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10.Oct.2018

Researchers Announced for CAMH Breakthrough Challenge 2018

Three researchers. Three breakthroughs. One $10,000 grant.

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Researchers announced for CAMH Breakthrough Challenge 2018

What's your mental health breakthrough?

That’s the question that three of CAMH’s own-up-and-coming researchers get to answer thanks to the fifth annual CAMH Engage Breakthrough Challenge Event. Each year, young researchers with big ambitions are selected by their peers for a chance to win a $10,000 grant. Then, CAMH Engage, a group of young professionals in Toronto dedicated to mental health, generously hosts and promotes the Breakthrough Challenge Event – giving attendees the chance to vote for a breakthrough to support.

Suicide prevention

“My work serves to give a voice to the people who have been affected by suicide and to use their powerful stories and expertise to inform suicide prevention strategy." — Dr. Juveria Zaheer

Dr. Zaheer is a Clinician Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research where she focuses on suicide prevention, and an Education Administrator in the Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department at CAMH. She wants to initiate a study to interview family members and people who have lost someone to suicide to better understand how we can improve mental health care policy.

Alcohol use

“When you look at alcohol … it’s like an iceberg. You see the most prevalent harm, like alcohol use disorders, but below that are the majority of the harms.”— Dr. Kevin D. Shield

Dr. Shield is an Independent Scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and the Head of the World Health Organization (WHO)/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Collaborating Centre in Addiction and Mental Health at CAMH. He wants to further delve into projects regarding alcohol use to reduce the overall burden of alcohol on Canadians’ health.

Personalized treatment

“We’re trying to develop a way that can predict whether there’s an algorithm that can guide physicians or clinicians to which medications to prescribe and what type of treatments to offer."— Dr. Gwyneth Zai

Dr. Zai is a Clinician Scientist in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute and in the Mood and Anxiety Division at CAMH. She wants to help find better, targeted medications and treatments for people living with mood and anxiety disorders and reduce debilitating side effects.

We’re putting you in the judge’s chair for the CAMH Breakthrough Challenge. Join us on November 16 and decide who will receive the $10,000 grant. Get your ticket today!

The Breakthrough Challenge is made possible by CAMH Engage, a group of young professionals in Toronto dedicated to reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness, increasing access to care and supporting research at CAMH. To date, CAMH Engage has raised over half a million dollars in support of CAMH.

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