Dr. Bowie is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, and a member of the Psychiatry Department and Centre for Neuroscience Studies, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. A registered Clinical Psychologist, he is the Head Consulting Psychologist at the Early Psychosis Intervention Program in Kingston. His research interests focus on determining the causes and correlates, and developing treatments for, cognitive deficits in mental disorders such as schizophrenia and mood disorders.
Dr. Bowie has received several awards for his clinical and research productivity. For his PhD work, was awarded the Association for Psychological Science’s award for Top Ranked Thesis of the year. He was the first doctoral student to receive the New York State Office of Mental Health Award for Services Research based on his pioneering work on cognitive remediation for severely ill people with schizophrenia. The National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression has funded his studies with two Young Investigator Awards and an Independent Investigator Award for the study treatment of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and mood disorders. Most recently, he was awarded the Dr. Samarthji Lal award for mental health research from the Graham Boeckh Foundation.
Dr. Bowie is the author of over 175 peer reviewed scientific publications and several books and book chapters. He was co-editor of: Cognitive Remediation to Improve Functional Outcomes and his novel cognitive remediation’s treatment manual: Action-Based Cognitive Remediation. Currently he is leading multiple trials of cognitive remediation for severe mental disorders, developing new approaches to understand stigma and social exclusion toward psychosis, and examining the interactive effects of cognitive deficits and cognitive processes.