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ARCH Lab Contributes to Study of Drug-resistant Epilepsy
A paper by Conway et al. entitled, “Correlates of health-related quality of life in children with drug resistant epilepsy” was recently published in Epilepsia. In this first study to comprehensively examine predictors of health-related quality of life in children with drug-resistant epilepsy, lower child IQ, fewer family resources, and caregiver unemployment were uniquely associated with […]
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ARCH Lab Student Awarded Scholarship
Congratulations again to ARCH Lab student Rana (Ahmad) Qadeer. His Ontario Graduate Fellowship has been upgraded to an Ontario Graduate Scholarship to support his master’s research. Ahmad is using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey—Mental Health to examine substance use/abuse among emerging adults with chronic health conditions. He aims to produce evidence-based findings that […]
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ARCH Lab Alumnus Accepted to Medical School
Congratulations to ARCH Lab alumnus, Freddy Wong who was accepted to medical school. Freddy will be attending Western University in the fall. We wish him all the best in this exciting new endeavour!
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ARCH Lab at Child Health Research Day
Dr. Ferro and MSc student, Ahmad Qadeer, represented the ARCH Lab at the 8th annual Department of Pediatrics Child Health Research Day, at McMaster University. The event showcased posters and oral presentations from undergraduate and medical students, research staff, new investigators, and faculty supervisors. Dr. Ferro was this year’s New Investigator Spotlight, presenting on “The […]
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ARCH Lab Student Awarded Fellowship
Congratulations to ARCH Lab student Rana (Ahmad) Qadeer, who was awarded an Ontario Graduate Fellowship to support his master’s research. Ahmad is using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey—Mental Health to examine substance use/abuse among emerging adults with chronic health conditions. He aims to produce evidence-based findings that could inform policy and intervention efforts […]
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ARCH Lab Featured on Offord Centre for Child Studies Website
Why is it important to study youth with physical and mental health conditions? What is our approach to studying multimorbidity? Why are some young people affected, and others are not? We’ve answered these questions, and more, in a blog post about the ARCH Lab that was recently featured on the Offord Centre for Child Studies […]
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Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences Research Day
It’s that time of year—the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, and students are presenting their research at the Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences Research Day! The ARCH Lab was involved in a number of exciting projects: Prenatal betamethasone exposure and risk of depression and anxiety in extremely low birth weight […]
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ARCH Student makes Impact at Research Day
Congratulations to ARCH Lab student Freddy Wong, who took third place in the undergraduate poster competition at the Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences Research Day. Freddy has been on a poster tour lately having already presented at the Bachelor of Health Sciences and Undergraduate Pediatrics Research Days. Congratulations Freddy!
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Dr. Ferro Interviewed about ARCH Research
Dr. Ferro was a guest on the Larry Fedoruk Show on 610 CKTB to discuss findings from a recent ARCH Lab study examining the association between food allergy and mental health problems in young people. The full interview is available here. The news release distributed by McMaster University is available here. The story has also […]
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New ARCH Research
Two new ARCH Lab papers have examined psychopathology in adolescents and young adults with food allergies. The first paper, entitled, “Condition-specific associations of symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescents and young adults with asthma and food allergy” was published in the Journal of Asthma and showed that whereas asthma was linked to symptoms of […]
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