Currently Recruiting
The IPN office was notified that the following P.I.s may be recruiting IPN graduate students for Fall 2024. While the following list is created to help you, it is not comprehensive and you should also browse through our P.I. database to contact any P.I.s whose research interests you.
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| NAME | WEBSITE | NOTES | |
| Dr. Alyson Fournier. | alyson.fournier [at] mcgill.ca | Research in molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying axon degeneration and regeneration | |
| Dr. Danilo Bzdok. | danilo.bzdok [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/danilo-bzdok-md-phd | Looking for PhD students with skills and interest in programing, quantitative pattern-learning analysis, and brain imaging. |
| Dr. Boris Bernhardt. | boris.bernhardt [at] mcgill.ca | https://mica-mni.github.io | Looking for PhD students with skills and interest in programing, network analysis, and neuroimaging. |
| Dr. Reza Sharif Naeini. | reza.sharif [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.shariflab.org | We are looking for motivated trainees to undertake an ambitious project examining the molecular bases of mechanosensing (touch, pain). The project will involve electrophysiological recordings from human neurons, calcium imaging, and behavioural assays of somatosensation. |
| Dr. Artur Kania | artur.kania [at] ircm.qc.ca | https://ircm.qc.ca/en/research/neurobiology-and-development/neural-circu... | pain circuits, pain emotion, pain circuit wiring, neurodevelopmental disorder, modelling diseases in human neurons, stem cells |
| Dr. Stephen Lomber | stephen.lomber [at] mcgill.ca | www.cerebralsystems.ca | |
| Dr. Jonathan Britt | jonathan.britt [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/brittlab/ | |
| Dr. Alanna Watt | alanna.watt [at] mcgill.ca | https://wattlabmcgill.ca | We have several exciting projects studying basic cerebellar function and animal models of ataxia. |
| Dr. Tomoko Ohyama | tomoko.ohyama [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.ohyamalab.org/ | Neural circuit underlying the action selectin, nociception |
| Dr. Cecilia Flores | cecilia.flores [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.floreslab.ca/ | Translational research on adolescent brain development and vulnerability to drugs of abuse and to social stress during this age. We are also investigating epigenetic processes and peripheral biomarkers of risk. |
| Dr. Nicolas Cermakian | nicolas.cermakian [at] mcgill.ca | http://ncermakianlab.mcgill.ca | Circadian rhythms in the brain: light response and link with psychiatric disorders |
| Dr. Stuart Trenholm | stuart.trenholm [at] mcgill.ca | www.trenholmlab.com | Programming skills an asset. |
| Dr. Nancy Braverman | nancy.braverman [at] mcgill.ca | https://bravermanlab.wixsite.com/bravermanlab |
Recruiting a graduate student to assist in retinal gene therapy project, CNS therapy and clinical natural history study for peroxisome disorders. |
| Dr. Pia Wintermark | pia.wintermark [at] mcgill.ca | www.neobrainlab.rog | Recruiting motivated PhD and MSc students for research projects related to basic research in neonatal neuroscience and high-resolution neonatal brain imaging research. |
| Dr. Donald Van Meyel | donald.vanmeyel [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/crn/research/vanmeyel https://rimuhc.ca/-/donald-van-meyel-md | Motivated PhD students with experience and interest in developmental biology and molecular neuroscience are encouraged to apply. |
| Dr. David Stellwagen | david.stellwagen [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/crn/research/stellwagen |
TNF mediated synaptic plasticity in behaviour and disease |
| Dr. Masha Prager-Khoutorsky | masha.prager-khoutorsky [at] mcgill.ca | ||
| Dr. Arkady Khoutorsky | arkady.khoutorsky [at] mcgill.ca |
To study molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying chronic pain in animal models. |
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| Dr. Arjun Krishnaswamy | arjun.krishnaswamy [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.swamylab.com/ | Lab's research is focused on the assembly and function of neural circuits. We study these two general phenomena in the interconnected circuits of the retina, thalamus, cortex. |
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Dr. Suresh Krishna |
suresh.krishna [at] mcgill.ca | https://m2b3.lab.mcgill.ca | Vision, hearing, eye-movements, attention, cognition - behavior, psychophysics, computation |
| Dr. Pablo Rusjan | pablo.rusjan [at] mcgill.ca | https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/pablo-rusjan/ | Positron Emission Tomography Quantification |
| Dr. Mahsa Dadar | //mahsa.dadar [at] mcgill.ca">mahsa.dadar [at] mcgill.ca | https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/mahsa-dadar | Brain Imaging in Aging, Cerebrovascular, and Neurodegenerative Disorders |
| Dr. Yashar Zeighami | yashar.zeighami [at] mcgill.ca | https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/yashar-zeighami | Our team investigates the brain alterations that occur during the lifespan in health and disease. The primary goal of our research is to further our understanding of healthy brain aging and the underlying mechanisms that cause deviation from this trajectory in neurodegenerative disorders. Creating a comprehensive multi-scale model of structural and functional brain alterations across the lifespan using multimodal brain MRIs Investigating the link between observed MRI changes in post-mortem samples and the underlying cellular alterations, with translational applications for in vivo datasets Identifying the genetic and environmental risk factors that cause deviation from the normative brain-behaviour trajectories, to develop diagnostic and prognostic models. |
