Daniel Felsky
About Daniel Felsky
Daniel Felsky is an Associate Scientist with extensive experience in public health and mental health research. He currently holds positions at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Toronto, CAMH, and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Work at Broad Institute
Daniel Felsky has held the position of Associate Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard since 2015. In this role, he has contributed to various research initiatives, focusing on the intersection of genomics and public health. His tenure at the Broad Institute spans over nine years, during which he has been involved in collaborative projects that aim to advance scientific understanding in his field.
Current Positions
Currently, Daniel Felsky serves in multiple academic and research roles. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, a position he has held since 2019. Additionally, he works as an Independent Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Canada, also starting in 2019. Furthermore, he has been a GINGER Teaching Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health since 2018, focusing on educational initiatives in public health.
Educational Background
Daniel Felsky completed his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biological Sciences at the University of Guelph from 2007 to 2011. He then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Imaging-Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease at the University of Toronto, which he completed from 2011 to 2015. His educational background has laid a strong foundation for his research and academic career.
Previous Experience
Before his current roles, Daniel Felsky gained extensive experience in various research positions. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School from 2016 to 2017. He also served as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University Medical Center from 2017 to 2019. Earlier in his career, he held positions at CAMH as a Summer Student and Postdoctoral Fellow, as well as a Visiting Student at Brigham and Women's Hospital.