Dr. Ben Goldstein, Professor of Psychiatry

Talk: "Heart Bipolar: An Approach to Improving Physical and Mental Health--and Reducing Stigma--for Teens with Bipolar Disorder"

Dr. Goldstein is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Psychological Clinical Science at the University of Toronto.  He is Director of the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder and Director of Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Goldstein’s efforts focus on teenagers with, or at familial risk for, bipolar disorder. His team seeks to identify clinically relevant biomarkers, and innovative prevention and treatment strategies that focus simultaneously on physical and mental health. Dr. Goldstein has authored over 130 scientific articles, and has received international awards for his research. His research is funded by grants from CIHR, the Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation, and by foundations in Canada and the United States. An active educator, Dr. Goldstein serves as Director of the Clinician Scientist Program in the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry.