Zul Merali
Zul is a neuroscientist and pharmacologist by training (McGill University, University of Ottawa, and Wharton), with over 250 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Deploying his academic and entrepreneurial experience he brings value to forward thinking organizations, in addressing mental and brain health challenges, locally, nationally, and globally. His objectives are to build and/or re-engineer organizations towards positive brain health. He is the past CEO of the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (Canada) and was the Scientific Director of the Canadian Depression and Intervention Network. Currently, he is the Founding Director of the Brain and Mind Institute at the Aga Khan University, with hubs in Kenya (serving East Africa) and Pakistan (serving South and Central Asia).