APEAL Lab cleans up
Trainees from the APEAL lab showed up in full force to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health Student Research Day. The day included research talks by MSc students Nathan Cantor and Hannah Landry, and…
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New APEAL research on parenting and mental health
A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, authored by a team including APEAL members Mila Kingsbury and Ian Colman, investigates the impact of harsh and positive parenting practices in childhood on…
Incidence of major depression in the Canadian Armed Forces
PhD Candidate François Thériault has published new findings from his dissertation research on the incidence of major depression in the Canadian Armed forces. This is the largest study of depression diagnoses in the Canadian military…
New APEAL research published
APEAL Lab alum Dylan Johnson has published a first-author paper in Psychological Medicine. The study assessed profiles of internalizing and externalizing problems from middle to late childhood, and their associations with suicidal ideation in adolescence.…
APEAL research links early life stress, mental health, and migraine
APEAL trainee Nicole Hammond has published a first-author paper in Headache. The paper showed that early life stressors including family dysfunction, punitive parenting, and parental depressive symptoms are associated with migraine headache in adolescence, and…
APEAL lab at CAPE
The annual scientific symposium of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology was held this year in beautiful Quebec City. This year’s conference focused on the use of administrative health data in psychiatric epidemiology research. With lab…
Good neighbourhoods may mitigate effects of life stress
New research from APEAL lab suggests that neighbourhood social cohesion (i.e., sense of trust and shared responsibility within the neighbourhood) may protect adolescents from some of the known negative consequences of experiencing stressful events in…
APEAL research on an international stage
APEAL lab members had a strong presence at this year’s meetings of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology (IFPE) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Director Ian Colman, research associate Mila Kingsbury, and MSc student Shaezeen Syed…
APEAL student recognized at research day
The School of Epidemiology and Public Health held its annual research day on Friday, March 1st. APEAL lab PhD Candidate François Thériault was awarded the Robert Spasoff prize for best presentation by a PhD student, for…
Hello, Norway!
Dr. Colman’s application for a sabbatical year has been approved, and he will be working in Oslo, Norway, from July, 2019, until June, 2020. The Norwegian Research Council will be funding Dr. Colman’s stay, and…