Current Lab Members
Dr. Liisa Galea
Treliving Chair for Women's Mental Health
Senior Scientist, Professor
Dr. Jesse Lacasse
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Jennifer Richard
Postdoctoral fellow
Bonnie Lee
PhD Candidate
Tanvi Puri
PhD Candidate
Romina Garcia de leon
PhD Student
Ahmad Mohammad
PhD Student
Lele Ma
Co-op Student
Amanda Namchuk
PhD Student
Kimberly Go
Lab Manager
Xinyi Lin
PhD Student
Tallinn Splinter
Research Associate
Kanak Gupta
PhD Student
Paige Reid
Research Associate
Past Lab Members
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Mark Spritzer
2004-2006
Associate Professor at Middlebury College
Dr. Dwayne Hamson
2011-2015
Instructor and Dean at Columbia College, Vancouver
Dr. Travis Hodges
2018-2022
Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College
Dr. Wendy Wilson
2008-2010
Associate Proffessor at Dickinson State University
Dr. Paula Duarte-Guterman
2015-2021
Assistant Professor at Brock University
Dr. Susanne Brummelte
2007-2010
Associate Professor at Wayne State University
Dr. Paul Sheppard
2018-2019
PDF at University of Western Ontatio
Dr. Joanna Workman
2010-2015
Formerly at the University of Albany
Dr. Dannia Islas-Preciado
2018-2020
Medical Science Researcher, National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico
Ph.D. Students
Dr. Brandi Ormerod
Neuroscience PhD
1998-2003
Formerly Associate Professor at the University of Florida
Dr. Cindy Barha
Psychology PhD
2007-2012
Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta
Dr. Rand Eid
Neuroscience PhD
2013-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University
Dr. Jodi Pawluski
Neuroscience PhD
2003-2007
Research Associate at the University of Renne
Dr. Kristina Uban
Psychology PhD
2006-2012
Associate Professor at the Univeristy of California, Irvine
Dr. Wansu Qiu
Neuroscience PhD
2016 -2021
Research Scientist, KisoJi Biotechnology Inc.
Dr. Jennifer Barker
Neuroscience PhD
2004-2009
Assistant Professot at Douglas College
Dr. Steve Wainwright
Neuroscience PhD
2008-2015
Medical Lead, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Shunya Yagi
Neuroscience PhD
2016-2023
Bristol Myers Squibb
Tokyo Japan
Dr. Jonathan Epp
Neuroscience PhD
2005-2010
Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary
Dr. Aarthi Gobinath
Neuroscience PhD
2012-2017
Associate Scientific Director at ProEd Communications
M.A./M.Sc. Students
Dr. Melissa Holmes
Psychology MA
1999-2001
Associate Professor at the University of Toronto
Christine Mazzucco
Neuroscience MSc
2003-2005
Clinical Trial Management at Johnson and Johnson
Tamara Crozier
Neuroscience MSc
2007-2009
Project Manager, Nursing Support Services at PHSA
Dr. Shunya Yagi
Neuroscience MSc
2013-2015
Research Scientist
Tokyo, Japan
Samantha Blankers
Neuroscience MSc
2021-2023
To Come
To Come
Erin Falconer
Neuroscience MSc
2000-2002
Associate Director at Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Katia Sinopol
Neuroscience MSc
2003-2005
Neuropsychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children
Carmen Chow
Neuroscience MSc
2010-2012
Website Designer
Ana Gheroghe
Neuroscience MSc
2015-2017
Software Developer
Cognite AS
Dr. Jennifer Wide
Neuroscience MSc
2001-2002
Psychiatrist
Dr. Jaspreet Kambo
Neuroscience MSc
2003-2005
Respirologist, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops
Dr. Robyn Stewart
Psychology MA
2010-2012
M. Ed, PhD at University of British Columbia
Samantha Baglot
Neuroscience MSc
2016-2018
PhD Student at the University of Calgary
Anna Nagy
Psychology MA
2002-2003
Ryerson Univeristy
Dr Amanda Green
Neuroscience MSc
2005-2007
PhD Completed at Dalhousie University
Dr. Michelle Foisy
Psychology MA
2011-2012
PhD Completed at the University of Alberta
Emily Clark
Neuroscience MSc
2019-2021
MD student at the Queens University