PhD student Arthi Chinna Meyyappan presented her research titled, “The Safety, Efficacy, and Tolerability of a Microbial Therapeutic in People with Major Depression and/or Generalized Anxiety: Clinical Findings” at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting.

The meeting was held from May 21-24 in New Orleans, USA, and featured a deep and timely discussion of the social determinants of mental health: the factors outside our offices and within our patients’ communities that influence the mind, from COVID, to inequity, to education, and much more.

PhD student Cassandra Sgarbossa presented her research titled, “Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Microbe Therapy as Treatment for Depression” at the 15th Annual Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) conference which was held from May 12-15, 2022 in Toronto, Canada.

The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) is the largest association of neuroscientists in Canada. It is composed of over one thousand researchers, who work at academic institutions across the country and share the common goal of ensuring neuroscience remains one of the greatest research and innovation strengths of Canada.

Cassandra Sgarbossa, a previous master’s student in the lab, recently completed a Mini-Master’s offered by the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University. The Mini-Master’s stream allows MSc students to transfer directly into the PhD program after a successful Mini-Master’s Defense.

Cassandra will continue her research entitled, “Assessing The Long-Term Effects Of Microbial Ecosystem Therapeutic-2 (MET-2) For The Treatment Of Depression“, which explores the long-term effects of microbe therapy on mood.