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Post-doc opportunity in APEAL Lab

Posted on October 18, 2024 by admin

The Applied Psychiatric Epidemiology Across the Life course Lab (APEAL Lab), directed by Dr. Ian Colman at the University of Ottawa, is seeking applicants for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship focused on gender diversity and youth mental health. The fellow will … Continue reading →

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APEAL lab hosts visiting scholar

Posted on July 12, 2023 by admin

The APEAL Lab are delighted to be hosting Dr. Klara Mareckova at CHEO Mental Health Research Rounds next Tuesday, July 18, 12-1pm (Eastern). She will present on her research how prenatal stress influences brain structure and function. Please contact Dr. Colman … Continue reading →

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APEAL Lab is recruiting for two MSc students!

Posted on October 19, 2022 by admin

The APEAL Lab is interested in applications for two students interested in an MSc in Epidemiology starting in September, 2023. Project #1: Interested in research about the mental health of gay men? Almost 2,000 gay men across Ontario completed a … Continue reading →

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Suicidality among sexual minority and transgender teens

Posted on October 7, 2022 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL lab members on a recent publication in the CMAJ examining disparities in suicidality risk between sexual minority and transgender youth and their cisgender, heterosexual peers. The APEAL team of Mila Kingsbury, Nicole Hammond, and Ian Colman worked … Continue reading →

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Representing APEAL in Cambridge

Posted on October 7, 2022 by admin

Congratulations to Danielle Lemaire, who presented a poster at the European Psychiatric Association Epidemiology Section meeting in Cambridge, U.K. Dr. Colman gave a keynote address at the same meeting.

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Researcher of the Year

Posted on October 7, 2022 by admin

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 (International Impact Award) and Dr. … Continue reading →

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New paper examines parents’ relationship satisfaction

Posted on October 7, 2022 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL members Mila Kingsbury, Zahra Clayborne, and Ian Colman, who recently published a paper In collaboration with colleagues at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the University of Oslo, and Oslo Metropolitan University. The paper examines predictors of … Continue reading →

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Another APEAL grad!

Posted on October 7, 2022 by admin

Congratulations to Dr. Zahra Clayborne, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation: “Biological and psychosocial influences on the associations between prenatal maternal stress and children’s mental health outcomes”. We know Dr. Clayborne will go on to great things!

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Gender differences in the links between illicit substance use and self-harm

Posted on March 11, 2022 by admin

    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 in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. In … Continue reading →

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Adverse childhood experiences and migraine headache

Posted on March 11, 2022 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL PhD candidate Nicole Hammond, whose paper “Adverse childhood experiences and onset of migraine in Canadian adolescents: A cohort study” was recently published in Headache. The study found direct associations between experiencing adverse childhood events and migraine headache, but not … Continue reading →

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