Morton Beiser

Morton Beiser
Morton Beiser, 2004
Born	(1936-11-16)16 November 1936 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Residence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Grignan, France.
Nationality	Canadian
Awards	Order of Canada
Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry, Epidemiology
Institutions	Ryerson University, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, Harvard University,

Morton Beiser, CM, MD, FRCP (born November 16, 1936) is a Canadian professor, psychiatrist and epidemiologist known for his research in the fields of immigration and resettlement.

He is Professor of Distinction at Ryerson University, Crombie Professor Emeritus of Cultural Pluralism and Health at the University of Toronto, Founding Director and Senior Scientist at the Ontario Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS), and a Member of the Order of Canada.

Beiser was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. He graduated from medical school at the University of British Columbia in 1960, with a specialty in psychiatry. At Duke University, he pursued studies in sociology, then studied psychiatric epidemiology at Cornell. In 1971, he was appointed an associate professor at Harvard.

During his time at Harvard he began research on what would become a lifelong fascination with the mental health of immigrants, starting with the health effects of urbanization in Senegal and the mental health of American Indians on reservations.

Beginning in 1975, Beiser was Professor and Head of Social and Cultural Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia's Department of Psychiatry, a position he held for 16 years.