About Me
Dr. Patricia Conrod, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at Université de Montréal, holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Preventative Mental Health and Addiction. Dr. Conrod co-leads the Quebec Research Network on Suicide, Mood Disorders and Related Conditions (RQSHA) and the Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team (CCPRT). She developed a targeted drug and alcohol prevention program which was evaluated in multiple international trials and is now recognised as an evidence-based program in the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Addiction, and the UNODC's International Guidelines on Drug Prevention. She published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and is cited over 16,000 times in the scientific literature. Her publications are also widely covered in the media, including the New York Times, Wall St Journal, Financial Times, CNN, CBC, BBC.