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Five Students Receive 2021 CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence

July 7, 2021

We are delighted to announce that Susanna Lee, Olivia Provost-Walker, Virginia Tsekova, Danielle Uy, and Gillian Wilson were each selected to receive the 2021 Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence. This award recognizes the best undergraduate, masters, and doctoral theses in psychology programs from across Canada. All five students completed their research in the…

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Celebrating Black History Month Through the Contributions of Dr. Samuel M. Turner

February 6, 2021

In celebration of Black History Month, the Anxiety Research and Treatment Lab honours the enormous impact of Dr. Samuel M. Turner, who helped to lay the foundation for our current understanding and treatment of anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Turner’s many contributions include developing evidence-based behavioral treatments and popular assessment tools for both social anxiety…

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Olivia Provost-Walker receives Black Graduate Student Fellowship from Toronto Metropolitan University

December 15, 2020

Congratulations to Olivia Provost-Walker, who received the inaugural Black Graduate Student Fellowship from Toronto Metropolitan University for the 2020-2021 academic year. This fellowship is part of a new suite of awards for Black graduate students launched at Toronto Metropolitan University. This particular honour is the most prestigious of the new prizes, and is given to…

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Ariella Lenton-Brym publishes new paper in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

December 14, 2020

Lenton-Brym, A.P., Santiago, V.A., Fredborg, B.K., & Antony, M.M. (2020). Associations between social anxiety, depression, and the use of mobile dating applications. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0561 Abstract: This study explores associations between symptoms of social anxiety (SA) and depression with participants’ extent of dating app use, self-reported motivations for dating app use, and…

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Kirstyn Krause interviewed for CTV News

July 11, 2019

Kirstyn Krause was interviewed on CTV news for a story about her doctoral research that teaches individuals to reduce their claustrophobic fear.  A link to the story can be found here.

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Kirstyn Krause Publishes New Paper

September 21, 2017

Kirstyn Krause and colleagues recently published a paper in the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioural Assessment, entitled “Assessing Safety Behaviors in Fear of Storms: Validation of the Storm-Related Safety Behavior Scale.” the paper is now published online, and can be found here.

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Hanna McCabe-Bennett begins residency

September 1, 2017

PhD student Hanna McCabe-Bennett began her predoctoral residency at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton on September 1, 2017.  She will be completing a major rotation in the Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic and minor rotations in neuropsychology and dialectical behaviour therapy.

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