APEAL success
Congratulations to APEAL member Jen Dykxhoorn, who has officially joined the ranks of lab alumni! She successfully defended her MSc thesis, entitled “Early Life Predictors of Adolescent Suicidality”, on November 24th. Way to go Jen!
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New APEAL research
A new APEAL lab paper entitled ‘Time trends in symptoms of mental illness in children and adolescents in Canada’ was recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. This study showed that the prevalence…
World Suicide Prevention Day
Dr. Colman was recently the keynote speaker for an event hosted by the Ottawa Suicide Prevention Coalition to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2014. At the event, 117 attendees heard Dr. Colman speak about public…
APEAL student awarded
APEAL lab members made an impressive showing at the annual scientific symposium of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Toronto. Dr. Ian Colman gave a presentation on ‘Factors associated with consistency in adult reporting…
APEAL research on the international stage
MSc student Jen Dykxhoorn had the opportunity to visit beautiful Tallin, Estonia to attend the European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in August. She presented part of her Masters research entitled “Early life…
APEAL lab research in print
A new paper from the APEAL lab looking at the prediction of self-harm during the first six months in prison was recently published in the Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. The paper titled, ‘The…
New APEAL research
A new paper out of the APEAL lab has recently been published in Preventive Medicine. The paper, “Protective factors against depression during the transition from adolescence to adulthood: Findings from a national Canadian cohort”, is…
APEAL lab research in print
The APEAL lab congratulates Michael Martin, whose first-author paper “The incidence and prediction of self-injury among sentenced prisoners” was recently published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. The paper reported on the incidence of…
APEAL lab member awarded
Congratulations to APEAL lab student Kiyuri Naicker, who was recently awarded a PhD studentship by the Ontario Mental Health Foundation. Kiyuri will use this 3-year award to fund her doctoral research on the relationships between…
APEAL Lab students come up big
Friday, March 21, was a big day for APEAL lab students. Kiyuri Naicker successfully passed her PhD candidacy exam; Michael Martin won first prize for best PhD student presentation at the Department of Epidemiology and…