EBPS-CAN-BIND Workshop: Behaviour to Biomarkers: Reverse Translation in 2021. Event Summary
On 05-06 March 2021, the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) and the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network for Depression (CAN-BIND) launched the 2021 EBPS-CANBIND Virtual Workshop with the exciting theme of ‘Behaviour to…
Hippocampal Tail Volume as a Predictive Biomarker of Antidepressant Treatment
Author: Dr. Nikita NogovitsynEditors: Dr. Sagar Parikh and Dr. Wegdan Rashad Background Imagine you wanted to predict which athlete might perform well in a weightlifting competition. One way you could try is to measure the size of key muscles in…
Episode 02: Ketamine Vs ECT for Resistant Depression
This podcast episode explores the CAN-BIND study on ketamine vs ECT for treatment-resistant depression. Featuring our study participant, Sophie.
Webinar: Mental Health and Addiction in the Wake of COVID-19
Forthlane Partners hosted a webinar on Friday 8 May, 2020 that discussed the impact of social changes during COVID-19 on mental health and addiction. Dr. Sidney Kennedy was one of the guest speakers in this rich discussion. Here are more details on…
CAN-BIND Article Featured on Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights
Congratulations to the CAN-BIND team on being featured on the Nature Communications Editor’s Highlights page: From Brain to Behaviour in April 2020. The article is entitled “GPR56/ADGRG1 is associated with response to antidepressant treatment”…
Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Kate Harkness
Statistics Canada reports that 33% of Canadians experience some sort of childhood maltreatment before the age of 15, which can include emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Maltreatment can have effects that last into late-adolescence and…
Message from Dr. Sidney Kennedy (Newsletter Issue 6)
The CAN-BIND program is at an exciting stage in its clinical research progress. Six of our 13 ongoing studies have completed participant enrolment, and our data analytics teams are working hard to analyze the data collected so far. One of the defining…
Recent Publications (Newsletter Issue 6)
Publications related to CAN-BIND clinical research (published July to October 2018): Early change in reward and punishment sensitivity as a predictor of response to antidepressant treatment for major depressive disorder: a CAN-BIND-1 report…
Brain Scans: More than Black and White
Six CAN-BIND Community Advisory Committee (CAC) teleconference meetings are held each year. During these sessions, a CAN-BIND research scientist is invited to give a brief talk about their field of research. In a meeting held earlier this year, Dr.…