Gillian Williams

Check out the 1 minute video I made about my thesis research for the @UWaterlooGSPA #GRADflix competition! Using @COMPASS_UW data I am examining how substance use and mental health are associated among high school students youtube.com/watch?v=bmUUqL…

@Karen_Patte @CIHR_IRSC @BrockHLSC @BrockUniversity Fantastic news! Congrats @Karen_Patte 🎉

5 thoughts of a dying professor. Inspirational @UWaterloo address by the brilliant @DrLeatherdale. Powerful words delivered with heart. You embody strength and resilience & exemplify how to embrace rocks on the path. We love you Scott. Watch from 43:38👇 youtube.com/live/Hf1Y4MRSp…

Thank you @CIHR_IRSC for supporting our 5 yearr extension of the @COMPASS_UW prospective study to evaluate the ongoing impact of #COVID19 on youth substance use & #mentalhealth trajectories over time. @DrLeatherdale, our team, & I are grateful we're able to continue this work.

A new @COMPASS_UW paper by @IMCRomano @ARCH_Lab @Karen_Patte @DrLeatherdale supports the validity (measurement invariance) of the depression (CESDR-10) & anxiety (GAD7) scales used - supporting our ability to make comparisons by sex & grade in adolescents academic.oup.com/jpepsy/advance…

New @COMPASS_UW paper by @gcwilliams_ showing that 'grass-roots' #school #vaping prevention may not work and may in fact increase risk. Evidence-based programs needed in schools. More support needed: Evaluating the impact of school e-cigarette preve... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great @COMPASS_UW paper by @gcwilliams_ @Karen_Patte @ARCH_Lab Associations between Longitudinal Patterns of Substance Use and Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among a Sample of Canadian Secondary School Students mdpi.com/1300450 #mdpiijerph

Join us on Tuesday June 15 for the next @PublicHealthON Rounds! @DrLeatherdale & @Karen_Patte will be sharing preliminary evidence from @COMPASS_UW on COVID-19 related changes in youth #mentalhealth & substance use. publichealthontario.ca/education-and-…

Collaboration with @COMPASS_UW continues with two new papers published on #youth #substanceuse and #mentalhealth bit.ly/3oxYshw @gcwilliams_ @ADoggett

Excited to share my first thesis paper examining substance use classes and anxiety and depression among Canadian adolescents in the @COMPASS_UW study bit.ly/33IHovU @GovCanHealth #HPCDP @DrLeatherdale @Karen_Patte @ARCH_Lab

@Jill_Halladay @COMPASS_UW Thanks for sharing Jillian!

"Intramural participation may be associated with increased binge drinking among male high school students. ... may be protective against cannabis use among male and female students and cigarette use among male students" @COMPASS_UW pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33821756/

We're looking for Youth Ambassadors to inform our research examining the impact of COVID-19 on youth #mentalhealth. Please share with high school students in Ontario, Alberta, BC, & Quebec. See cutt.ly/skpFVBV or reach out to Dr @NeginRiazi with any questions.

@gcwilliams_ from @COMPASS_UW has made the UW_GRADFLIX_2021 finals! So proud as always. Help support UW grad students by registering for Jan 29, 3-5pm: tinyurl.com/yyxc6b7v @UWSPHHS @sphhsgrads @uwaterloohealth @UWResearch

Great new @COMPASS_UW paper by @gcwilliams_ @katie_liz_burns @katebatt on #gender specific school #intramural programs. Take away: Offering female-only intramurals at #school important for improving participation & #PhysicalActivity for female students. doi.org/10.1016/j.pmed…

@Jill_Halladay @VanessaDeRubeis Awesome paper! I will definitely be citing in my thesis - I am also looking at adolescent substance use and mental health. Happy birthday 🥳

It's my bday so I am using that as reason to promote my first PhD paper! If you can give it a like, comment, read, or retweet that would be the best bday present ever! #AcademicChatter Patterns of substance use among adolescents: A systematic review sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@IMCRomano @DrJeanCostello Congrats Isabella!

COVID-19 UPDATE: ▹ Students urged to leave residence ▹ Faculty and staff encouraged to work from home ▹ Students currently abroad are encouraged to return to Canada or their home country ▹ On-campus services and building access modified More details: uwaterloo.ca/coronavirus

Congrats @DrLeatherdale! A much deserved award. You are an inspiring supervisor 😊

"This study reinforces the idea that prevention policies need to start in those first two years of high school, or even before that, before drinking becomes habitual” says Mahmood Gohari, a #UWaterloo public health postdoctoral researcher: bit.ly/2QOfOrJ @ahswaterloo

New survey shows dramatic increase in vaping among high school students dlvr.it/RJq1xs