Researcher of the Year
APEAL director Ian Colman was recognized at the 2022 Faculty of Medicine gala where he was awarded Researcher of the Year – wowza! Congrats to Ian, as well as to APEAL affiliates Dr. Alison Krentel…
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Gender differences in the links between illicit substance use and self-harm
Nicole is on a roll! Congratulations go out again to APEAL PhD candidate Nicole Hammond, whose first-author paper “The gendered relationship between illicit substance use and self-harm in university students” was recently published…
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 Lab Big Down Under
Three members of the APEAL Lab made oral presentations at the 16th International Congress of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology, held in Melbourne, Australia, in October, 2017. Zahra Clayborne presented on depression and health…
APEAL Lab host CAPE 2017
The APEAL Lab was delighted to host the 2017 annual meeting of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Ottawa on September 13. Dr. Colman was the “official” host, but the brains behind the operation…
Prenatal stress and adolescent externalizing problems – new evidence from APEAL study
A recent APEAL study published in Biological Psychiatry is making waves in the media. The paper found that mothers’ exposure to stressful life events in pregnancy predicted higher levels of externalizing problems – including conduct…
Happy Holidays from the APEAL Lab!
The Lab wishes everybody a happy holiday season. Lab staff celebrated a great year the same way we usually do: with fancy coffees, some chocolates, and a ridiculous game of Angry Birds. The staff were…
APEAL Lab student wins prestigious haiku contest!
In what might be the greatest thing to happen to the APEAL Lab (at least since we published a paper in the Christmas edition of the BMJ), one of our own has won the Epidemiology…
Michael and Jen’s recent publication on child abuse and suicide
In the article, “Child abuse and the prevalence of suicide attempts among those reporting suicide ideation,” published recently in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Michael Martin (lead author and APEAL Lab PhD student) and Jen Dykxhoorn (co-author…
New publication from APEAL member – Murray Weeks
In his new article, entitled “A Developmental pathways linking childhood and adolescent internalizing, externalizing, academic competence, and adolescent depression”, published recently in Journal of Adolescence, Murray examines longitudinal pathways through three domains of adaptation from ages…