Healthy End of Life Project (HELP) Ottawa

Offering, asking for, and accepting help: creating a collaborative community culture for end of life The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation is supporting research into community care for people at the end of life or with long-term conditions. On 6 ...

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Integrating a psychologist into bariatric surgical teams

Mach-Gaensslen-funded project produces recommendations regarding mental health of bariatric surgery patients After bariatric surgery, patients may experience mental health problems, ranging from body image concerns to depression and even ...

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4th annual prize awarded to Tracie O. Afifi

Tracie Afifi’s ground-breaking research shows how child abuse and neglect affects mental health throughout people’s lives, winning her the 2018 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research. Tracie O. Afifi, PhD, a researcher at the ...

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New chair in suicide prevention research

With the support of DIFD and the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation, Dr. Zachary Kaminsky, an expert in suicide predictors and major depression, will join The Royal as the first research chair in Ottawa dedicated to suicide prevention. Dr. Kaminsky is ...

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