CAMH announces Temerty Discovery Center

Once completed, the new facility will accelerate groundbreaking mental health research and serve as a beacon of hope

TORONTO, May 29, 2024 /CNW/ – The Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is proud to announce the new Temerty Discovery Center, named in recognition of a $75 million gift from the Temerty Foundation. Currently under construction at CAMH Queen Street West site, the Temerty Discovery Center is part of the fourth and final phase of a 25-year redevelopment plan. When completed, it will be a state-of-the-art facility where CAMH researchers will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and mental illness.

With 385,000 square feet of collaborative space, the Temerty Discovery Center will bring together CAMH’s research programs under one roof, stimulate and accelerate new breakthroughs that will transform the future of mental health and, most importantly, inspire the hope for people living with mental illness. As a magnet for recruiting and retaining the world’s best talent, the Temerty Discovery Center will house more than two-thirds of CAMH’s more than 1,400 researchers and create the capacity to increase the number of scientific researchers by 43 percent, employees, students and interns. hundred. Patients and their families will have safe and dignified spaces to participate in research studies, and proximity to patient care areas will allow new discoveries to be seamlessly and quickly translated into practice to improve people’s lives.

“The Temerty family has long been an advocate for CAMH and mental health,” said Sarah Downey, President and CEO, CAMH. “We are grateful that they have continued to invest in groundbreaking mental health research that leads to better mental health care and better outcomes for all.” The Temerty Discovery Center is more than a building: it is a beacon of hope for people living with mental illness around the world. world.”

For more than a decade, the Temerty family has helped improve mental health research and care at CAMH and beyond. They established the Temerty Center for Therapeutic Brain Intervention at CAMH in 2012 – which has since become a world leader in brain stimulation treatment, research and training – and have continued to support the work of the center and its scientific leadership. Family philanthropy in the Canadian health care sector also has an ongoing ripple effect on education at CAMH: every psychiatry resident in the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine spends time training in from Canada the largest academic mental health and addiction hospital.

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“My family and I are extremely proud to support CAMH and the Temerty Discovery Centre. We have seen the impact of our investments on the vital work that CAMH does in therapeutic brain stimulation,” said Jim Temerty.

“The Temerty Discovery Center seemed like the ideal way to continue our support. We believe CAMH is uniquely positioned to address the global mental health crisis. This world-class research center will enable CAMH’s incredible researchers and scientists to accelerate their work and take it to the next level so they can bring new treatments and hope to more people sooner “, declared Louise Temerty.

“The Temerty Discovery Center will make a difference in the lives of the people CAMH serves today and for generations to come,” said Deborah Gillis, President and CEO, CAMH Foundation. “Thank you to the Temerty family and everyone who supported them in helping CAMH build a future where no one is left behind.”

The Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is from Canada the largest university hospital in mental health and one of the world’s leading research centers in this area. CAMH is fully affiliated with University of Toronto and is a collaborating center of the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization.

SOURCE Center for Addiction and Mental Health

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