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The Role of Attachment on Mental and Physical Health Outcomes

Posted on: November 15, 2017
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This video featuring our lab director, Dr. Leslie Atkinson, illustrates the BPSD Lab's interest in mental and physical health outcomes, and how it is influenced by factors such as attachment.
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Brittany Jamieson receives Dennis Mock Leadership Award

August 30, 2017

Congratulations to PhD student Brittany Jamieson, who received the Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award for her outstanding academic and voluntary extracurricular contributions to the Psychology department at Ryerson University. The BPSD Lab is very proud of Brittany’s accomplishment.

Canadian Psychological Association Poster Presentation 2017

December 28, 2017

PhD Student Brittany Jamieson presented her poster at the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in Toronto, ON. Her poster, titled “Maternal OXTR and DAT1 genotypes moderate association between maternal history of care and maternal cortisol secretion in the context of mother-infant separation”, was based on collaborative research with Jaclyn Ludmer, Andrea Gonzalez, Robert Levitan, James…

3 Minute Thesis Winner: Understanding Infants’ Genetic and Environmental Risk for Depression

Posted on: November 17, 2017
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Jaclyn Ludmer, PhD student and BPSD Lab member, won the Ryerson University 3-Minute Thesis Competition in 2015. For this competition, she competed against Ryerson graduate students from various disciplines to present her Master's thesis findings in only 3 minutes. This video is of her presentation at the Ontario provincial competition and showcases the BPSD Lab's interest in genetic and environmental risks for psychopathology. We are proud of Jaclyn's accomplishment!
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Canadian Psychological Association Poster Presentation 2016

December 28, 2016

PhD student Brittany Jamieson presented her poster at the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in Victoria, BC. Her poster, titled “Maternal sensitivity and infant stress system coordination”, was based on collaborative research with Andrea Gonzalez, Robert Levitan, Eric Hehman, Mario Masellis, Vincenzo Santos Basile, and Leslie Atkinson.