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Dr. Nichole Fairbrother

Dr. Nichole Fairbrother is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) with the UBC Department of Psychiatry and the Island Medical Program and is working closely with the Vancouver Island Health Authority Mental Health and Addiction Services Department.

Dr. Fairbrother graduated with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of British Columbia. She is the Director of the Mother-Infant Wellness Lab at BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre. Her research is in the area of psychiatric epidemiology and perinatal mental health, primarily investigating the prevalence and incidence of anxiety disorders among pregnant and postpartum women as well as postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Fairbrother has generated numerous, high-quality research papers in leading peer-reviewed journals in psychiatry, psychology and mental health.

Please visit the Mother-Infant Wellness Lab website.

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Upcoming Medical Sciences events

2013-10-11 - "Great...but what does it do and how? Novel cellular processes and potential treatments revealed by the physiology and pathophysiology of disease-linked proteins"

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Find out more about our FASD Research Study here

We are looking for children, aged 10-16 years to participate in an engaging, 12-week exercise program (30 minutes per session, 3 times/week), based around fun computer games and stationary bikes. This is part of a study aimed at examining the impact of an aerobic exercise intervention on learning, memory, mood, behaviour in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

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Neuroscience Graduate Oral Defense

Ms. Anna Patten: PhD Candidate, Final Oral Examination

Date & Time: Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Place: Medical Sciences Building, Room 210

Title: Replenishing what is Lost: Using Supplementation to Enhance Hippocampal Function in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Supervisor: Dr. Brian Christie

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Ms. Angela Seto: Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Master of Science

Date & Time: Monday, June 10, 2013 @ 9:00am

Place: Medical Sciences Building, Room 210

Title: The a4B2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates acute neuroprotection but not chronic recovery after ischemic stroke

Supervisor: Dr. Craig Brown

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Ms. Kara Ronellenfitch: Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Master of Science

Date & Time: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 @ 10:00am

Place: HSD - A250

Title: Investigating the possibility of Notch signalling in the adult retina

Supervisor: Dr. Robert Chow

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