The Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) are seeking to recruit an Academic Psychiatrist – Scientist to support its General Adult and Health Systems Psychiatry (General) Division. This role will hold a scientific appointment through CAMH’s Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute (CFMHRI) with primary scientific appointment in the Brain Health Imaging Centre & Pre-Clinical Research area and secondary scientific appointment in the General Division. The successful candidate will build a program of research focused on investigating the neural circuit mechanisms underlying mood, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders. The ideal candidate will have a program that integrates cutting-edge tools in circuit neuroscience, molecular biology, and behavioral analysis to explore how early life stress and adult neuroplasticity shape emotional regulation and cognitive function. As a Scientist, the successful candidate will be required to establish local, national, and international collaborations, provide supervision of undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral research trainees, and technical staff. The successful candidate will be expected to lead research activities, maintain an active publication record, and secure extramural funding for these activities. They will also disseminate research results through presentations at academic meetings and conferences and communicate ideas to key decision makers. Participation in leadership advisory groups at CAMH and externally is expected. There are also teaching opportunities with undergraduate and post graduate students, psychiatry residents and fellows. The successful candidate will have an academic position description of Clinician Scientist and must be eligible for a full-time academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Toronto. The effective start date is January 1, 2026 or a mutually agreeable date shortly thereafter.
 
CAMH is Canada’s premier addiction and mental health facility and a world leader in the diagnosis and care of patients with addiction and mental disorder, offering a wide spectrum of care from treatment for first episode to care for the severely and persistently mentally ill. It is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, the largest and most prestigious research-intensive University in Canada. CAMH, together with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, has a strong tradition in the integration of clinical, teaching and research activities.
 
CAMH’s CFMHRI is home to scientists, staff and research trainees conducting leading research to improve the understanding of the brain and the causes, biomarkers and cures for mental illness as well as research to advance the prevention and treatment for mental illness and addictions across the lifespan. With a collaborative inter-disciplinary environment that spans clinical, biological, social and epidemiological research, the CFMHRI supports a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements.
 
 About the General Adult Psychiatry & Health Systems
The General Division at CAMH is a large and dynamic academic clinical division that provides the gateway to care for patients seeking treatment at CAMH, through Access CAMH and crisis services, and links to the community through hospital discharge facility. The division offers specialized services for women’s inpatient care, gender, borderline personality disorder and telepsychiatry across the province and into northern Canada. The researchers in the division include diverse expertise in culturally-adaptive cognitive behaviour therapy, health services research, suicide prevention and telepsychiatry as well as global mental health. The successful candidate will be expected to participate fully in the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs of the University Of Toronto Department Of Psychiatry.
 
About the CAMH Brain Health Imaging Centre (BHIC)
The CAMH Brain Health Imaging Centre (BHIC) is a global leader in research for all facets of brain health, ranging from psychiatric disorders and addictions to neurological diseases, traumatic brain injuries and mental health consequences. Our research spans from radiochemistry, preclinical neuroscience, methodology, and clinical PET and MRI research.

Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, a copy of their curriculum vitae and the names of three references via email to:
 
Dr. Neil Vasdev
Scientific Director and Chief Radiochemist, Brain Heath Imaging Centre
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
250 College St, Toronto, ON 5T 1R8.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
neil.vasdev@utoronto.ca