Neil Seeman is a Canadian author on mental health and health policy topics, book publisher, and Internet entrepreneur.[2][3] His books and essays seek to describe mental health stigma in business and society as seen through his experiences as an entrepreneur and public health researcher.[4]
Neil Seeman | |
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 Speaking at Upper Canada College, June 2023 | |
| Born | Toronto, Canada, 1970[1] |
| Alma mater | Queen's University at Kingston (BA), University of Toronto (JD), Harvard University (MPH) |
| Spouse | Sarit Goldman-Seeman |
| Children | David, Dori |
| Parent(s) | Philip Seeman, Mary V. Seeman |
Education
editNeil Seeman attended Upper Canada College from 1984 to 1988. He obtained a BA (Hons.) from Queen's University in 1992, a JD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1995, and a Master's of Public Health from Harvard University in 1998.[5][6]
Career
editWork in media and health policy
editIn 1998, Seeman was a founding member of the editorial board of the National Post newspaper. In 2006, he co-founded the Health Strategy Innovation Cell at Massey College 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) which was a shortlist finalist for the Donner Prize in 2011.[7][8] 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.[9]
Work in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial mental health
editIn 2008, Seeman invented and patented random domain intercept technology, a form of Web intercept survey[10]. This led Seeman to found the Big Data firm RIWI in 2009.[11] He was CEO of RIWI, which in 2020 went public on the TSX Venture Exchange, until September, 2021.[12] In May, 2023, he published Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain.[13] In November, 2023, he co-founded Sutherland House Experts, for which he is CEO and Publisher.[14]
Research involvement in mental health and health policy
editHe was appointed a Fields Institute Fellow in 2022 by the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences.[15] He is a Senior Fellow of Massey College and a Senior Fellow and adjunct professor in the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.[16] He serves as Senior Academic Advisor to the Investigative Journalism Bureau at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and as knowledge translation lead to the Health Informatics, Visualization, and Equity (HIVE) Lab at the University of Toronto.[17][18]
Personal life
editSeeman is the son of dopamine scientist Philip Seeman and women's mental health researcher Mary V. Seeman.[19] He is married to Sarit Goldman-Seeman and is the father of Dori Seeman and David Seeman. [20]
References
edit- ^ "Neil Seeman Biography of Record". Canadian Who's Who. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Meet Neil Seeman". CanvasRebel. CanvasRebel. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Neil Seeman". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Making Big Data More Inclusive". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Entrepreneurial Mental Health and the Future of Prosperity with Neil Seeman". Upper Canada College. UCC. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Neil Seeman Biography of Record". Canadian Who's Who. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Past Winners 2011". Donner Foundation. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ Ridley, Matt. "Free-Market Solutions for Overweight Americans". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ Cowan, Tyler. "Healthy living vouchers: will they work?". Marginal Revolution. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ US Patent & Trademark Office, Seeman Neil Laurence. "Method of Obtaining a Representative Online Polling Sample". Google Patents. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ^ Kirby, Jason. "How dormant websites could lead to a better understanding of the COVID-19 crisis". Macleans. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Board of Directors - Neil Seeman". RIWI. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain". NextBigIdeaClub Magazine. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "New Co-publishing Model, Sutherland House Experts, is Turning the Page on Book Publishing". Sutherland House Experts. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Introducing the 2022 Fields Institute Fellows". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Senior Fellows Directory". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Investigative Journalism Bureau and Seeman family partner to advance mental health journalism". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Seeman, Neil. "HIVE Lab - Neil Seeman". University of Toronto. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Researcher Philip Seeman shed new light on biology of schizophrenia". Globe & Mail. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ "Entrepreneurial Mental Health and the Future of Prosperity with Neil Seeman". Upper Canada College. UCC. Retrieved December 16, 2023.