Melanie McConnell

Research: Tic Busters group pilot study
This pilot study evaluates treatment outcomes of a group adaptation of an evidence-based treatment for tics in school age children.

Facing Your Fears treatment outcome study
This study evaluates creative ways to assess anxiety in children with high-functioning autism. It also aims to better understand parent and child factors that increase treatment response to a cognitive-behavioural anxiety treatment group for children with high-functioning autism.

Grants

2012
Mental Health Research Grant ($30,000)

Honours & Awards

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2001-2004

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BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute: A year of innovation and breakthroughs

Read our first-ever mini Year in Review to see a snapshot of exciting research accomplished during the past fiscal year.

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Mother’s mood matters: Prenatal exposure to SSRIs not related to higher levels of anxiety and internalizing behaviours across childhood

Mother's mood — not antidepressant exposure — has the greatest impact on her child’s levels of anxiety, reports a recent paper by Dr. Tim Oberlander and Dr. Sarah Hutchison.

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Congratulations CIHR Spring 2023 Project Grant recipients

Congratulations to the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2023 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $8 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.

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It takes a village: Supporting youth mental health in the pandemic recovery period

Dr. Hasina Samji and Dr. Evelyn Stewart have authored a report entitled "Improving Youth Mental Health and Well-being During the COVID-19 Recovery Phase in BC," which recommends serving undeserved populations better, improving collaboration among mental health partners, and enhancing social and emotional learning strategies in schools and community settings.

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BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute treks to the Kootenays

In early May, BC Children's Hospital researchers trek to the Kootenays for Mini Med School and the inaugural Mini Science Night events

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