SSHRC Grant Received
Congratulations to Dr. Anne Crocker, Dr. Ashley J. Lemieux, Dr. Audrey-Anne D. Michaud, Dr. Alain Lesage, and Dr. Tonia Nicholls on receiving a grant ($24,441) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. This grant will help support a project lead by Dr. Anne Crocker that aims to address the challenge of responding to the […]
CIHR Grant Received
Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite (UBC), Dr. Tonia Nicholls (UBC), Dr. Bernie Pauly (CISUR, UVic), Dr. Karen Urbanoski (CISUR, UVic), Dr. Bohdan Nosyk (SFU), and Dr. Natt Hongdilokkul (SFU) for receiving a grant ($852,439) from the Government of Canada through CIHR. This grant was part of a research funding competition launched by CIHR in April […]
Concurrent Disorders Conference Presentation
Professor Tonia Nicholls and PhD candidate, Amanda Butler presented at the first annual B.C. Concurrent Disorders Conference, hosted by PHSA’s BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services. The BCCDC was a one-day free virtual event dedicated to advancing knowledge and building capacity among mental health and substance use professionals who treat people with complex concurrent […]
Congratulations Amanda!
Congratulations to Amanda Butler for receiving the 2021 Dr. Elliot Goldner Graduate Fellowship in Mental Health Policy from Simon Fraser University. This is a new award, the purpose of which is to recognize graduate students who have demonstrated academic excellence and a commitment to mental health policy research. The award was created in recognition of […]
Congratulations Dr. Palis!
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Palis (supervised by Dr. Tonia Nicholls and Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite) for receiving a 2020/2021 Marshall Fellowship from UBC’s Institute of Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry. Heather’s research will use administrative health and corrections data to identify trends of overdose and recidivism among people with criminal justice system involvement and […]
Poster Presentations at UBC Psychiatry Research Day 2020
Three of our research assistants presented posters at the UBC Department of Psychiatry Research Day. Posters can be viewed below. Great job to all! Kelsey Alexander: The importance of trauma informed practice in a forensic psychiatric inpatient population: Exploring adverse childhood experiences and trauma Cameron Geddes: Physical health profiles of Western Canadian forensic psychiatric inpatients Jennifer […]
Congratulations Jennifer!
Congratulations to RA Jennifer Krentz on receiving the Derek Eaves Student Research Grant ($500), the BCMHSUSRI Summer Studentship ($4725), as well as the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Excellence. Well done!
Congratulations Madison!
Congratulations to alumni Madison Edge for her acceptance to the SFU Clinical-Forensic Psychology PhD program, as well as receiving the Derek Eaves Student Research Grant ($500) and the BC Graduate Scholarship ($15,000). Well done!
Congratulations Cameron!
Congratulations to RA Cameron Geddes on his acceptance to the UBC Master of Public Health program. Well done!
Congratulations Pavn!
Congratulations to our RA Pavn Brar who has been accepted to the UBC Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Well done!