| Dr. Jeremy Van Raamsdonk | jeremy.vanraamsdonk [at] mcgill.ca | https://vanraamsdonk.lab.mcgill.ca/home.html | Molecular mechanisms underlying aging, biological resilience and neurodegenerative disease |
| Dr. Adil Harroud | //adil.harroud [at] mcgill.ca">adil.harroud [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/adil-harroud-md | The genetic determinants of MRI phenotypes in multiple sclerosis (MS). This project will interrogate the genetic determinants of MRI endophenotypes in a unique cohort of thousands of people with MS who underwent whole genome genotyping. The genes identified will be evaluated as potential therapeutic targets. |
| Dr. Claire-Dominique Walker | claire-dominique.walker [at] mcgill.ca | https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/claire-dominique-walker/ | Effect of early life stress on brain neurodevelopment and circadian organization |
| Dr. Jean-François Cloutier | jf.cloutier [at] mcgill.ca | cloutierlab.org | Neurodevelopment |
| Dr. Majid Mohajerani | majid.mohajerani [at] mcgill.ca | http://lethbridgebraindynamics.com/majid-mohajerani/ | physiological and computational basis of cognition, with particular focus on memory and memory disorders |
| Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias | mh.boudrias [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/spot/marie-helene-boudrias | The effects of long COVID on the autonomic nervous system |
| Dr. Derek Bowie | derek.bowie [at] mcgill.ca | http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/pharma/dbowielab/ | Neurophysiological mechanisms and treatment of autism and intellectual disability |
| Dr. Per Jesper Sjöström | jesper.sjostrom [at] mcgill.ca | http://plasticity.muhc.mcgill.ca | Synaptic Plasticity of Cortical Circuits in Health and Disease |
| Dr. Wayne Sossin | wayne.sossin [at] mcgill.ca | https://apps.mni.mcgill.ca/research/sossin/ | Mechanisms for translational regulation in neurons |
| Dr. Anouk Lamontagne | anouk.lamontagne [at] mcgill.ca | vrmobilitylab.com | Modulation of brain activation during complex locomotor tasks performed in a virtual environment |
| Dr. Alain Ptito | alain.ptito [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/neurology-neurosurgery/alain-ptito-phd | traumatic brain injury and concussion diagnosis and prognosis using functional MRI |
| Dr. Delphine Raucher-Chéné | delphine.raucher-chene [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.crisplab.ca/our-research | Digital social cognitive assessment for severe mental illness |
| Dr. David Rudko | david.rudko [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/bbme/david-rudko | Ultra-High Field Brain MRI Methods Development |
| Dr. Linda Booij | linda.booij [at] mcgill.ca | https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/linda-booij/ | neurodevelopment of eating disorders |
| Dr. Jon Sakata | jon.sakata [at] mcgill.ca | https://sakatasongbirdlab.wordpress.com/ | Neural mechanisms of vocal communication |
| Dr. Ed Ruthazer | edward.ruthazer [at] mcgill.ca | http://ruthazerlab.mcgill.ca | In vivo imaging of visual system development |
| Dr. Guillaume Sébir | guillaume.sebire [at] mcgill.ca | https://sebirelab.com/contact/ | Role of maternal immune activation in perinatal brain injuries |
| Dr. Ana Velly | ana.velly [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/ana-miriam-velly |
1) Opioid and cancer, and 2) managment of pain after shoulder arthroscopy-pilot RCT
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| Dr. Yasser Iturria-Medina | yasser.iturriamedina [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.neuropm-lab.com/ | Personalized Multilevel Brain Computational Modeling of Neurodegeneration |
| Dr. Jerome Fortin | jerome.fortin [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/jerome-fortin-phd | Discovering how brain tumors arise, progress, and could be treated |
| Dr. Nicolas Tritsch | nicolas.tritsch [at] mail.mcgill.ca | www.tritschlab.org |
Neuromodulation of brain circuits controlling movement
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| Dr. Gerhard Multhaup | gerhard.multhaup [at] mcgill.ca | http://gerhard-multhaup.lab.mcgill.ca/Gerhard-Multhaup.html |
• Understanding the biology of APP, APLPs, Aβ and secretases at the molecular level in health and disease
• Key mechanistic insights regarding the pharmacological and enzymatical modulation of Aβ generation
• Development of anti-amyloid and diagnostic approaches
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| Dr. Sam Audrain | samantha.audrain [at] mcgill.ca | https://www.audrainlab.com/ |
Several exciting projects using high resolution fMRI examining how long-lasting memories are formed in the brain, and how this process fails in patients with memory dysfunction. Looking for a PhD student with interest and experience with memory research, programming, and human brain imaging analyses.
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