Affiliation: University of Toronto; Department of Psychiatry, ON, Canada

Dr. Thomas D. Prevot is a Project Scientist in the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (Canada). Dr. Prevot leads the Memory, Emotion, Drugs and Synapses (MEDS) Research group in CAMH, part of the Neurobiology of Depression and Aging Research Program. He has expertise in preclinical models of cognitive and mood disorders, as well as somatostatin- and GABA-dependent regulations. His research focuses on the neurobiology of memory and emotion processes, and how these processes are affected by stress, aging, and their interactions, leading to psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. More specifically, the MEDS team focuses on the characterization of behavioral, cellular and molecular outcomes of preclinical models of depression and other stress- and age-related psychiatric disorders. With expertise in preclinical models, the team has developed a unique expertise in translational research, including the characterization of novel targets for therapeutic avenues and medication development for future clinical testing. Dr. Prevot is actively involved in the translational research and medicine landscape at the University of Toronto, working across disciplines and being an advocate for bench-to-bedside discovery.