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.

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.

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.

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.