Stéphane Potvin

Stéphane Potvin is a Full Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Addictionology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal. He is affiliated with the Institute Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal (CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal) and holds the Eli Lilly Canada Research Chair in Schizophrenia. His research focuses on neurophysiology, cannabis/alcohol effects on schizophrenia, and virtual reality therapy for psychiatric disorders.

• Key Research Themes
  • Neuroimaging of reward and pain systems
  • Cannabis and violence in mental illness
  • Virtue-based interventions for substance use
  • Forensic psychiatry applications
• Scientific Recognition
  • Multiple CIHR and FRQS funding
  • Winner of the 2013 Emmanuel Stip Prize
  • Lead on 10+ research projects
• Academic Leadership
  • Supervised 15+ graduate students
  • Coordinated Neurobiology and Cognition research axis
  • Contributed to 200+ peer-reviewed publications