Neil Seeman is a Canadian author on mental health and health policy topics. His contributions seek to describe mental health stigma in business as seen through his experiences as an entrepreneur.

Education

Neil Seeman attended

Upper Canada College Upper Canada College (UCC) is an elite, all-boys, private school in Toronto, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The college is widely described as the country's most prestigious preparatory school, and has produce ...

from 1984 to 1988. He obtained a BA from

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

in 1992, a JD from the

University of Toronto Faculty of Law The University of Toronto Faculty of Law (U of T Law, UToronto Law) is the law school of the University of Toronto. The Faculty's admissions process is the most selective of law schools in Canada and is one of the most selective in North America. ...

in 1995, and a Master's of Public Health from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1998.

Career

Work in media and health policy

In 1998, Seeman was a founding member of the editorial board of the

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...

newspaper. In 2006, he co-founded the Health Strategy Innovation Cell at

Massey College Massey College is a graduate residential college at the University of Toronto that was established, built and partially endowed in 1962 by the Massey Foundation and officially opened in 1963, though women were not admitted until 1974. It was mode ...

in the University of Toronto. Seeman is the co-author of ''Psyche in the Lab: Celebrating Brain Science in Canada'' (Hogrefe & Huber). He is the co-author of ''XXL: Obesity and the Limits of Shame'' (

University of Toronto Press The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911. The press originally printed only examination books and the university calen ...

). The authors' concept of "healthy living vouchers" in ''XXL'' was criticized for being impractical and too reliant on state intervention to be effective as a policy tool to curtail the obesity epidemic.

Work in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial mental health

In 2009, Seeman founded RIWI Corp. He was CEO of RIWI until September, 2021. In May, 2023, he published ''Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain''. In November, 2023, he co-founded Sutherland House Experts, for which he is CEO and Publisher.

Research involvement in mental health and health policy

He was appointed a Fields Institute Fellow in 2022 by the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. He is a Senior Fellow of

and a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor in the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He serves as Senior Academic Advisor to the Investigative Journalism Bureau at the

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Dalla Lana School of Public Health is the school of public health at the University of Toronto. It was founded in 1927, and was home for 50 years to Connaught Laboratories, a manufacturer of vaccines, insulin, and many other pharmaceutical produc ...

, and as knowledge translation lead to the Health Informatics, Visualization, and Equity (HIVE) Lab at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

Personal life

Seeman is the son of

dopamine Dopamine (DA, a contraction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is a neuromodulatory molecule that plays several important roles in cells. It is an organic compound, organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families. Dopamine const ...

scientist

Philip Seeman Philip Seeman, (8 February 1934 – 9 January 2021) was a Canadian schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacology, neuropharmacologist, known for his research on dopamine receptors. Career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Seeman was raised in Montre ...

and women's mental health researcher Mary V. Seeman. He is married to Sarit Goldman-Seeman and is the father of Dori Seeman and David Seeman.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seeman, Neil Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Upper Canada College alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumni Harvard University alumni National Post people Massey College, Toronto people