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href="https://www.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5752" src="https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2015/10/UBC-logo-2018-narrowsig-black-rgb72-300x94.png" alt="UBC logo" width="300" height="94" srcset="https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2015/10/UBC-logo-2018-narrowsig-black-rgb72-300x94.png 300w, https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2015/10/UBC-logo-2018-narrowsig-black-rgb72.png 372w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></span>HeadsUpGuys is a program of <a href="https://www.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The University of British Columbia</a> (UBC), operating under the leadership of Dr. John Ogrodniczuk, who is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the <a href="https://psychotherapy.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Psychotherapy Program at UBC</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">HeadsUpGuys is founded on a robust evidence base that includes not only contemporary research findings but also the lived experiences of men who have <a href="/depression-in-men/">suffered from depression</a> and clinicians who work with these men. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are the world’s leading research-informed men’s mental health resource. Beyond using research to guide the content and development of everything we do, we also contribute to advancing the field by being directly involved in men’s mental health research.</span></p> <hr /> <h3>Research Pillars</h3> </div> <div class="content-layout"><div class="impact-row"> <div class="impact"> <p><a href="/mens-mental-health-research/publications-on-mens-mental-health/"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-18713 size-full" src="https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2023/11/triggering-situation-thumb.jpg" alt="Man leaning over to talk to friend" width="380" height="280" srcset="https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2023/11/triggering-situation-thumb.jpg 380w, https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2023/11/triggering-situation-thumb-300x221.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px" /></a></p> <h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="/mens-mental-health-research/publications-on-mens-mental-health/">Research on Men’s Mental 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height="350" srcset="https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2024/02/Research-Team-UBC-Brand-Marketing-Martha-Piper-Plaza-at-sunset-prev.jpg 1140w, https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2024/02/Research-Team-UBC-Brand-Marketing-Martha-Piper-Plaza-at-sunset-prev-300x92.jpg 300w, https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2024/02/Research-Team-UBC-Brand-Marketing-Martha-Piper-Plaza-at-sunset-prev-1024x314.jpg 1024w, https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2024/02/Research-Team-UBC-Brand-Marketing-Martha-Piper-Plaza-at-sunset-prev-768x236.jpg 768w, https://headsupguys.org/content/uploads/2024/02/Research-Team-UBC-Brand-Marketing-Martha-Piper-Plaza-at-sunset-prev-1030x316.jpg 1030w" sizes="(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px" /></a></p> <p>HeadsUpGuys’ research involves multi-national collaborations between UBC and other leading universities around the world. <a href="/mens-mental-health-research/research-team/">View team members.</a></p> <hr /> </div> <div class="content-layout"><h3>Current 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