FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Dr. Aristotle Voineskos
By Zeynep Yilmaz
Combining Genetics and Neuroimaging to Understand the Etiology of Psychiatric Disorders
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in September 2010, he has become an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in March 2011 and an Associate Member at the IMS in July 2011. The fact that he has received funding from some of the most prestigious and competitive funding agencies such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
further shows that Dr. Voineskos has proven himself to be a role model to which many young medical and research trainees aspire. Born and raised in Toronto, Dr. Voineskos attended the University of Western Ontario for his undergraduate studies and was accepted to the University of Toronto Medical School after his third year at UWO. It was during this time that he started developing an in-
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H
ow many graduates do you know who have earned their academic appointment only six months after completing their PhD? In a day and age where academic jobs are sparse and highly competitive, most of us may think of such an accomplishment as unlikely and farfetched. But then again, Dr. Aristotle Voineskos is not your average young researcher. Having graduated from the IMS with a PhD