Research Team (Fall 2024)

Lab Coordinator & Manager
Yuri Yang, B.A.Sc. 

Research Assistants
Sara Gholam Pour, B.A.Sc.
Bronwyn Kay, B.A.

Data Analyst
Tina Brook, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Karen Mathewson, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellows
Cheryl Chow, Ph.D.
Kristie Poole, Ph.D.

Graduate Students
Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Mollie Eriksson, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate

Soyoung Jung, B.A.
Ph.D. Candidate, RCT Stream

Chaeeun Shin, B.A.Sc.
M.Sc. Candidate

Shakiba Tashakori, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate

Undergraduate Thesis Students
Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Sofiya Fomenko

Undergraduate Independent Project Students
Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Joshika Jaswal

Undergraduate Student Volunteers
Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Skade Fernando
Gloria Liu
Meg Lyu
Yao MacLean
Camila Messina
Duygu Turkmen
Shruthi Viswanathan

Lab Alumni:

Recent Graduate Students & Post-doctoral Fellows and Where They Are Now

Trainee

Elliott Beaton, Ph.D.
Christina Borges, M.Sc.
Paul Brunet, Ph.D.
Cheryl Chow, Ph.D.
Kimberly Day, Ph.D.
Sophia Fanourgiakis, M.Sc.
Paz Fortier, Ph.D.
Andrea Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Raha Hassan, Ph.D.
Reihaneh Jamalifar, M.Sc.
Michelle Jetha, Ph.D.
Zahra Khalesi, Ph.D.
Sonia Kong, Ph.D.
Lauren Kutcher, M.Sc.
Ayelet Lahat, Ph.D.
Taigan MacGowan, Ph.D
Karen Mathewson, Ph.D.
Vladimir Miskovic, Ph.D.
Matilda Nowakowski, Ph.D.
Kristie Poole, Ph.D
Ruby Rai, M.Sc.
Diane Santesso, Ph.D.
Ainsley Smith, M.Sc.
Victoria Stead, Ph.D. 
Alva Tang, Ph.D.
Susan Tasker, Ph.D.
Jordana Waxman, M.Sc.

Current Position

Associate Professor
Social Work, M.S.W.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Associate Professor
Clinical Psych, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Clinical Psych, Ph.D. (Cand)
Associate Professor
Clinical Psychologist
Assistant Professor
Law School, J.D. 
Clinical Psych, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Associate
Assistant Professor
Assistant Clinical Professor
Post-Doctoral Fellow 
Medical School, M.D. 
Assistant Professor
Psychometrist
Assistant Clinical Professor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Clinical Psych, Ph.D. 

Institution

University of New Orleans
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Ottawa School Board
McMaster University
Western University
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Cape Breton University
Private Practice
University of Northern BC
University of Windsor
University of Toronto
McMaster University 
McMaster University
SUNY: Binghamton University
McMaster & St. Joseph's Healthcare
McMaster University
Western University
University of Winnipeg
Hamilton Health Sciences
McMaster & St. Joseph's Healthcare
University of Texas - Dallas
University of Victoria
York University

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