Dr. Links is Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada. From 2012 until 2016, Dr. Links served as the Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, Chief of Psychiatry, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario. Prior to coming to Western University, Dr. Links was holder of the Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies, University of Toronto for three terms. This Chair was the first in North America dedicated to suicide research. Dr. Links was the former President for the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) and former President of the Association for Research on Personality Disorders. Dr. Links served as the Editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders from 2009-2011. He was previously on the Editorial Board of Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
He has published over 130 articles in scientific journals and four books. As an investigator he has received research grants from many agencies including Health and Welfare Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health, the Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario. In October 2009, Dr. Links was awarded the CASP Research Award for outstanding contributions to the field of suicide research in Canada. In May 2013, Dr. Links received the Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders.
He has published over 130 articles in scientific journals and four books. As an investigator he has received research grants from many agencies including Health and Welfare Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health, the Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario. In October 2009, Dr. Links was awarded the CASP Research Award for outstanding contributions to the field of suicide research in Canada. In May 2013, Dr. Links received the Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders.