Linda Booij, Ph.D.

Assistant Prof. of Psychiatry, Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal -

My research program is about the neurobiological mechanisms of psychopathology. My current research examines the impact of early adversity and serotonergic genes on the development of the serotonin system, functioning of the frontal-limbic neural circuitry and risk for mental disorders (in particular mood and impulse control disorders).

My other research interests involve the role of serotonin in emotional processing and in cognitive vulnerability to depression. The methods I use are a combination of epidemiology and experimental research and include neuro-imaging (fMRI/PET), genetics, epigenetics and behavioral/cognitive measures.