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David Benrimoh

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor

David Benrimoh
Contact Information
Email address: 
david.benrimoh [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 

MD.CM., MSc., MSc., FRCPC

Areas of expertise: 

Computational psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, psychosis, early psychosis, brain imaging, machine learning/artificial intelligence, rTMS, clinical trials 

Biography: 

David Benrimoh is a neuropsychiatrist who completed his psychiatry residency at º«¹úÂãÎè. He received an MSc. in Neuroscience from UCL, working with Karl Friston on computational models of auditory hallucinations. He received a second MSc. in Psychiatry from º«¹úÂãÎè, working with Simon Ducharme and Bratislav Misic on transdiagnostic imaging in psychosis. He is the founder and chief science officer at Aifred Health, a digital mental health company using artificial intelligence to create decision support tools for mental health clinicians; Aifred won the $1M USD second place prize in the global IBM-sponsored AI XPRIZE. He is the author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications. He completed his fellowship in Neuropsychiatry at Stanford University, where he conducted research on the mechanistic underpinnings of rapid acting rTMS. As an Assistant Professor at º«¹úÂãÎè, his research focuses on computational psychiatry approaches to understanding and predicting psychosis onset and using this knowledge to develop novel treatment paradigms. Clinically, he is working in psychotic disorders, with a focus on early psychosis, as well as neuropsychiatry.

Clinical Interests: 

Psychosis, neuropsychiatry and functional neurological disorder, complex diagnoses, mood and personality disorders, adolescent/young adult mental health (transdiagnostic)

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