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…
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Magic and Medicine
Dr. Colman was recently one of the featured researchers at a uOttawa Faculty of Medicine gala, hosted by CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi. The evening featured Cirque du Soleil performers and several magicians, highlighting the link between…
New APEAL lab research
The APEAL lab congratulates Dr. Murray Weeks, who recently had a first-author paper accepted for publication in the journal Depression and Anxiety. The paper examined trajectories of anxious/depressive symptoms from childhood to adolescence, as well…
APEAL research in print
A new research paper from Michael Martin, a Ph.D. student in the APEAL lab, was recently published in BMC Psychiatry. The paper, titled “Mental Health Screening Tools in Correctional Institutions: A Systematic Review” highlights some…
APEAL lab research in the media
APEAL lab research has been featured in a recent article for the Christian Science Monitor. The article highlights research on teen suicide and prevention, including a recent paper APEAL lab on suicide contagion. Click here…
APEAL trainee awarded scholarship
Congratulations to APEAL lab Ph.D. student Michael Martin, who was recently awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. His current research is investigating rates of change in mental health problems over the first year of incarceration…
APEAL Research in Print
Congratulations to Dr. Murray Weeks, whose first-author paper on the association between cognitive development in childhood and symptoms of anxiety/depression in adolescence was accepted for publication in the Journal of Affective Disorders. The paper showed…
APEAL Lab Students Make a Big Splash at International Conference
The APEAL Lab was well represented at the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Leipzig, Germany, in June. MSc student Marc-André Bélair presented a paper entitled “Movement as medicine: The relationship between physical activity and…
APEAL Lab Paper Confirms Suicide Contagion Effect
A recent APEAL Lab paper on suicide contagion in the CMAJ generated worldwide media attention. The paper, entitled “Association between exposure to suicide and suicidality outcomes in youth” caught the eye of CNN, CBS, CTV,…
New APEAL Lab Research
A new paper on outcomes of adolescent depression from Kiyuri Naicker, a PhD student in the APEAL Lab, was published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The paper, entitled “Social, demographic, and health…