IMHR Researchers
Philippe Robaey (MD, PhD)
Dr. Philippe Robaey is a full professor in the Department of Psychiatry and cross-appointed professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. He has also obtained the National Researcher Career Award from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec and is cross-appointed professor at the Université de Montréal. He obtained his MD at Free University at Brussels and his speciality in neuropsychiatry at the Catholic University of Leuven, a PhD in Health Sciences (psychophysiology) at the Université Paris 6. After his postdoctoral studies at the Unité de Recherche en Psychophysiologie Cognitive, Pathologie Psychiatrique et Neurologique, Unité de recherche 654, C.N.R.S. in the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. Dr. Robaey then continued his research and his innovative clinical endeavours at the Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the IMHR. He is an internationally recognized expert in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and head of the specialized clinic for ADHD and disruptive behaviour at CHEO. He is also a specialist in mental health outcome of children treated for chronic diseases (leukemia, congenital disorders, prematurity, etc.) Dr. Robaey is author of over 50 papers and as delivered over 200 national and international lectures. He also created an option in psychiatric sciences (master and PhD level) in the program of biomedical sciences at the faculty of medicine (Université de Montréal), and developed innovative courses in psychiatry. He is a member of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and on the editorial journal of this association.
Email: PRobaey@cheo.on.ca
Selected Publications:
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Normand S., Schneider B.H. & Robaey P. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Challenges of Close Friendship. (2007) Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (in press).
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Schachar R., Logan G.D., Robaey P., Chen S. (2007) Restraint and deletion: Dissociated inhibition deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; 35(2):229-38.
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Marti S., Alvarez M., Simoneau-Roy J., Leroux S., Van Vliet G., Robaey P. (2006) Differential effects of early high-dose levothyroxine treatment on visual and auditory brain ERPs in school-age children with congenital hypothyroidism. Hormone Research 66(5):240-248.
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Krajinovic M., Robaey P., Chiasson S., Lemieux-Blanchard E., Rouillard M., Primeau M., Garcia-Bournissen F., Moghrabi A. (2005). Polymorphisms of genes controlling homocysteine levels and IQ score following the treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pharmacogenomics; 6(3):293-302.
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Romano E, Baillargeon R., Fortier I., Wu H.-X., Robaey P., Zoccollillo M., Tremblay, R.E. (2005). Individual change in methylphenidate use in a national sample of children aged 2 to 11 years. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 50(3):144-152.
