Bernard Le Foll

Current academic appointment/faculty rank: Full Professor

Affiliations:  

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Senior Scientist) 
• University of Toronto (Chair of Addiction Psychiatry) 
• Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Vice President Research and Academics and Chief Scientific Officer) 

Research summary:  

Dr. Bernard Le Foll, MD PhD MCFP (AM), is a clinician-scientist specialized in drug addiction. He is Senior Scientist at CAMH. He is Chair of Addiction Psychiatry and Professor at University of Toronto. He is also the Vice-President Research and Academics and Chief Scientific Officer at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. His multi-disciplinary research approach seeks to develop better treatment for addiction and understand the addiction neurobiology. He obtained >100 grants and published > 400 peer-reviewed scientific articles. He has led multiple clinical trials, develop clinical guidelines and has been invited to speak at Senate and House of Commons on addiction related issues.