Dr. Caroline Wallace
@carojkwallace
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Postdoctoral Fellow & Part-Time Professor @uOttawa & @TheRoyalMHC | Mental health, nutritional psychiatry, gut-brain axis | @_ISNPR Executive | She/Her/Elle
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📢 We are NOW RECRUITING for our study examining the effects of perinatal diet on mental health! 🥑🧠
🤰 We are seeking women between 4 and 20 weeks pregnant in the Ottawa, ON area to participate.
ℹ️ See below for details & contact information, and please share!
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Truly can’t believe I am having to fight for maternity leave. I’m employed full-time at a university, it’s 2023, and this is Canada. And you wonder why you can’t retain women in academia? This is a disgrace.
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Didn’t get CIHR, again. 🙇🏼♀️ Cried a little, ate a peanut butter marshmallow square, now I’m going to buy myself a dress 👗. Will start on the next application tomorrow.
#PhDLife
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Yesterday I successfully defended my PhD! 🎉 I feel very lucky to have had such an awesome graduate school experience and looking forward to continuing my career in academia!
@RoumenMilev
@QueensU_CNS
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I am a trained clinical neuroscientist right up until it’s MY anxiety
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I submitted my doctoral thesis today ✅🥴🙊🌈🎉🧨🆘 (<- my feelings summed up in emojis)
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Can finally publicly brag about my superstar mama who, after serving as Associate Head, then Interim Head of
@DalMedSchool
Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, is officially the Head. She is the definition of a hardworking & inspirational
#WomanInSTEM
🥰🤩
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A team of surgical oncologists basically performed a 9-hour-long surgical miracle on my mum today. I am so grateful to Dr. Gregory Knapp, Dr. Stephanie Hiebert, Dr. Stephen Middleton, and Dr. Stephanie Snow (all of
@DalhousieU
). Modern medicine is truly wild and amazing. 🙏🏼
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Haven’t been on here for a while due to some difficult personal circumstances, but wanted to share some good news ☺️🤍✨💍
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Thrilled to have received the
@uOHealthRes
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Nutrition & Mental Health and to be continuing my research as a
#postdoc
in the lab of
@MCAudet1
in September! 🎉 Could not be more excited & grateful 😊
#NutritionalPsychiatry
#GutBrainAxis
#Academia
🧠🥕🦠
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My sister MY VERY OWN SISTER got a
@CIHR_IRSC
Banting Fellowship!!!!!!
@WallaceLindsay
I am so happy and proud of her!!!! So well-deserved 🥰🤩👏🏼🥳
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Last month I received approval from my committee to defend my PhD thesis in March 2021. This was huge for me - it is so nice to have an end in sight!! 🎉🎓Now to get through the next 8 months... 😅
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Check out the protocol for our RCT on probiotics and depression just published in Neuropsychobiology!
@KargerPublisher
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Awesome new paper by
@MCAudet1
discussing sex differences in stress-induced disturbances along the gut-brain axis, highlighting immune involvement
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Is it just me or is it absolutely ridiculous that
@uOttawa
provides
@Microsoft
Office, Outlook, etc. software (you know, the basics I need to do my job) to students and faculty but not postdocs.....
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Honoured to have received the 2024 Postdoctoral Fellow Award from
@TheRoyalMHC
and
@uOttawa
’s Institute of Mental Health Research 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting trainees and postdocs!
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Such a lovely evening last night at
@SfNOttawa
’s Brain and Mental Health Art Show! 🧠🎨🥂 So nice to see so many familiar (masked) faces in person :)
@MCAudet1
@giustina_amanda
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Very honoured to have received a postdoctoral Women’s Health Scholars Award to advance women’s mental health research in Canada and around the world! 🧠🥑🤰🏼 Thank you
@OntUniv
@OUCQA_
@uOHealthRes
and of course
@MCAudet1
! 🙏🏼
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Exciting news - me and my besties
@WallaceLindsay
&
@recardy
are starting a women-in-STEM-feminist-twitter-bookclub. I know. 👩🏼🔬👩🏼🏫👩🏼💻📖💥 Our first book is Inferior by Angela Saini. So... Go!! Read & discuss via our hashtag (yes we have a hashtag)
#femSTEMbookclub
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My piece for the
@SfNOttawa
Brain & Mental Health Art Show this weekend - for all the scientists who have dedicated their careers to unlocking the mysteries of the brain 🧠🪡🔑 Come see it (& tons more!) in support of
@HarmonyHousews
for women fleeing domestic violence 💜
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📢 We are recruiting participants for our study examining the effects of perinatal diet on mental health! 🥑🧠
🤰 We are seeking women between 4 & 20 weeks pregnant in the Ottawa, ON area to participate.
