Eric Latimer
McGill UniversityEric Latimer, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at the Douglas Research Centre and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. A health economist by training, he has carried out research on mental health services and services for homeless people for more than 25 years. He has carried out multiple studies on evidence-based practices for people with severe mental illness and homeless people, including Assertive Community Treatment, supported employment, Housing First and the strengths model of case management. He was lead researcher for the Montreal site of the $ 110 million At Home/Chez soi pan-Canadian trial of Housing First, an intervention to house and support people with mental illness who have been experiencing homelessness, and the lead economist for the national study. He has also led the analysis of surveys of homeless individuals in the province of Quebec, Canada.