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 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…
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…
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…
APEAL lab members Mila Kingsbury, Ewa Sucha, Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga, and Ian Colman, in collaboration with Jane Murphy, Director of the Stirling County Study, and Stephen Gilman, Director of the Health Behaviour Branch at the National Institute…
Congratulations to Zahra Clayborne, a PhD student in the APEAL lab, on the publication of her systematic review: “Adolescent Depression and Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”. Published in the Journal of the…
Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga, a PhD student in the APEAL lab, recently published a paper in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. The paper, which can be accessed here, looked at the associations between cyberbullying and adolescent mental health in a…
The APEAL lab had a big presence at this year’s meetings of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Toronto. Lab members Mila Kingsbury and Nicole Hammond each presented papers, and Shaezeen Syed presented a…
Kudos to Gabrielle Galley, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Sept 14, 2018. Gabby’s thesis was entitled “Exploring the Association between Early Life Stressors & Childhood Protective factors on Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes”.…
Many congratulations go to Dylan Johnson, who became the sixth APEAL Lab student to successfully defend their thesis in the last 12 months. Dylan’s MSc thesis was entitled “The relationship between profiles and transitions…