🧠MATRIX-N 2024/25 Junior Scholars Program Applications Now Open! 💫4-6 paid, part-time positions available to University of British Columbia grad students from underrepresented backgrounds to support translational research in neuropsychiatry and MATRIX-N Cluster UBC. Apply by Aug 12! 🔗forms.gle/GWjuR7e1owpkxA…

🌟 IMH SHOWCASE: Meet Dr. Alok Kulkarni (Alok Kulkarni MBBS, MD, DPM, MRCPsych (UK)), an IMH Marshall Fellow and Psychiatrist from India! Read about his work testing innovative treatments for Bipolar Disorder: bit.ly/IMH-showcase UBC Department of Psychiatry Mood Disorders UBC

🔍Participants Needed for Grief Research🔍 Are you 18+ and have experienced the loss of a loved one 6+ months ago? Help researchers develop better support & interventions by joining a study on grief responses. ✉️Contact: [email protected] Learn more: clarekillikelly0.wixsite.com/grief-research

“We’ve shown that by working in partnership we can bridge geographical divides and help ensure all patients in B.C. have access to the care they need, no matter where they’re located on the map.” 🩺 bit.ly/3S38Y0l #RealTimeVirtualSupport #VirtualCare /1

Major depression affects 1 in 10 Canadians. Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health expert Dr. Jehannine Austin explains how genetic testing could improve depression care by better matching patients with effective medications: ow.ly/YS9k50SAC3m UBC Department of Psychiatry Genome Canada GenomeBC

Congratulations to @UBCMedicine researchers Drs. Jennifer Coelho, Anurag Singh and Alison Elliott who received federal funding as part of the Team Grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation! bit.ly/3YqbSjO

Happy Pride, Vancouver! 🎉 Today and everyday, we’re proud to celebrate the incredible 2SLGBTQIA+ community at the UBC Faculty of Medicine! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

AUDIO: UBC Medicine clinical professor Dr. Randall White discussed how extreme heat affects mental health. via CKNW podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ext…

Poverty and some chronic illnesses increase the likelihood of dying from heat, according to a study co-authored by UBC's School of Population and Public Health Dr. Sarah Henderson. UBC Department of Psychiatry Dr. Randall White explained how mental illness affects heat perception. via The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/0…

Last chance to save on registration to this year's Pacific #Psychopharmacology Conference! Don't miss out on getting the latest updates from locally and internationally renowned experts. Register today: bit.ly/3X2wi1k #MedEd #MedTwitter UBC Department of Psychiatry #Psychiatry

We're happy to announce our new🧠event scheduled for August 29. Dr Shalaila Haas from Mount Sinai Psychiatry & Yue-Tong Yu from UBC Department of Psychiatry will discuss their latest work on brain-age predictive models, register here translational-neuro.org/event-details/…

🌟 IMH SHOWCASE: Meet Dr. Ivan Torres, a Clinical Professor and Stimulus Grant Awardee UBC Department of Psychiatry! Read about his work in understanding how people with severe mental illness manage daily challenges with memory and thinking: bit.ly/IMH-showcase BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services Mood Disorders UBC

This week, meet UBC’s Meghan MacGillivray and Donneil McNab and discover how they are inspiring future generations of Indigenous and Black youth to pursue their dream of becoming doctors. bit.ly/4dkoBsF

The Royal Society of Medicine is celebrating the life of Karl Friston, one of the most celebrated psychiatrists and neuroscientists of our time and a pioneer in Neuroimaging. It would be a great opportunity to hear him speak about this life and work rsm.ac.uk/events/hypnosi…

Welcome to a new academic year at the UBC Faculty of Medicine! From Prince George to Vernon, Victoria, Surrey & more, meet some learners who are studying & training in communities across B.C. bit.ly/4cLJbS0

Welcome to UBC’s Faculty of Medicine! Hear some top tips from #UBC Medicine learners across the province to help you thrive this academic year. 💡 #StudentTips #BackToSchoolTips

Dr. Mahesh Menon of UBC Department of Psychiatry will provide an update Sept. 19 on the Cognitive Remediation Training project which is creating pilot sites and training clinicians across B.C. This BC Schizophrenia Society Society webinar is free and open to all. Register ⤵️ bit.ly/3TeZ6RO

Tour the force lead by Chuck Lynch today in @nature. fMRI identifying a stable feature associated with depressive syndrome. It was great to be part of this :) nature.com/articles/d4158… UBC Department of Psychiatry Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health UBC Medicine UBC Media Relations

Our next PROGRESS webinar is on September 17, 4-5pm! 💡 Join Dr. Daniel Vigo to learn about translating mental health and substance use research into population-level impact. Register here: bit.ly/IMH-translatin… Mental Health Systems and Services Laboratory UBC Department of Psychiatry

This year’s BC Psychiatric Association meeting will take place in person and virtually. Join us in November to hear presentations on topics like Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry. Register by Oct. 8 to save: bit.ly/4gbw3s8 UBC Department of Psychiatry UBC Institute of Mental Health #UBCCPD