Looking forward to moderating this session with Danya Fast who will discuss her powerful book 'The Best Place: Addiction, Intervention, and Living and Dying Young in Vancouver'. Join us at the Let's Talk Overdose free virtual conference on May 7th!

We hope to see you at the final Monthly Rounds in Mental Health & Addictions on May 27, in-person at BC Children's Hospital or on Zoom! Dr. Tamara Vanderwal @headspace_lab will be presenting on cutting-edge methods to study child psychiatric disorders Details: centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/the-dar…

CONGRATULATIONS to our class of 2024 Travel Awardees 🥳 #EBPS2024 These 18 recipients will be joining us in Banff and presenting a data blitz on day 1 of the workshop. There is still time to sign up to attend before the September 9th deadline ebps.org.azuleon.org.

We are looking forward to a keynote session by Dr. Daniel Vigo Mental Health Systems and Services Laboratory and Dr. Michael Krausz ACD Research Group titled "A Healthcare System Model to Respond to the Opioid Overdose Crisis" at the upcoming CAAP conference. Register today at bit.ly/2024caap!

Join us on October 21st as Professor Marco Leyton, Dr. Martha Ignaszewski, and Professor Selene Etches dive deep into the critical link between early trauma and substance use. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leading experts in the field! Link in our bio to register.

🚨DAY 2 KEYNOTE SESSION🚨 Featuring Angie Hamilton, Dr. Vijay Seethapathy and Dr. Robert Tanguay.  Register for the conference now at bit.ly/2024caap AND check out the Canadian Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s website at caapaddictionpsychiatry.org

The CAAP conference is just under a month away, and we're kicking things off with a powerhouse lineup of workshops!  Don't miss out: bit.ly/2024caap CAAP's website: caapaddictionpsychiatry.org #CAAP2024 #Psychiatry

Our second keynote comes from psychedelic mechanism extraordinaire Alex Kwan 關進晞. Work from Dr. Kwan’s lab explores the underlying mechanisms of psychedelic drug action, getting down to the receptors and cells responsible for behavioural outcomes and neural plasticity #EBPS2024

What a pleasure to present my work on 'Synaptic plasticity, ketamine, and classical psychedelics: What are the connections?' at #EBPS in Banff! Diverse program, thought-provoking talks & lots of networking, with a great view! Big thanks to Eur Behav Pharm Soc. for the travel award!

Meet our talented Junior Scholars for 2024/25! 🧠🧪💉Andrea, @AvaMomeni, Gelareh, Isabel Bestard, Jodi, and Ninon will help advance cluster activities and translational research in neuroscience/psychiatry. 👩‍🏫👩‍⚕️👩‍🔬 Learn more about them: Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/matrix-n-…

Happy #translationalthursday everyone! Check out a new publication involving Mental Health Systems and Services Laboratory. Researchers used a health-augmented macroeconomic model to project the global economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Learn more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39151988/

Don't miss this exciting presentation by Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty on Monday Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health! #workshopwednesday centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/mind-an…

Check out the recording of Dr. Todd Woodward's presentation from our September Mental Health & Addiction Rounds! UBC Department of Psychiatry Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health #workshopwednesday Watch now: youtu.be/4yseznlcCeQ

Are you open to sharing your lived experience with mental health or substance use disorder to guide research? Apply to our advisory group to discuss, collaborate & contribute to translational research. Members will receive $500. Apply by December 16: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

What to learn about ‘Translational intersections and concurrent disorders in the fentanyl crisis’? Join us this Monday at 3:30-5pm in DMCBH 3402 or via Zoom to hear from Dr. Victor Li, Complex Pain & Addiction psychiatrist at VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health University of British Columbia centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/transla…

Join us for our monthly rounds in Mental Health & Addictions on Mon Jan 27, 3:30-5pm (DMCBH 3402/Zoom). Drs. Seonaid Nolan & Britt Dennis from Providence Health Care BC Centre on Substance Use University of British Columbia will present on the implementation of Road to Recovery at St. Paul's Hospital. centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/from-id…