ℹ️ See below for details & contact information, and please share widely!
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I don’t know anything about Dr. Siddiqui or his research but the fact that he refers to postdocs and grad students as colleagues… 🙌🏼👍🏼👏🏼
I would like to recruit colleagues at the postdoctoral and graduate student levels. We have exciting projects on elucidating the molecular logic of neural circuit Organization and Plasticity. Meet me on the sidelines of the
@CAN_ACN
annual meeting in Toronto.. Please RT.
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Crushed that my application for a prestigious grant didn’t even get past the 1st round 😞 Spending the evening feeling sorry for myself, drinking a glass of wine (or 2), & binge watching
@TheMindyProject
. The letdowns of academia can be harsh, but I’ll get back to it tomorrow.
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This is a great step-by-step guide for non-scientists on how to find, read, and understand scientific papers! via
@ElysiumHQ
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Awesome seminar this morning on hormonal changes in depression in women by Dr.
@LiisaGalea
from
@UBC
- thanks again for coming and so nice chatting with you!
@QueensU_CNS
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Check out our newest publication on the clinical results from our pilot study examining the effects of
#probiotics
on
#depression
published just yesterday in
@FrontiersIn
. Molecular & microbial data coming soon!
@RoumenMilev
@QueensU_CNS
@queensuResearch
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Final month of thesis preparation before submission. Vacillating between “I GOT this!!!!!” and “Holy shit what have I done how in the hell am I going to pull this off”
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My incredible Mum! So proud of and inspired by her ♥️
CLSA principal investigator
@sa_kirkland
has been named a fellow of the
@CAHS_ACSS
for her demonstrated excellence and dedication in academic health sciences. CAHS fellowship is one of the highest honours among the Canadian health sciences community.
🔗:
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Yesterday
@DrHaverfield
from
@CIHR_IRSC
delivered an informative (and hilarious) talk on the importance of sex- and gender-based analysis in health research. Takeaways: INCLUDE 👏🏼 FEMALES 👏🏼 IN 👏🏼 YOUR 👏🏼 RESEARCH SAMPLES 👏🏼
#CSHRF2019
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Thrilled to share my new role of co-Editor-in-Chief of the
@HSInquiry
alongside Tamana Yousof of
@McMasterU
! Looking forward to this new chapter and continuing to move this journal forward 🎉📘
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Early Christmas present!! 🎁✌🏼 Also motivation to keep working on this other paper over the holidays... 📝
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So so happy to share that my partner Jon is now a practicing lawyer - after months on the job search, he's been hired as a litigation associate at Nelligan Law - his dream position in our dream city 😊 things are looking up!!
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Was interviewed for an article on neurotransmitters and mood in the April ‘21 issue of
@Shape_Magazine
. Check it out!! 👋🏼
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Had an awesome time yesterday hosting our Grade 5’s for Brain Awareness Day and teaching them all about neurotransmitters in mental health!! 🧠
@QueensU_CNS
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A huge thank you to my Co-Chair
@SaintGeorges_Z
, our fantastic planning committee, our esteemed speakers (especially our
#KeynoteSpeaker
@MayoOnTheBrain
for coming all the way from
@UCalgary
!), and all of our attendees for making Friday's
@NeuMeTN
conference a success! ✨
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Fascinating presentation this afternoon by
@TamarGurMDPhD
as part of the
@ResearchonWH
Women's Health Seminar Series on how prenatal stress alters immune function and the maternal microbiome
#WHSS
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So proud of my brother-in-law
@tdbrothers
, an internal medicine physician who researches & specializes in addiction medicine, for leading the initiative for Halifax (my hometown!) to get an OPS. This harm reduction strategy save lives, why wouldn't we??
