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MATRIX-N brings together a diverse group of researchers from foundational neuroscience, pharmacology, and drug discovery, to clinical research and clinical practice, each committed to the urgent need for translational research into better treatment options for major global mental health challenges.

This new UBC-funded research excellence cluster is led by Dr. Anthony Phillips (professor in UBC’s Department of Psychiatry and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, DMCBH), with Dr. Michael Krausz (professor and director of UBC’s Addiction Psychiatry Program) and Dr. Tamara Vanderwal (UBC Psychiatry assistant professor and BC Children's Hospital/ DMCBH reseacher) as cluster faculty co-leads, and Dr. Lily Aleksandrova (UBC Psychiatry/DMCBH postdoctoral fellow) as cluster coordinator. Six UBC graduate students of various research backgrounds have also been recruited as part of the MATRIX-N Junior Scholars Program to support the cluster’s activities. To-date, we have over 70 faculty and trainee members at UBC and beyond, and we're growing!

A group photo of attendees of the MATRIX-N kick-off event in September 2022

Cluster members at the MATRIX-N kick-off event in September 2022. 

Leadership

  • Marisha Boyd

    Marisha Boyd

    Events, Communications, & Programming Coordinator, MATRIX-N Cluster and Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

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  • Michael Krausz

    Michael Krausz

    Providence Health Care/UBC Leading Edge Endowment Fund (LEEF) B.C. Leadership Chair in Addiction Research, Founding Fellow of the UBC Institute of Mental Health

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  • Anthony Phillips

    Anthony Phillips

    Cluster Primary Investigator, Professor at the UBC Department of Psychiatry/DMCBH, Head of Translational Medicine for Substance Use Disorders Lab

    Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Psychiatry

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  • Tamara Vanderwal

    Tamara Vanderwal

    Assistant Professor at the UBC Department of Psychiatry, BC Children’s Hospital Child Psychiatrist, Head of the Naturalistic Neuroimaging Lab

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Members

Trainee Members

MATRIX-N

Vancouver, BC Canada

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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