Dr. Bassam Khoury
Associate Professor
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Dr. Khoury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology at McGill University, and he heads the McGill Mindfulness Research Lab, where he and his team conduct research on advancing the theory, research, and applications of mindfulness and compassion. The global aim of the research is to make a deep lasting change on both individuals and societies by embracing new ways of interacting with oneself, other people, and the natural environment including animals through the practices of mindfulness and compassion. The lab strongly promotes values of equality, diversity, respect and dignity of all sentient beings including human beings and animals as well as protecting the natural environment. Prof. Khoury published numerous papers on mindfulness and compassion in leading journals in the domains of clinical psychology and physical/medical health. His work has gained international recognition, was cited over than 5000 times and was selected by the University of Cambridge's Insights for Impact Report; a report published by the department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge citing the most impactful research papers in psychology worldwide. Furthermore, his work was ranked 67th worldwide on Web of Science in the category of clinical psychology. Dr. Khoury have also been recognized through multiple awards and nominations, including the Association of Psychological Science Emerging Scholars Rising Stars Award, and William Dawson Scholars Award.
Dr. Khoury conducted his doctoral research at Université de Montréal and his postdoctoral research at Harvard University and McGill University. He is a clinical psychologist with a specialization in mindfulness-based treatments (clinical license: Ordre des Psychologues du Québec).
Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard and McGill Universities: Psychology
PhD, Université de Montréal: Clinical Psychology
BA, Concordia University: Honours Psychology
BSc, Lebanese University: Electrical Engineering
- Mindfulness and Compassion theories and applications
- Interpersonal mindfulness
- Mindfulness and compassion-based treatments
- Effectiveness of psychotherapy
- Mental health
- Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses
- Application of technology and programming in research
- Heather Reisman and Gerald Schwartz Award for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty of Education, McGill University, 2022
- William Dawson Scholar program, McGill University, 2021-2026 (equivalent to Canada Research Chair – CRC-Tier 2). Salary Award. $75,000.
- Association of Psychological Science Emerging Scholars Rising Stars Award, 2019
- Rising Stars, McGill University, 2017
- Nominated for APA-Div 12 David Shakow Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology, 2020/2021
- Nominated by the department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal for the Governor General’s Academic Medal, 2015
- Postdoctoral Scholarship, “Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)”, 2015-2017 (value of 81, 000)
- “Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles” Award - “Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FQRSC)”, 2014 (value of $1,000)
- Postdoctoral Scholarship, “Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FQRSC)”, 2014‐2016 (value of $64,000)
- Clinical Training Award, Clinic of Psychological Counseling, Université de Montréal, 2012 (value of $1,000)
- Research Excellence Award, International Mental Health and Citizenship Alliance, 2010 (value of $5,000)
- Psychology Department Awards, Université de Montréal, 2008/2009/2010/2011
- The JW Bridge Medal for Psychology, Concordia University, 2008
- Campaign for the New Millennium Scholarship Student Contribution, Concordia University, 2005
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences Award, Concordia University, 2004/2005