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Head of Largest Hospital in Toronto Joins Ehave

Ehave, Inc. Appoints Dr. Russell Schachar as Chief Medical Officer
Key Takeaways
  • Dr. Schachar joins Ehave from the University of Toronto, where  he heads a cognitive neurosciences laboratory which focuses on psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence.
  • Dr. Schachar brings a proven track record for leadership in steering clinical research programs and commitment to better outcomes in mental illness
  • Dr. Schachar’s experience in mental health is uniquely suited to Ehave

Miami, Florida – February 5, 2020 - Ehave, Inc., (OTC Pink: EHVVF) (the “Company”), a provider of digital therapeutics delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions to patients, announced today the appointment of Russell Schachar, MD, FRCP(C) as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Schachar is a practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist in the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada where he holds the TD Bank Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and heads a cognitive neurosciences laboratory which focuses on psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence.

“As a highly-regarded researcher and child and adolescent psychiatrist, Russell’s experience in mental health is uniquely suited to Ehave and our PsychedeliTech subsidiary  as we continue to evolve our ecosystem,” said Benjamin Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer of Ehave, Inc. “His proven track record for leadership in steering clinical research programs and commitment to better outcomes in mental illness will support our mission of addressing unmet mental health needs for larger patient populations.”

Dr. Schachar initiated an acclaimed clinical-research program in Neuropsychiatry and set up a productive research laboratory at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). During an active career spanning 30 years, his contributions towards Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism have had significant and far reaching international impact. He remains a leader in the field of child psychopathology, advancing the understanding of brain structure and brain function in mental disorders, traumatic brain injury, and individuals treated for cancer.

Dr. Schachar has contributed to leading texts in Child Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry, Modern Approaches. 4th Edition; Oxford Textbook of Child Psychiatry. Oxford University Press), been invited to present at over 300 lectures at major international meetings, and has been a member of international grant review panels, such as National Institutes of Health, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, Health and Welfare Canada and Medical Research Council of Great Britain. Additionally, Dr. Schachar has authored more than 175 articles in top peer-reviewed journals like Lancet, Nature Genetics, American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Human Brain Mapping, and the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology. Most recently, Dr. Schachar was inducted into the Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in ADHD research (2012).

About Ehave, Inc.

Ehave, Inc. (EHVVF) is a provider of digital therapeutics delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions to patients. Our primary focus is on improving the standard care in therapeutics to prevent or treat brain disorders or diseases through the use of digital therapeutics, independently or together, with medications, devices, and other therapies to optimize patient care and health outcomes. Our main product is the Ehave Telemetry Portal, which is a mental health informatics platform that allows clinicians to make objective and intelligent decisions through data insights. The Ehave Infinity Portal offers a powerful machine learning and artificial intelligence platform with a growing set of advanced tools and applications developed by Ehave and its leading partners. This empowers patients, healthcare providers, and payers to address a wide range of conditions through high quality, safe, and effective data-driven involvement with intelligent and accessible tools. For more information visit: www.ehave.com.

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For Investor Relations, please contact:

Gabe Rodriguez

Phone: (623) 261-9046

Email: ir@ehave.com


Key Takeaways
  • Dr. Schachar joins Ehave from the University of Toronto, where  he heads a cognitive neurosciences laboratory which focuses on psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence.
  • Dr. Schachar brings a proven track record for leadership in steering clinical research programs and commitment to better outcomes in mental illness
  • Dr. Schachar’s experience in mental health is uniquely suited to Ehave
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