PhD students Evan Forth and Arthi Chinna Meyyappan and MSc student Hayley Bromley all presented their research at the Mind, Mood, and Microbes (MMM) conference, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on May 10-11, 2023.

Mind, Mood, & Microbes brings together leading scientists, healthcare professionals, and industry partners from diverse and complementary fields of expertise to discuss the way forward in this exciting field and accelerate the translation of research breakthroughs into professional and clinical practice.

Each student presented a poster on their latest findings:

Evan Forth, “Probiotics as Adjuvant Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review” (Poster).

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Arthi Chinna Meyyappan, “A Phase 2, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Efficacy of Microbial Ecosystem Therapeutic-2 (MET-2) in Patients with Depression” (Poster).

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Hayley Bromley, “Investigating The Short and Long-Term Effects of Microbe Therapy on Sleep Disturbances in Individuals with Depression” (Poster).

Undergraduate student, Carolyn Graham, presented her thesis project for HSCI 599 Advanced Health Sciences Research: Data Collection and Analysis course. She presented her work at the Life Sciences, Biochemistry, and Health Science Research Poster Day at Queen’s University.

Her thesis project is titled, “Changes in Inflammation During MET-2 Treatment for Depression and Anxiety“.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Evan Forth for passing his comprehensive exam on March 24th, 2023.

A comprehensive exam in neuroscience at Queen’s University is designed to meet two objectives: 1) to examine the problem-solving skills of Ph.D. candidates, and 2) to test the ability of Ph.D. candidates to articulate, both verbally and in writing, concepts and facts relevant to the study of neuroscience. This exam is structured in the form of a defense.

Congratulations Evan!