Dr. Morton Beiser

Biography

Dr. Morton Beiser is a Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. He is a Professor Emeritus of Cultural Pluralism and Health at the University of Toronto, Professor of Distinction at Ryerson University and Founding Director, Ontario Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement. He has been Principal Investigator for research grants totaling more than 20 million dollars awarded by peer review sources including the Grant Foundation; US National Institutes of Mental Health; National Health Research and Development Program Canada; Medical Research Council Canada; Ontario Mental Health Foundation; Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada; and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Research Projects past and present include the Refugee Resettlement Project, a ten-year investigation of resettlement and health among Southeast Asian refugees; Markers and Predictors of Schizophrenia; Flower of Two Soils, a study of mental health and academic achievement among Native children in Canada and the US; New Canadian Child and Youth Study, a longitudinal investigation of the health and development of immigrant and refugee children in Canada with its web-site; Lending a Hand to Our Future a demonstration/evaluation project to assess and treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among refugee youth in the Greater Toronto Area. Dr Beiser has authored two books, plus approximately 200 book chapters and scientific articles. Dr. Morton Beiser is a Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. He is a Professor Emeritus of Cultural Pluralism and Health at the University of Toronto, Professor of Distinction at Ryerson University and Founding Director, Ontario Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement. He has been Principal Investigator for research grants totaling more than 20 million dollars awarded by peer review sources including the Grant Foundation; US National Institutes of Mental Health; National Health Research and Development Program Canada; Medical Research Council Canada; Ontario Mental Health Foundation; Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada; and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Research Projects past and present include the Refugee Resettlement Project, a ten-year investigation of resettlement and health among Southeast Asian refugees; Markers and Predictors of Schizophrenia; Flower of Two Soils, a study of mental health and academic achievement among Native children in Canada and the US; New Canadian Child and Youth Study, a longitudinal investigation of the health and development of immigrant and refugee children in Canada with its web-site; Lending a Hand to Our Future a demonstration/evaluation project to assess and treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among refugee youth in the Greater Toronto Area. Dr Beiser has authored two books, plus approximately 200 book chapters and scientific articles.

Research Interest

His research interests include epidemiology, cross-cultural psychiatry, resettlement policy and health, immigrant and refugee health, immigrant and refugee children, global health and human rights.