John Bradford is a professor of psychiatry and acting clinical director of the Forensic Treatment Unit South East, and professor of psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. He has a cross appointment as professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa. He is also a professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University; adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan; and adjunct professor of psychiatry, University of Alberta. Dr. Bradford is a graduate in medicine and has received a diploma of psychological medicine, both from the University of Capetown, South Africa. He holds specialist degrees in psychiatry from institutions in South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada; he also has an added qualification in forensic psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He was awarded the designation of fellow of the Canadian Psychiatric Association in 2008. In 2011, he was made a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.