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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Srividya Iyer of McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre is the 2023 recipient of The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research. 🎉

Dr. Iyer’s research focuses on adolescence and young adulthood, because they represent a period of promise and potential. Unfortunately, over 60% of mental health and/or substance use health challenges develop between the ages of 12 and 25.

"Through international, interdisciplinary partnerships, Dr. Iyer is helping advance the landscape of youth mental health care and research globally, while considering all geographies, cultures, contexts and diversities. Her critical work serves as a base for widespread, scalable system transformation, and this is only the beginning. We are honoured to award Dr. Iyer with the 2023 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research, enabling further growth and transformation in this area.” - Dr. Florence Dzierszinski, president of the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal and vice-president of research at The Royal

Annually, this prestigious prize – sponsored jointly by the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal and the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada – is awarded to an outstanding mental health researcher enabling future exploration and discovery.

ℹ️ Learn more about Dr. Iyer’s research and the Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research: https://bit.ly/40uaiwo

: 📢Call for youth artwork submissions! What does inclusive participation of in look like to you?

Submit your artwork for a chance to win cash prizes and be featured on Frayme and Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec platforms ➡️http://bit.ly/youthart2023

: Check out the summary of the environmental scan of mental health services for Indigenous youth in Canada. This was led by two previous Global Health Scholars: Isabella Kakish and Sofia Hempelmann Perez.

Explore the interactive tool and find different mental health services across the country: https://accessopenminds.ca/enviroscan/

: 📢📰Check out this piece about the importance of and support for by Gesthika Kaltsidis, a Research Assistant for the Lift/Futur en tête project.

Read it here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3pKOxua