Scientific Advisory Board

Benjamin Goldstein, MD, PhD

University of Toronto

Dr. Goldstein is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Full Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Psychological Clinical Science at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Goldstein is based at CAMH where he holds the RBC Investments Chair in children’s mental health and developmental psychopathology, and serves as Director of the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Goldstein’s clinical and research efforts focus on youth bipolar disorder. His team seeks to identify clinically relevant biomarkers, and innovative prevention and treatment strategies that focus simultaneously on physical and mental health. Dr. Goldstein has authored over 200 scientific articles, and has received national and international awards for his research.

His research has been funded by grants from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, Brain Canada, CIHR, the Heart & Stroke Foundation, NIMH, the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, and by generous philanthropic sponsors. An active educator, Dr. Goldstein serves as Director of the Clinician Scientist Program in the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry.