Professor Pierre Blier MD, PhD
Anhedonia neurobiology
Professor Pierre Blier MD, PhD graduated from the University of Montreal Medical School where he received his masters, and medical degrees as well as his PhD in neuroscience.
Dr Blier is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and Director of the Mood Disorders Research Unit at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He also holds positions as; Membre Conseil Médecin, Centre Hospitalier Pierre Janet in Hull, Québec, Canada; Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada; and Courtesy Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
He has previously held academic positions as assistant professor, associate professor, and professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University from 1988 until 2000. He then relocated at the University of Florida at the Brain Institute as a full professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Neuroscience.