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PI: Thompson, Donna
The Mount Saint Vincent University Psychology Department will be hosting the 33rd Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences (APICS) Psychology Conference May 6-7, 2009. APICS is a non-profit organiz…
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PI: Peckmann, Tanya
In forensic cases, when no identification is possible, facial reconstruction can aid in establishing an individual's identity. Presently, no data exist for facial thickness in Canadian Aboriginal pop…
CIHR/Health Canada Team Grant on the Effects of Brominated Flame Retardants on Reproductive Health
PI: Goodyer, Cynthia G; Hales, Barbara F
During the past thirty years, brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been used worldwide as fire retardant chemicals in a wide variety of consumer products (textiles, foam furniture, electrical equi…
PI: Szturm, Tony J; Kazem-Moussavi, Zahra M; Marotta, Jonathan J; Shay, Barbara L; Van Ineveld, Cornelia
Many of the common diseases that affect older adults such as osteoarthritis, visual impairment and stroke compromise mobility. Adaptation to these deficits will occur amongst those who maintain a cer…
Evaluating the cause and prevention of "real life" falls in the residential care environment.
The primary goal of this team grant is to create a novel program of collaborative research between universities, government agencies, and end users, for the development of innovative technologies to …
PI: Zhang, Xia; Bouchard, Jean-Francois; Gobbi, Gabriella; Gorzalka, Boris B
While Canadian teenagers are among the highest consumers of marijuana in the world, cannabis consumed at a young age is associated with a higher risk of drug addiction, schizophrenia, depression and …
PI: Wells, Samantha L; Cairney, John; Graham, Kathryn (Kate) M; Kates, Nick; Rehm, JĂĽrgen T
The CIHR Community Studies in Co-morbidities Team will bring together community partners and investigators from many disciplines to assess and monitor addiction and mental illness co-morbidities with…
PI: Preville, Michel
La comorbidité physique et psychiatrique est fréquente dans la population âgée et a un impact individuel et social important. Cependant, les mécanismes d'action des facteurs biologiques, psychologiqu…
Neuropathic pain (NP) is the principal neuropsychiatric disorder occurring during HIV infection caused by lesion(s) in both the peripheral and central nervous systems. Although HIV-associated NP is r…
PI: Jette, Nathalie; Burneo, Jorge G; Patten, Scott B; Pohlmann-Eden, Bernhard; Tellez-Zenteno, Jose F
Epilepsy is the second most common neurological condition worldwide, second only to headache. One in every 10 person has at least one seizure in their life. Many of these people go on to develop epil…
PI: Greaves, Lorraine J; Dell, Colleen A; Drabble, Laurie A
As many as 2/3 of women with substance use problems report a concurrent mental health problem-often related to experiences of abuse - yet integrated and comprehensive treatment for girls and women wi…
PI: George, Tony P
The proposed CIHR Emerging Team in Concurrent Disorders based at CAMH in Toronto would be a hub for research and training in the biobehavioural investigations of mechanisms which explain the co-morbi…
The extension of the COACH prompting system to nutrition-related activities among older adults
PI: Mihailidis, Alex
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