Category Archives: News

The Applied Psychiatric Epidemiology Across the Life course Lab (APEAL Lab), directed by Dr. Ian Colman, is seeking applicants for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship, commencing in January, 2022. The fellow will conduct research on factors associated with suicide attempt in … Continue reading →

  Congratulations to APEAL’s latest graduate, Dr. Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga. Hugues successfully defended his PhD dissertation, titled “Sleep duration, sedentary behaviour, physical activity, depression, and other mental health outcomes among children and adolescents”. Way to go, Hugues!

Congrats to recent APEAL graduate Nathan Cantor, whose first-author paper “Factors associated with driving after cannabis use in high school students” was accepted for publication in Preventive Medicine. The paper, based on data from the 2017 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health … Continue reading →

Congratulations to APEAL PhD candidate Zahra Clayborne, whose presentation Prenatal Maternal Stress, Child Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms, and the Moderating Role of Parenting won first prize at the School of Epidemiology and Public Health Student Research Day. Way to go Zahra!

  New APEAL research, published in Computers in Human Behavior, suggests that different ways of using social media may be associated with mental health in different ways. The paper, authored by APEAL members Mila Kingsbury, Ian Colman, and Nathan Cantor, in conjunction … Continue reading →

            Congratulations to APEAL PhD Candidate Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga, who has recently published two papers on the links between adolescents’ adherence to Canada’s 24-hour movement guidelines and their mental health.The papers, published in the Canadian Journal … Continue reading →

Congratulations to APEAL graduate Shaezeen Syed, whose research has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Her paper, ‘Adolescents’ knowledge of a peer’s non-suicidal self-injury and own non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality’ examines the contagion hypothesis for non-suicidal self-injury, with results suggesting that awareness … Continue reading →

With students and staff struggling to keep up morale during the pandemic, APEAL lab director Ian Colman organized a virtual event to boost everyone’s spirits. An evening of virtual trivia was just what the Professor ordered! The scores were so … Continue reading →

Congratulations to APEAL PhD student Nicole Hammond, who was recently awarded a CIHR Frederick Banting & Charles Best Doctoral Studentship. This competitive scholarship provides three years of funding to students pursuing doctoral degrees in health-related fields. Way to go, Nicole!  

A hearty round of applause to APEAL lab member François Thériault, who successfully defended his PhD thesis “Major depression in the Canadian Armed Forces: a study of incidence and mental health service use” on April 30th. Congratulations, Dr. Thériault!