Updates

Sending our congratulations to Maya Selitser, our previous MSc student, for her publication entitled “The role of metabolic health in neurostructural and cognitive alterations in bipolar disorders”. We are so proud of your accomplishments! Click the link here to access the article. Read more

Last week, our clinician investigator, Dr. Tomas Hajek presented at the CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Addiction and Dalhousie University event. He spoke about the neuropsychiatric weight of obesity in severe mental illness and what we have learned from thousands of MRI scans. Thank you for thoughtfully sharing our research with the psychiatry… Read more

Congratulations to our PhD student, Julia Fraiha Pegado, on receiving the distinguished Killam Predoctoral Scholarship! We are so proud to see your hard work in advancing our field of research receive the recognition that it deserves! Read more

This week, our lab members attended the World Bipolar Day symposium hosted at the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. Julia, Sean, and Cam, all presented their updates and were met with warm responses and enthusiasm! Read more

On Nov. 11, 2025, Dr. Tomas Hajek presented at the Oxford Department of Psychiatry Series in Oxford, England! He delivered a presentation entitled “Beyond the scale: the neuropsychiatry weight of obesity in SMI”. Read more

On Nov. 7th, Sean and Julia presented their research at the Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry Research Day. Sean discussed his research on “Weight gain predicts diffuse cortical thinning in bipolar disorder – A longitudinal study in 934 participants”. Julia presented her review on “Trace Lithium Levels in Drinking Water and Risk of Dementia:A Systematic… Read more