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Couldn’t share before without ruining a surprise visit to NS, but we are FULLY VAXXED!!! 💉✅🎉 (We were also a little hungover and late for this early morning appt so please excuse our looks 🙈)
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Many mask mandates are up, but I’ll still be wearing mine to protect the vulnerable people in my community. I hope you will too!
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Having one of those "how the HELL do people balance work, quality time with family, hanging out with friends, exercise, hobbies, eating healthy, appointments, getting enough sleep, and chores?!" kind of weeks 🙃
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I wouldn't trade it for the world, but it's true that
#PhDLife
is fraught with mental health issues as a result of academic & professional pressures ("produce, produce, produce") compounded by the financial burdens (which can be very isolating)
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When I was doing my ethics application to run my clinical trial, I had to fill out a section on contingency planning for what we would do in the event of ‘an epidemic, pandemic, or civil disaster’. I laughed and laughed & now I’m going back like.. Ok what did I write...
#COVID19
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A pleasure to be in Taiwan to present at the
@MbiSymposium
! Just missing
@drmelissalane
& Annabel Mueller-Stierlin who joined us virtually 👏🏼 (also - baby’s first international conference 🤰🏼☺️)
Drs.
@Marx_Wolf
&
@carojkwallace
on-site at the
@MbiSymposium
in Taichung, Taiwan for the
@_ISNPR
symposium on recent research updates in
#NutritionalPsychiatry
!
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Nothing makes you learn a topic better than having to teach it to someone else 👩🏼🏫
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Up to my eyeballs in my
@CIHR_IRSC
Banting postdoc fellowship app, but it is sooo very satisfying every time I get a section done and am happy with it! 📝
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More like killed it!!!!! Congratulations to Dr. Szyszkowics on a very successful defence!!!!! 🌟🎓
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Pleased to share that the 2019 issue of Health Science Inquiry
@HSInquiry
is out (and I received a scholarship for having the highest ranked article in the Future Medicine & Treatment category! 😊). Have a read here! ➡️
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If you’re interested in women’s health, this is an awesome read highlighting the history of women and the barriers to healthcare they face with author
@abbymnorman
’s personal narrative weaved in (and that cover art?? DAMN 😍)
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Got my booster this morning!! 💉 And on my birthday no less. A great present 😊🎁
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🔎Our lab at
@uOttawa
&
@TheRoyalMHC
is recruiting for our study examining the effects of perinatal diet on mental health!
🤰We are seeking women between 4 and 20 weeks pregnant in the Ottawa, ON area to participate.
📩See details & contact info below, and please share widely!
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My 2018 in review:
2 papers published
48 books read
5 talks given
2 mental breakdowns
1 comp exam passed
2 countries visited
1 funding application
...1 funding rejection
1 car bought
1 new apartment
A year of ups & downs defined by stress, but also support ❤️
Here’s to 2019! 🥂
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Always wanted to be quoted in an article about poo 💩
You and your poo: Why fecal medicine could be the next big buzz
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Come visit me at poster 54 to learn about our clinical trial and pilot data on probiotics and depression! 🙂
#MMM2019
@QueensU_CNS
@CANBIND
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I have recently added a new role to my CV, the one I am most pleased with yet ☺️ thank you to
@WallaceLindsay
&
@tdbrothers
for blessing me with this new credential!!
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Reading while I’m supposed to be working... but I can’t help it because
#Inferior
is so good. “...there are few psychological differences between the sexes, and the differences seen are heavily shaped by culture, not biology.”
