Frank MacMaster
Vice President of Research and Innovation @IWK Health
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President of Research and Innovation @IWK Health
Halifax, NS, CA
Frank MacMaster, PhD is the IWK’s Vice President, Research and Innovation and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Dalhousie School of Medicine. Dr. MacMaster joins us from the University of Calgary where he was a Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Cumming School of Medicine and was also the Scientific Director for Provincial Addictions and Mental Health for Alberta Health Services.Originally from Nova Scotia, MacMaster studied at Saint Mary’s and Dalhousie universities and did his training at the IWK in mental health. He holds a PhD in neurobiology and anatomy and was a postdoctoral fellow in brain imaging in child psychiatry at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. His research focuses on using brain imaging to better understand and apply brain stimulation in pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders.Frank and his wife, Jacqueline, along with their youngest of three children are thrilled to be back in Halifax. Frank is also an avid musician.
EDUCATION
Dalhousie University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Dalhousie University
Master's Degree
Wayne State University
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dalhousie University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
SKILLS
ABOUT FRANK MACMASTER
My research interests are focused on using our neuroimaging platform to identify mechanisms that underlie neurodevelopmental and mental disorders. By doing so, we can improve health outcomes of children and adolescents in three ways:(1) by identifying the mechanisms that underlie the development of these disorders;(2) by using that new knowledge to better diagnosis neurodevelopmental and mental disorders; and (3) by developing novel treatment targets and identifying predictors of response. Our main intervention is neurostimulation. Neurostimulation methods offer the capability to modulate brain activity that in turn modulates brain function. Given the paucity of information on neurodevelopmental and mental disorders in children and adolescents, there is an urgent need to uncover the origins of these disorders and develop effective and optimally targeted interventions.
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