreal. Dr. Bradwejn has also completed the Wharton Certificate of Professional Development at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Wharton Fellows Program.
Dr. Bradwejn has been actively involved in psychiatric and mental health research. His main research interest has been in the field of anxiety disorders for which he has gained an international reputation. He has recently expanded his research interests to the integration of biological and psychological approaches in the treatment of anxiety disorders and to approaches used by complementary medicines.
