Dr. Mark Ellenbogen

Canada Research Chair in Developmental Psychopathology (Tier 2)
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science

Centre for Research in Human Development
mark.ellenbogen@concordia.ca

Dr. Mark Ellenbogen grew up in the Ville St-Laurent district of Montreal and attended McGill University where he earned a B.A. in Psychology followed by an M.Sc. in Psychiatry. Dr. Ellenbogen then moved across town to pursue his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Concordia. Following a year of clinical training in Toronto at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, he returned to Montreal as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Université de Montréal. In 2004, he joined Concordia as a faculty member and is currently a member of the Centre for Research in Human Development. Dr. Ellenbogen continues to practise clinical psychology.

Dr. Ellenbogen's current research focuses on developmental psychopathology, including multidisciplinary longitudinal research examining the developmental antecedents of maladjustment and psychopathology, particularly depression and bipolar disorder. He has also immersed himself in laboratory studies, examining cognitive mediators of the mood and hormonal response to stress, and their relationship to social functioning and psychopathology.

Although still early in his already dynamic academic career, Dr. Ellenbogen has made substantial contributions in different areas of the biological and social sciences, including such milestones as:

• Producing groundbreaking research that has demonstrated for the first time how the risk for depression is associated with a neurobiological abnormality in the regulation of mood by the neurotransmitter known as serotonin.
• Being a recipient of the Smadar Levin Award from the Society for Research in Psychopathology for his work on the cognitive regulation of the stress response.
• Authoring papers on a wide range of topics, from personality to neurobiology, that have been published in top-ranked journals such as Development and Psychopathology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Psychological Medicine, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Archives of General Psychiatry.
• Being awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from CIHR as well as research grants from CIHR and FQRSC.