Updates

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

In September, Dr. Tomas Hajek presented at the International Society of Bipolar Disorders in Chiba, Japan. He spoke on his presentation entitled “Does Li Lower the Risk of Glaucoma – A Danish Nationwide Study”. The following month, our PI attended the 38th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress meeting, where he presented his talk on “Body Read more

We are excited to announce that our PhD candidate, Lorielle Dietze, successfully defended her thesis yesterday. She received glowing remarks from her committee members and passed with no revisions required. We are so proud of your incredible achievement! Read more

Congratulations to Sean, Maya, and Dr. Hajek for their recent contributions to psychiatry and obesity research. Your commitment to conducting thorough and high quality statistical analyses is very commendable! Click on this link here for Sean and Maya’s paper and this link here for Dr. Hajek’s article! Read more

This July, Lorielle represented our lab at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science conference in Dundee, Scotland! She delivered her presentation entitled “White matter diffusion metrics are differentially sensitive to obesity and bipolar disorders: An ENIGMA bipolar disorders study in 2166 individuals”, which was well received. Keep up the great work! Read more