Board of Directors

Dr. Verner J. Knott

Dr. Verner J. Knott, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., C. Psych. is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and School of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, at the University of Ottawa. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology Institute of Neuroscience and the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. Following his Ph.D. (1976), which was completed at the University of London and York University (England), he served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1977) in the Psychopharmacology Unit of the University of Guelph (Canada) and then moved to the Royal Ottawa where he received (1979) his psychologist registration (C.Psych.) for the province of Ontario. 

At the ROMHC, Dr. Knott is the Director of the Clinical Neuroelectrophysiology and Cognitive Research Laboratory.  He is involved in the teaching of psychiatric residents and in the supervision of graduate and undergraduate students, and is a member of a number of professional organizations including the Society for Psychophysiological Research, the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry and the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society. 

Dr. Knott’s research program specializes in the utilization of neuroelectrophysiologic (quantitative EEG, ERPs) and computerized behavioral tests to examine central correlates of cognitive, affective and behavioural deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders (including addictions [e.g. nicotine], schizophrenia, depression, anxiety and dementia) and their amelioration with pharmacotherapeutic agents.  He has published over 100 papers/chapters in peer reviewed journals and scientific texts and has presented over 100 papers at international scientific meetings. His research has been supported by provincial (Ontario Mental Health Foundation), national (Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), university (University Medical Research Fund) and industry grants.