OTTAWA, ONTARIO (October 28, 2015)—The Royal has named Dr. Jean Martin Beaulieu the inaugural recipient of The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research which supports Canadian early-career researchers in mental health and encourages them to continue to pursue their research in Canada. The annual prize provides $100,000 to support the recipient’s research activities.

Dr. Beaulieu is a researcher and an associate professor in the department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Laval University. Through his research, Dr. Beaulieu is seeking to gain a better understanding of how Lithium – a common treatment for bipolar disorder – works at a molecular level with the hope of developing new and better treatments for mood disorders and other mental illnesses. More information here and here.