Russel Schachar

Russell Schachar is a practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist in the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada where he heads a cognitive neurosciences laboratory which focuses on psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence. After medical school at the University of Toronto, he trained in Psychiatry at McMaster University where he was extensively mentored both clinically and scientifically by Jock Cleghorn. He developed his passion for research while participating in the monthly meetings of the Friends of Schizophrenia Study Group. 

Affiliations

Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children

Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children

Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto

Research Synopsis

Dr Russell Schachar is a senior scientist in the Research Institute at The Hospital for Sick Children, a member of the Institute for Medical Sciences and faculty in the Faculty of Education at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.