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Two ARCH Lab Students Receive CIHR Master’s Scholarships
Congratulations to two students from the ARCH Lab for receiving Master’s scholarships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Kiran Dhuga, current MSc student and Chris Barclay, incoming MSc student, were two of only seven students from the University of Waterloo to be chosen to receive this award. Both Kiran and Chris are using […]
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ARCH Lab Member Welcomes New Baby
Congratulations to Robyn Wojcicki, Project Coordinator, on the birth of her second son, Thomas. We are very excited for you, Robyn, and hope you enjoy this time with your family.
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ARCH Lab Collaborates on Paper Examining Anxiety among Kindergarten Children
The ARCH Lab collaborated with colleagues from the EDI (Early Development Instrument) Team at the Offord Centre for Child Studies on a recently published paper titled “Population-Based Teacher-Rated Assessment of Anxiety Among Canadian Kindergarten Children”. The purpose of this study was to measure the pervasiveness and levels of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners in a Canadian […]
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ARCH Lab Collaborates on Study of Postpartum Depression Therapy
The ARCH Lab collaborated on a study with colleagues from McMaster University on the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for postpartum depression (PPD) delivered by public health nurses with little to no previous psychiatric training at improving depression, worry, social support and the mother-infant relationship. The article, titled “Public Health Nurse-delivered Group Cognitive […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes New Paper Using MY LIFE Study Data
The ARCH Lab recently published a paper titled “Prevalence and Correlates of Physical-mental Multimorbidity in Outpatient Children from a Pediatric Hospital in Canada”. The aim of this study was to estimate the six-month prevalence of mental illness in children with chronic physical illness (multimorbidity), examine agreement between parent and child reports of multimorbidity, and identify […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on Hair Cortisol and HRQoL in Children with Mental Disorder
The ARCH Lab has recently published a paper, titled “Hair Cortisol and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Mental Disorder”. While it is established that children living with mental disorder are at risk for lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared to their peers, and evidence suggests that cortisol dysregulation is implicated in the […]
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ARCH Lab Publishes Paper on Use of KIDSCREEN-27 in Young Children with Chronic Physical Illness
The ARCH Lab collaborated with the authors of the KIDSCREEN-27, a measure of health related quality of life for children and adolescents, to assess whether it was a reliable and valid measure in young children 2-7 years with chronic physical illnesses. The paper, “Measuring health-related quality of life in young children with physical illness: psychometric […]
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Dr. Ferro Panelist in CAPE Career Talk
Dr. Ferro participated in a CAPE (Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology) Conversation on June 30, 2021. This particular conversation focused on career opportunities, how to be successful in graduate school and other related topics. Click here to watch the talk.
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ARCH Lab and COMPASS Collaborate on Paper
Members of the ARCH Lab recently collaborated with colleagues from the COMPASS study on a paper titled “Measurement Invariance of the GAD-7 and CESD-R-10 Among Adolescents in Canada” that was published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. The primary objective of the study was to assess measurement invariance (by grade and sex) of the 7-item […]
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Arch Lab Publishes Paper on Covid-19 Distress among Parents and Youth with Physical Illness
The ARCH Lab published a paper titled “COVID-19-Related Psychological and Psychosocial Distress Among Parents and Youth With Physical Illness: A Longitudinal Study” that describes changes in psychological distress from prior to during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors collected responses from youth with physical illness and their parents and compared perceptions of COVID-19-related psychosocial health. There were […]
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