Professor, Dalhousie University
  Department of Psychiatry and
  College of Pharmacy
Affiliated Scientist, Capital District Health Authority
7th floor, Abbie J. Lane Memorial Building
Phone: (902) 473-4955
Fax: (902) 473-1422
E-mail: david.gardner@dal.ca

Dr. David Gardner is a Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and has a joint appointment with the College of Pharmacy at Dalhousie University. He received his undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Toronto (1988), his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of British Columbia (1997), and his Master of Science in Community Health & Epidemiology from Dalhousie University (2003).

David’s interests include pharmacoepidemiology, knowledge translation (moving knowledge to action), the pharmacotherapy of mood disorders and schizophrenia, and collaborative practice. He developed the Critical Appraisal Series, a three-year, five-term course for Dalhousie’s undergraduate pharmacy students and he coordinates psychopharmacology and research series as well as a journal club for Department of Psychiatry.

David is an active researcher and educator with over 50 peer reviewed publications, multiple research projects, author of the book Antipsychotics and Their Side Effects, and he has received several awards, both locally and nationally, for his teaching excellence. He is a member of the Science Advisory Committee of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Clinically, David is a member of the Early Psychosis Program of Nova Scotia in Halifax.

Research Interests:

• Clinical Psychopharmacology
• Evidence-Based Clinical Practice