WCHRI Works eNewsletter
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In this issue
- Leaving a lasting impact on pediatric mental health care
- Mental health app offers Hope for pregnant women in Alberta
- Empowering mental health through play
- Get to know WCHRI staff member Deb Key
- Leaders in Research: Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
- Updates from the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Updates from the Lois Hole Hospital for Women
- Accolades
Did you know that in Canada, only one out of five children who need mental health services receives them? And that by age 40, about 50 per cent of the population will have or have had a mental illness?
May is mental health awareness month, so for this edition of WCHRI Works, we’re featuring three researchers who are dedicating their careers to improving the mental health of women and children.
Researcher spotlight
Leaving a lasting impact on pediatric mental health care
Team seeks to connect families with better mental health support in pediatric emergency departments
Mental health app offers Hope for pregnant women in Alberta
New digital platform aims to empower women suffering from prenatal anxiety and depression
Empowering mental health through play
Forum Theatre project brings an exciting promise of change to Indigenous communities
Staff spotlight
Getting to Know...Deb Key!
We'd like to introduce Deb Key, WCHRI's administrative lead and board secretary.
Leaders in Research
Adventures in ‘Baby-sibs-ing'
Join Lonnie Zwaigenbaum as he shares how a crazy idea to help community physicians catch the first signs of autism led to a new field of research, and personal growth (and angst) along the way…
Our funders
Accolades
WCHRI celebrates our member and student/trainee achievements.
WCHRI is a partnership between the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services,
funded by the generosity of the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation
and supporters of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
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