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APEAL Lab Make Big Splash at IFPE

Posted on October 15, 2015 by admin

APEAL Lab members were in the spotlight at the 15th International Congress of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology, in Bergen, Norway. Dr. Colman delivered a plenary presentation entitled “Life-course epidemiology: early-life stress and implications for intervention”; Jen Dykxhoorn delivered … Continue reading →

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APEAL member successfully defends his MSc. thesis

Posted on September 9, 2015 by admin

Congratulations to Marc-André Bélair for the successful defence of his MSc. thesis this morning! MAB’s thesis is entitled “The relationship between physical and sedentary activity on the mental health outcomes of children and youth in the National Longitudinal Survey of … Continue reading →

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APEAL research published

Posted on September 4, 2015 by admin

New research from the APEAL lab was recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study, titled: “Associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and depressive symptoms: evidence from a national Canadian longitudinal survey” used 10 years of … Continue reading →

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APEAL alumna abroad

Posted on August 13, 2015 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL alumna Jen Dykxhoorn, who is heading to London this fall to begin her PhD at University College London. Jen was awarded the John Grace QC scholarship in Psychiatry by Mental Health Research UK. Under the supervision of … Continue reading →

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New APEAL research

Posted on July 14, 2015 by admin

New research from the APEAL lab, in partnership with University College London, points to the effects of the neighbourhood social environment on adolescent mental health. The paper, published in Psychological Medicine, examined neighbourhood social cohesion – a sense of community … Continue reading →

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APEAL success

Posted on May 4, 2015 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL lab member Mila Kingsbury, whose abstract was selected as one of two oral presentations delivered at the annual conference of the Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network (CDRIN). Dr. Kingsbury presented data from an ongoing lab project … Continue reading →

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APEAL alumna published in Pediatrics

Posted on January 5, 2015 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL lab alumna Maeve Wickham, whose first-author paper was recently published in Pediatrics. Maeve graduated from the APEAL lab with an MSc in Epidemiology. Her paper, ‘Maternal Depressive Symptoms During Childhood and Risky Adolescent Health Behaviors‘, examined the … Continue reading →

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APEAL lab research makes headlines

Posted on January 5, 2015 by admin

Recent APEAL research is making headlines! Published in the lighthearted Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal, the paper, titled “CARTOONS_KILL: Casualties in Animated Recreational Theater in an Objective Observational New Study of Kids’ Introduction to Loss of Life“, examines … Continue reading →

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APEAL student cited 100 times

Posted on December 15, 2014 by admin

Congratulations to APEAL PhD student Kiyuri Naicker, who recently broke the 100 citation barrier. We are sure the rest of your career will be even more illustrious!  

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APEAL success

Posted on November 24, 2014 by admin

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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