Departmental Research Day 2011

Symposia, Conferences, Meetings, Forums, Lectures and Events

Academic and Research Day 2011

The 31st Academic and Research Day, organized by the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Ottawa, was held on June 2, 2011 at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. The event was an Accredited Group Learning Activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

The objective of the day was to increase the rigor in academic and research activities, and to incorporate best-evidence into clinical activities. The successful event featured: 

• A keynote lecture entitled “White Coat – Black Art: How I do it” by Dr. Brian Goldman.

Dr. Goldman, an emergency room physician who has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto for more than 20 years, is also a prominent medical journalist and the host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art. The objective of this lecture was to show how you take an idea and develop it to become what is presented on the radio and secondly, how to develop what on the surface is a psychiatric topic, but approach it from another angle that makes it engaging to the public.

• Presentations on “Who are and what do the Canada and Endowed Research Chairs do within the Department of Psychiatry?” by Drs. Pierre Blier, Georg Northoff and John Lyons.

Dr. Blier, Canada Research Chair in Psychopharmacology and Endowed Chair of Research in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Dr. Northoff, Canada Research Chair, Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, and Dr. Lyons, Endowed Chair of Mental Health Research at CHEO, described what it means to be a Clinical and/or Endowed Research Chair and presented an overview of their areas of expertise and role.

• Dr. Katharine Gillis presented on new programs and departmental opportunities in telemedicine, women’s health, youth transition, and shared care.

• Poster presentations highlighting 10 basic science and 33 clinical studies.

The basic science posters were presented by Franck Chenu, Ramez Ghanbari, Dave J. Hayes, Jon James, Jojo Jiang, Daphne Kamino, Pam Kent, Philip Kesner, Stella Manta andStacey Shim.

The clinical poster were presented by Danielle Impey, Derek J. Fisher, Dylan M. Smith, Crystal Villeneuve, Dhrasti Shah, Jennifer L. Phillips, Jean-Claude Bisserbe, Meagan Bone, Natasha Hudek, Lisa Batten, Elizabeth Glennie, Gary Fine, Sharman Robertson, Wendy Spettigue, Fotini Zachariades and Genevieve Proulx, Giorgio A. Tasca, Drew Kingston, Katie Greenough, Natalia Jaworska, A.G. Ahmed, Mathieu Dufour, Michelle Mathias, Katherine Young, Clare Gray, Tamina Eapen and  Natalie Sochocky, Paula Cloutier, Erika Jansman, Soojin Chun, Selena Walker, Helen Spenser, Alan Douglass, Katharine Gillis and Steven F. Michel. 

Four concurrent workshops on:

1. “Incorporating practice guidelines in your practice” led by Drs. Deanna Mercer and Katharine Gillis
2. “Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement: Why it matters to my practice” led by Dr. Susan Farrell and Joan Fernandez
3. “Building research in your day-to-day practice” led by Drs. Alan Douglass and Wendy Spettigue
4. “Moving knowledge into practice through evidence-based educational planning” led by Drs. Elisabeth Lindsay and Andrew Wiens

An awards presentation concluded the activities of the day.  The Department of Psychiatry award winner was:

• The Department of Psychiatry Best Clinical Poster Presentation was awarded to Dr Wendy Spettigue by the judges Dr. Jean-Philippe Daoust, Dr. Elliott Lee and Dr. Mario Cappelli for her presentation ntitled ‘Quetiapine use for the adjunctive treatment of adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A retrospective preliminary chart review’.