#femSTEMbookclub
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As researchers, we have a duty to protect the well-being of research participants and avoid exploitation, but I can certainly attest to the existence (and discouraging nature) of the "ethics sprawl" phenomenon
#research
#ethics
via
@ua_magazine
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When you order the wrong size biohazard ☣️ bags... 😭🙇🏼♀️
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Such a great time representing the
@MCAudet1
lab with
@mazygracey
at
@SfNOttawa
’s Brain & Mental Health Art Show last night! 🧠🎨
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Very pleased to continue working amongst such an esteemed group of researchers to help progress scientifically rigorous research on nutrition and mental health! 💫
Following the elections that were held earlier this year, we are happy to announce our new
#ExecutiveCommittee
! We are thrilled to have a such an excellent range of international
#NutritionalPsychiatry
researchers who will help to advance the mission of the ISNPR 🧠🥑🦠
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The highs and lows of academia: feeling like a stressed-out failure one minute, then getting a sweet message from one of my students and an award nomination from my supervisor and feeling momentarily on top of the world again! 🎢
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Back to reality, but had a fantastic time last week at
@_ISNPR
! So great to connect (in-person) with so many new colleagues and be involved in the planning ☺️ coming back super inspired and motivated!
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Had a great time speaking to the public and kicking off our new lecture series: KFPLxCNS Brain Storm! 🧠 Stay tuned for
@lyra_natalia
’s talk next month on Alzheimer’s & Diabetes 🤩
@QueensU_CNS
@KFPL
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Super interesting new review by
@LiisaGalea
and colleagues highlighting some key differences in antepartum and postpartum depression 🤰🏼👩🏿🍼
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We have published our 2021 volume of
@HSInquiry
! Please check out all the fascinating content, including an interview with my brother-in-law
@tdbrothers
, a feature on science-related podcasts (including
@MindingtheBrain
!), and of course plenty of research from 🇨🇦 grad students!!
IT'S HERE! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the publication of our 2021 volume on the physiological, psychological, and societal impacts of
#InfectiousDiseases
! Check it out here & please share widely!
#HealthSciences
#SciComm
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I’m embarrassed to share the first 4 letters of my last name with The Wall Street Journal. Take that sad misogynistic piece of trash article down,
@WSJ
. Oh and when I finish my PhD in Neuroscience in April I will sure as hell be referring to myself as
#DrWallace
.
#WSJRetractNow
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Thrilled to share that my commentary, Diet as a Modifiable Contributor and Potential Treatment Strategy for Major Depressive Disorder, was chosen as one of Health Science Inquiries top three submissions for their 2018 issue. Check it out here!
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Been thinking about what a year it has been for milestones in my circle: Partner graduates from law school; one best friend graduates from medical school; other best friend buys a house; sister turns 30, publishes in the Lancet, & gets married. So proud of all of them 🤗♥️
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"...Academia must learn to respect the work–life balance that many researchers struggle to find." But pleased to read that there is an entire conference dedicated to the mental health & wellbeing of graduate students!
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Back to
@QueensU_CNS
today but this time speaking instead of listening! Great to see so many old & new faces 😊 thanks for having me!
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I have a poster in the
#PerinatalMentalHealth
section of
#CNPRM2022
! Come 'visit' me at PS2-166 to learn all about our study examining how prenatal diet influences postpartum mental health.
@MCAudet1
@CNPRMadmin
@canpmhc
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“There’s no rapid test for death by planetary neglect” 🌎 Truly fantastic keynote by
@picardonhealth
today to kick off
@carleton_STAR
’s
#STARSymposium2022
on
#ClimateChange
and
#MentalHealth
!
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Registration is now open for our public lecture on the gut-brain axis in Kingston!
@ADS_Bunny
@JKasiaSz
Here's the link to register: (it's free and guaranteed a good time!). Hope to see you there!!
@QueensU_CNS
@CANBIND
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Starting my art piece for one of my favourite events of the year -
@SfNOttawa
’s Brain & Mental Health Art Show! 🧠🎨 This year, I’m even more excited because all proceeds go to
@HarmonyHousews
, a shelter for women fleeing domestic violence 💜
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Things I underestimated during my PhD until I actually started data analysis: 1) How much time I would spend just cleaning my data before I could even analyze it; and 2) How useful Pivot Tables are in Excel 📊
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@OpenAcademics
Hi!! I'm Caroline, PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Queen's University in Canada 🇨🇦
1) I study the gut-brain axis, and how diet and nutrition affect mental health
2) I have too many favourite books to pick just one!
