Medical faculty in the Division of Schizophrenia are involved in training of learners from clerkship to fellowship. Interprofessional faculty and staff in the division are involved in training and supervision of learners across the allied health professions including nursing, social work, occupational therapy, recreation therapy, pharmacy, and psychology. Graduate students from McMaster University’s Neuroscience Graduate Program and the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour are also involved in programs of research within the division, and in collaboration with faculty and learners in other divisions. Areas of research focus include, but are not limited to, studies aimed at elucidating the cognitive, neurobiological and social cognitive mechanisms underlying the illness, and studies aimed at improving functional outcomes and enhancing recovery.

Many members of the Division of Schizophrenia hold key education leadership positions within training programs affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, or hold leadership or advisory positions with provincial and national professional organizations, such as Ontario Health, the Schizophrenia Society of Canada and the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Members of the division also participate in continuing education initiatives through the department, including giving lectures and presentations at departmental rounds and the annual review course in psychiatry.  

Division of Schizophrenia members hold clinical positions and supervise trainees in various hospital and community settings. The West 5^th Campus is home to three, 24-bed specialized inpatient units, the Cleghorn early intervention clinic, the transitional outpatient support service, the schizophrenia outpatient clinic, and the developmental dual diagnosis clinic. Clinical training also takes place at the Hamilton program for schizophrenia, a community-based outpatient clinic located in downtown Hamilton, and through four regional assertive community treatment teams.

A number of members of the Division of Schizophrenia are actively involved in research, with programs of research ranging from externally funded neuroimaging studies and clinical trials to internally funded investigator initiated clinically applied programs of research. Division members involved in research often collaborate with faculty in other departmental divisions or are members of research centres affiliated with McMaster University, including the newly-formed Centre for Clinical Neuroscience, an innovative partnership between McMaster and the Pasteur Institute in France. Graduate students from McMaster’s Neuroscience Graduate Program and from the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour are also involved in programs of research within the division.

We invite you to learn more about the Division of Schizophrenia and the opportunities that are available at McMaster University. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.