Hatching Ideas Lab featured in TOH Mental Health Newsworthy
The Hatching Ideas Lab was featured in the August 2023 edition of The Ottawa Hospital Department of Mental Health’s Newsworthy, a monthly publication designed to highlight the hard work of mental health clinicians, scientists, and staff.
Hatching Ideas Lab Receives Funding to Develop a National Suicide Prevention Strategy for PSP
The Hatching Ideas Lab is excited to announce that Dr. Simon Hatcher has been awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to create and disseminate a suicide prevention strategy for Canadian Public Safety Personnel (PSP).
Hatching Ideas Lab Receives Funding to Explore Vicarious Trauma among PSP Peer Supporters
The Hatching Ideas Lab is pleased to announce that Dr. Simon Hatcher has been awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to explore experiences of vicarious trauma, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue among peer supporters of the OnCall program. OnCall is an app designed to support public safety personnel that includes access to trained peer-supporters.
Dr. Hatcher Interviewed on the Critical Levels Podcast
Dr. Hatcher makes his podcast debut on Critical Levels!
Dr. Simon Hatcher and Dr. Jennifer Demtrichuk awarded funding to explore the relationship between COVID-19 and suicide
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Simon Hatcher and Dr. Jennifer Dmetrichuk (Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, University of Toronto) have jointly received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to explore why suicide rates have not increased during the COVID-19 pandemic as originally expected.
University of Ottawa Graduate Student Support Fund for Research Seeking Donations
The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine is seeking donations to the Graduate Student Support Fund for Research at the Ottawa Hospital, Department of Mental Health. These donations to this fund would form part of an endowment to help nurture the next generation of mental health researchers and clinicians.
Hatching Ideas Lab Awarded Funding for Randomized Controlled Trial of Electronic Case Management System in Patients with Long COVID
We are pleased to announce that our lab has received funding to conduct a randomized controlled trial of an electronic case management system in patients who present to The Ottawa Hospital with Long COVID, or post-COVID syndrome.
Join Our Team: MSc Student Position Available
The Hatching Ideas Lab is excited to announce that we have a position available for a Master’s-level student. The student will be supervised by Dr. Simon Hatcher via the University of Ottawa School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Pandemics & Mental Health: 730 CKDM Interview with Dr. Hatcher
Dr. Hatcher was recently interviewed on a segment of Health Wellness and YOU on 730 CKDM. In this interview with Matt Hamel, he discuses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted mental health.
Hatching Ideas Lab Receives Funding for Cohort Study to Evaluate the Mental Health Burden of COVID-19
We are pleased to announce that our lab has received funding to conduct cohort study in Eastern Ontario of people who have tested positive and negative for COVID-19.
Improving mental health is more complicated than 'defunding' the police
Dr. Hatcher wrote an opinion piece for the Ottawa Citizen about how to train police officers to best respond to mental health related calls.