3) 👇🏼
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Great first day of
@NeuMeTN
’s Brain Health Research Day! 🧠 They had posters & networking via
@gather_town
which made it so fun to bump into familiar faces like
@AbizaidAlfie
&
@mikehildebrand7
! Here’s me,
@ADS_Bunny
, and
@rabiasci1
at Christophe’s poster ☺️
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My amazing sister, dementia research extraordinaire!! So proud 💕
Huge congrats to
@WallaceLindsay
on winning
@CIHR_IRSC
Institute of Aging’s Fellowship Prize in Excellence in Research on Aging
🎉🎉🎉
Very proud but not at all surprised!
@CamPubHealth
@CamGeris
@Cambridge_Uni
@research_dal
@Krockdoc
@olga_theou
@GeriatricMedRes
@Dal_Alumni
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Last week my Mum was honoured with the prestigious
#DalLegacy
University Research Professorship award. If you don’t know her, she is superwoman. This was so well deserved and I am so happy I got to be there to see her walk across the stage and accept it 🤗💕🏆👩🏼💼
@DalHealth
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My constant companions getting me through these long days of
#WFH
data analysis & writing 🐱🌸☕️
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It was such a pleasure & honour moderating the
#DalFearClimateChangeConference2022
last week! So fun to see all of our hard work come together in such a profound way, and to see so many of our
@HSInquiry
authors take part!
#PlanetaryHealth
#ClimateCrisis
@DCpdme
@DalEpidemiology
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We are seeking pregnant women in the Ottawa, ON area to participate in an observational study on perinatal diet on mental health out of
@uottawa
&
@TheRoyalMHC
🥑🧠🤰
See below for details & contact information!
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Yes this is my best friend giving an encore presentation of her top resident research project at
#ICRE2022
!!! She’s kind of a star 🌟
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Just registered for this free webinar from
@BioRender
to get some tips on designing a graphical abstract 📊 check it out!
Learn how to design a graphical abstract (or grant figure) that will make everyone want to read & share your research!🪄 Join us this Thursday, January 28th at 2PM ET.
🗓️Register free today (hurry, space is limited)!
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Super excited lead Ottawa's Neuroscience & Mental Health Trainee Network with
@SaintGeorges_Z
! Follow along with us
@NeuMeTN
for news about all the initiatives we are planning this year! 🧠
Hey everyone! We're back and ready for action ⚡️ Our new co-Chairs
@carojkwallace
&
@SaintGeorges_Z
have some exciting plans for networking & social events, writing & training sessions, and of course our annual conference! Stay tuned!
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A few of our brilliant lab members presenting at
@MindMicrobes
🌟 and I’m having major FOMO!!
#MMM2023
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Yesterday JeeSu Suh (
@McMasterU
) and I launched our
@CANBIND
trainee journal club: CAN-BIND Research Reflections!! It was a successful first meeting with great discussions, and so nice to connect with other trainees in the network. Looking forward to next month’s! ✅📄🌈
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Ouch. No women in the U15? 🤡😤
Supporting world-leading science and research is a key component of our agenda. Yesterday, I met with the top 15 research-intensive universities to chat about how science is a core component of the innovation pipeline and how we will continue to strengthen our research ecosystem.
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Just ran my slowest half-marathon ever. Still felt awesome!
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It's been such a pleasure serving as co-Editor-in-Chief of
@HSInquiry
for the past 2 years alongside Tamana. Such a fantastic collaborative learning experience in leadership on the editorial side of academic publishing in the health sciences!
We also wanted to extend a HUGE thank you to our outgoing co-EICs, Caroline Wallace and Tamana Yousof for their hard work, dedication, innovation, and vision in growing HSI over the past 2 years. We wish them all the best as they move onwards & upwards in their academic careers!
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Check out February’s issue of
#RealSimple
magazine - I’m quoted in an article about
#food
and
#mood
! 😊🧠🍐🥕
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