Successful MSc Defenses for Three ARCH Lab Trainees

Congratulations to ARCH Lab students, Irina, Braden and Claire, for successfully defending their MSc theses this spring. All three are candidates in the Public Health and Health Systems program. Each…

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Dr. Ferro Keynote at SickKids

Dr. Ferro was honoured to be an invited guest speaker at SickKids Hospital in Toronto this week. During his multi-day visit, he was given the opportunity to present key…

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ARCH Lab Contributes to 8 Papers Showcasing Results from 2014 Ontario Child Health Study

In 1983, a team of researchers from the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University released data from a seminal research study in the field of child and…

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ARCH Lab Student Publishes Paper

Shannon Reaume, a PhD student with the ARCH Lab, published a paper titled “Chronicity of mental comorbidity in children with new-onset physical illness” using data…

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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper on Physical Activity and Mental Health in Children with Epilepsy

Dr. Ferro contributed to a paper, “Can behavioral strategies increase physical activity and influence depressive symptoms and quality of life among children with epilepsy? Results…

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Introducing the MY LIFE study team!

Better late than never, we’d like to introduce the dedicated and hardworking MY LIFE study team. Working out of McMaster Innovation Park and McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, our…

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ARCH Lab Student Publishes Paper

Ahmad Qadeer, a Master’s student (alumnus) with the ARCH Lab, published a paper entitled “A comparative study of substance use in young adolescents with and…

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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper on Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers of Children with Epilepsy

Dr. Ferro contributed to a novel study that prospectively examined both the prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms among mothers of children with epilepsy. Results showed that a substantial…

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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper on Quality of Life Measurement in Children with Epilepsy

In collaboration with colleagues from the University of Waterloo and Western University, Dr. Ferro published a paper entitled, “Measurement equivalence of the short-form Quality of Life…

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ARCH Lab Contributes to Paper on Youth Cannabis Use

Dr. Ferro, along with colleagues from the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo recently authored a paper,

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