Dr. Lena Palaniyappan works with patients and families experiencing psychosis. He leads the Neuroimaging in Mental Illnesses (NIMI) research group based at the Robarts Research Institute and provides psychiatric services at the Program for Prevention and Early Intervention in Psychosis at London, Ontario, Canada. The major emphasis of his research is to modify the pathways that lead to poor long-term outcome in individuals with serious mental disorders that often start in adolescence. He has received many prestigious grants and awards including the Laughlin Prize form the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Wellcome Clinical Training Fellowship, Young Investigator Award from the Canadian College of Neuropharmacology, The Global Rising Star Award from Schizophrenia International Research Society and an Early Career Foundation grant from the CIHR.