Dr. Rob Whitley featured in The Suburban
涩里番 researcher鈥檚 program aims to help marginalized young Black men to succeed Other data shows that while 94 per cent of Black youth state that they would like to get a university degree, only 17 per cent of them do 鈥� half the rate of young Black women, who are at 34 per cent.
Dr. Nicolas Cermakian featured in STAT
Got questions about the timing of flu and Covid vaccines? Here鈥檚 what experts say
鈥淚t seems there鈥檚 a whole program in the T cells that makes them very efficient at responding in the day and being less efficient at night,鈥� said Nicolas Cermakian, a chronobiologist at 涩里番 and the Douglas Research Centre in Montreal. In a 2019 PNAS study, his team showed that vaccines delivered during the day produced more T cell activation than those delivered at night.
Dr. Gustavo Turecki rewarded with a prize from the French Acad茅mie des sciences
Dr. Gustavo Turecki received the Philippe and Maria Halphen Prize from the Acad茅mie des sciences of France. This prize was awarded during an official ceremony at the Institut de France on October 18, 2022. The Philippe and Marie Halphen Prize is awarded to support the development of research projects concerning schizophrenia and severe depression.
Drs. Corina Nagy and Rachel Rabin awarded BBRF Young Investigator Awards
Drs. Corina Nagy and Rachel Rabin were awarded Brain and Behavior Research Fund Young Investigator Awards for 2022. The Brain Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grants are awarded annually to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Congratulations to both!
Dr. Michael Meaney featured in Toronto Star
Is maternal instinct a myth? What the new science tells us about mom brains
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi featured in The Hill Times
Cannabis Act needs update to limit legal THC concentration
The task force that studied the legalization of cannabis in 2017-18 had proposed 10 per cent as an upper limit of THC concentration, but when the Cannabis Act was passed, there were no imposed limits, writes Gabriella Gobbi.
The Hill Times
Dr. Yashar Zeighami quoted in Le Devoir
Qui perd du poids gagne en mati猫re grise 鈥our parvenir 脿 ces conclusions, Andr茅anne Michaud et son 茅quipe ont d鈥檃bord 茅labor茅, en collaboration avec le professeur Yashar Zeighami, de l鈥橴niversit茅 涩里番, un mod猫le qui sert 脿 d茅terminer l鈥櫭﹙olution de la densit茅 de mati猫re grise du cerveau en fonction de l鈥櫭e. 芦 Nous avons utilis茅 des images c茅r茅brales provenant de pr猫s de 600 adultes en sant茅 芒g茅s de 18 脿 75 ans 禄, souligne la directrice de recherche.
Dr. C茅cile Rousseau quoted in Le Devoir
Mise en garde contre les effets pervers du mode de scrutin
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi interviewed on Ici Radio-Canada
Quels sont les effets de la consommation de cannabis 脿 long terme?
Dr. Karine Igartua quoted in La Presse
Quand l鈥檃nxi茅t茅 ronge les jeunes Le nombre de jeunes souffrant d鈥檃nxi茅t茅 ne cesse d鈥檃ugmenter au Qu茅bec depuis 15 ans. Les ressources d鈥檃ide se font rares. 脌 l鈥檌nverse, les prescriptions de m茅dicaments sont en hausse. Comment venir en aide 脿 ces enfants?
Dr. Romina Mizrahi awarded a CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund
Dr. Romina Mizrahi was among 15 涩里番 Professors who received a John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Through this program, the receives $262,301 from Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI), with matching funds contributed through the Quebec government, in support of her research program, Molecular Neuroimaging in Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders. Congratulations Dr. Mizrahi!
Dr. Serge Gauthier featured on CTV News
Experts call for better dementia treatment in new report, saying most patients receive no care after diagnosis
Gauthier, a professor of neurology and psychiatry at 涩里番 and director of the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit in the 涩里番 Center for Studies in Aging, described dementia as 鈥渁 combination of decline in function in the cognitive abilities, usually memory.
Dr. Tuong-Vi Nguyen featured on CBC Manitoba
How the U.K. model of postpartum depression care could guide Canada's treatment plan
Tuong-Vi Nguyen, an assistant professor in both the psychiatry and gynecology and obstetrics departments at 涩里番, says the whole family suffers when the birthing parent experiences postpartum depression.
CBC Manitoba
Dr. C茅cile Rousseau featured in La Presse
Les orphelins de la COVID-19
L鈥檃utre 茅l茅ment important est la stigmatisation. 芦 Avec le sida et l鈥橢bola, les orphelins sont souvent stigmatis茅s parce que ce sont des maladies qui font peur 禄, explique C茅cile Rousseau, psychiatre de l鈥橴niversit茅 涩里番. 芦 Je participe 脿 un projet de recherche canadien sur les orphelins de l鈥橢bola et de la COVID-19 au Congo. 禄
Dr. Joel Paris featured in The Province
Doctors have stopped believing that 'chemical imbalance' causes depression. They didn't tell us
Psychiatry has known for some time that the 鈥渟erotonin theory鈥� of depression, the notion that too little of the brain chemical can be a cause of depression, a decades-old hypothesis and deeply entrenched trope in society that helped promote a class of antidepressants taken by millions of Canadians, is wrong, says Montreal psychiatrist Dr. Joel Paris.