Dr. Aristotle Voineskos is the Senior Vice President, Research and Science and Director of the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). At both CAMH and the University Health Network (UHN), he serves as the joint Vice President, for the CAMH-UHN partnership. Dr. Voineskos earned his MD and PhD at the University of Toronto, and completed a research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Voineskos is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. He is an internationally recognized researcher, physician, and leader, who has been dedicated to helping people suffering from severe mental illness and brain disorders.
Dr. Voineskos has served in progressive clinical and research leadership roles across his career. In these roles, he has significantly improved access to care, reduced wait times, and implemented and scaled evidence-based care models across the health system. Most recently as Vice President Research at CAMH, he helped grow the research enterprise substantially, via key pillars of equity, training and evaluation, clinical-research integration, open science, digital transformation, and sustainability. He is known for driving innovation and enhancing team performance. As joint Vice President of the CAMH/UHN partnership, he helps lead the work across executive teams to deliver comprehensive physical and mental health care for patients, and accelerate advancements in brain health sciences.