Stephanie spoke to Kira London-Nadeau about the Cannabis and Psychosis initiative supported by the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. Together, they discussed Stephanie’s academic career, her research projects as well as the interventions available to help young people with psychosis who use cannabis. As these young people are not very interested in stopping their cannabis consumption, Stephanie focuses on the development…

This spring was full of successes for our students who stood out in the funding agency scholarship contests. First, Stéphanie won the prestigious Vanier Canada graduate scholarship of $50,000/year over three years for her doctoral project on the CHAMPS smartphone application, which aims to reduce the harms associated with cannabis consumption in young psychotic adults. Furthermore, Ovidiu received the Canada…

Injection drug users are at risk of blood-borne infections like the hepatitis C virus (HCV). To reduce these harms, the distribution of sterile injection equipment and access to substitution treatments (e.g. opioid agonist therapy or OAT) remain central to preventing transmission of these diseases. But how efficacious are these strategies? A new study based on a cohort of 422 Montreal…