Shining a light on a hidden issue: mental health during pregnancy

Dr. Simone Vigod wins 7th annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize  “It wasn’t long ago that people believed it wasn’t possible to have a mental health problem during pregnancy,” said Dr. Simone Vigod, winner of the 2021 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize, ...

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Innovative ways to improve student mental health at three Ontario universities garner funding from the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation

The mental health crisis in Canada’s young adults is creating pressure on university mental health services, which are now reaching a tipping point, says Dr. Anne Duffy, a psychiatrist and full professor at Queen’s University, who studies ...

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Nicholas Carleton wins 6th annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize

Preventing and treating mental health injuries of all kinds in the first responders and other personnel who keep our society safe is the focus of Carleton’s innovative research When Dr. Nicholas Carleton talks about mental health in what he ...

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5th annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize awarded to James MacKillop

James MacKillop’s research into addictions ties together several approaches and risk factors to understand these mysterious diseases Dr. James MacKillop was presented with the 2019 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize on Dec. 5 for his research into ...

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