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Jess G. Fiedorowicz, MD, PhD

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Head and Chief - Department of Mental Health at The Ottawa Hospital
Professor and Senior Research Chair - Adult Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa
Scientist - Neurosciences Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Adjunct Scientist - University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal
Editor-in-Chief - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Member - U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee
Member - Brain Mind Research Institute University of Ottawa

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    280+ Publications

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    150+ Students/Faculty Mentored

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    60+ Grants Received

Education


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Marquette University, ​Milwaukee, WI

B.A. Psychology, Biology and Philosophy minors,
summa cum laude
1993-1997

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

M.D. with Honors in Research
1997-2001

Iowa Scholars in Clinical Investigation Program

Department of Internal Medicine and College of Public Health (K30)
Graduate Student, Clinical Investigation (Epidemiology)
M.S. Clinical Investigation
Fellow, Clinical Neurobiology
2005-2007

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Graduate student, Translational Biomedicine (College of Medicine)
Ph.D. Translational Biomedicine
2007-2011

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Graduate Student, Biostatistics
Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics
2012-2013

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Graduate Student (non-degree, professional development), Statistics
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
2013

Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Mini-MBA Physician Business Leadership Program
2021

Current Contributions to Institutional Programs

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The Ottawa Hospital

Medical Advisory Committee (2020-Present)
Senior Management Committee (2020-Present)
Outpatient Department Redesign Committee (2020-Present)
Alternate Funding Plan Committee, Department of Mental Health (2021-Present)
Medical Affairs Administrative Committee (2022-Present)
Capital Investment Committee (2022-Present)
Faculty Council, governing body of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Representative of The Ottawa Hospital (2024-Present)

International Society for Bipolar Disorders

Nutrition and Exercise Task Force, Member (2022-Present)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Mental Health Specialty Program Project

Steering Committee (2021-Present)

The University of Ottawa

Department of Psychiatry Executive Committee (2020-Present)
Department of Psychiatry Research Committee (2023-Present)

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Editorial Boards


General Hospital Psychiatry (2016–Present)

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry (2018-Present)

Journal of Affective Disorders (2018-Present)

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports (2018-Present)

Heart and Mind (2019-Present)

Psychiatry Research – Case Reports (Advisory Board 2021-Present)

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Jess Fiedorowicz accepting a University of Ottawa psychiatry teaching award

Recent Awards


Educator Award for Professional Competency (2023)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Physician Leadership Award (2022)
The Ottawa Hospital Excellence Awards

Expertscape Expert in Mood Disorders (2021)
Top 1% of Scholars Writing about Mood Disorders in the past 10 years

John W. Clancy Faculty Award for Outstanding Didactic Teaching (2019-2020)    

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Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Jess Fiedorowicz is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. Since his appointment in 2018, the Journal has experienced considerable growth, notably in the areas of Citation Score, Editorial Board Diversity, and Submissions.


Highlights: 2018-2024

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    5.0 to 7.4

    CITATION SCORE

  • Women icon

    17% to 56%

    WOMEN IN CORE LEADERSHIP

    (Editorial Board Diversity)

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    9 to 16

    COUNTRIES

    (Editorial Board Diversity)