Dr. Alexandre Lussier was recently interviewed by the MQ Foundation, a global non-profit that invests in vital research needed to detect, prevent, and treat mental illness.
Dr. Lussier was awarded a prestigious MQ Fellowship in 2023 to support his work examining the timing of depression during childhood and adolescence as a risk factor for suicide. The goal of the project is to identify sensitive periods when depression has a greater impact on suicide risk, as well as genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that can be leveraged to better predict risk for mental illness and develop more timely and targeted intervention strategies.
In his interview with the MQ Foundation, Dr. Lussier shares more about his scientific career trajectory thus far, his personal connection to mental health research, and the importance of investing in research to improve our understanding of mental health conditions and treatments.
You can check out the full interview here.
Congratulations, Alex, on this exciting fellowship!
The Lussier Lab 