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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3rd annual prize awarded to Dr. Benjamin Goldstein

For his work exploring the links between bipolar disorder and heart (cardiovascular) health in teens, Dr. Goldstein was awarded the 2017 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research. The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health ...

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A special thank you from Carleton University

For Carleton’s 75th anniversary, students are thanking 75 special supporters and friends “who have contributed to the university and the greater good.” In 2015, the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation provided $100,000 – over 3 ...

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