Posted on Aug. 28: $80,000 grant supports research on postpartum depression

McMaster's Meir Steiner is leading a collaborative research project on postpartum depression (PPD) that received an $80,000 grant from the Society for Women's Health Research.

The psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences professor is studying the effects of estrogen on escitalopram treatment of women with PPD. Estrogen supplements may expedite the clinical recovery of women receiving escitalopram.

The grant, from the Society for Women's Health Research, has been awarded through the Society's Isis Fund for Interdisciplinary Research in Sex-Based Biology and will support a collaborative research team comprised of academic and scientific professionals in the Isis Network on Sex, Gender, Drugs and the Brain.

The recipients of the research funding, made possible by a grant to the Society from Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, also include Elizabeth Hampson from The University of Western Ontario and Wolfgang Sadee, from Ohio State University.

Visit the Society for Women's Health Research to read more.

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McMaster&#039;s Meir Steiner is leading a collaborative research project on postpartum depression (PPD) that received an $80,000 grant from the Society for Women&#039;s Health Research.<p><br />
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The psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences professor is studying the effects of estrogen on escitalopram treatment of women with PPD. Estrogen supplements may expedite the clinical recovery of women receiving escitalopram.<p><br />
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The grant, from the Society for Women&#039;s Health Research, has been awarded through the Society&#039;s Isis Fund for Interdisciplinary Research in Sex-Based Biology and will support a collaborative research team comprised of academic and scientific professionals in the Isis Network on Sex, Gender, Drugs and the Brain.<p><br />
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The recipients of the research funding, made possible by a grant to the Society from Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, also include Elizabeth Hampson from The University of Western Ontario and Wolfgang Sadee, from Ohio State University.  <p><br />
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Visit the <a href="http://www.womens-health.org/">Society for Women&#039;s Health Research</a> to read more.

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