Graduate Students
Open competition launched in January 2023.
Master's fellowships are valued at $10,000 for one year and PhD fellowships at $15,000 for one year.
HBHL RESEARCH THEME |
LEVEL OF STUDY | RECIPIENT | SUPERVISOR | PROJECT TITLE |
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1 | PhD | Amin Akhshi | Anmar Khadra | Investigating sources of heterogeneity and its consequences on robust learning in sensory systems |
3 | PhD | Sophie Sun | Madeleine Sharp | Cognitive phenotyping of Parkinson’s disease: Parsing cognitive heterogeneity using brain- behaviour relationships |
3 | PhD | María José Castro Gómez | Pia Wintermark | Use of diffusion-tensor imaging to study repair in the injured neonatal brain. |
3 | PhD | Donna Gift Cabalo | Boris Bernhardt | Mapping the reorganization of declarative memory systems in temporal lobe epilepsy |
3 | PhD | Caitlin Walker | Maiya Geddes | An intergenerational social motivation intervention to increase physical activity in older adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease |
3 | PhD | Serena Wu | Rosemary Bagot | An investigation of stress effects on reward encodings in the prefrontal cortex |
4 | PhD | Yueyue Sapphire Hou | Sylvain Baillet | Deficits in multisensory integration of the Schizophrenic brain: mechanisms and repair |
4 | PhD | Shama Huq | Cecilia Flores | Vulnerability Biomarkers: An Accessible and Time-Sensitive Approach for Mental Illness |
4 | PhD | Hanan Mohammad | Paul Clarke | Therapeutic potential of biased D1R agonists in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease |
4 | PhD | Haruka Mitsuhashi | Gustavo Turecki | The role of m6A RNA methylation in sex-influenced molecular changes in depression |
1 | PhD | Filip Milisav | Bratislav Misic | Mapping Brain Disease to Computational Dysfunction Using Connectome-Informed Reservoir Computing |
1 | PhD | Eleanor Hill | Sylvain Baillet | The Use of Ictal Aperiodic Activity to Identify the Epileptogenic Zone in Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy |
1 | PhD | Moohebat Pourmajidian | Alain Dagher | Contribution of metabolism to structure and function of the human cortex in health and disease |
2 | PhD | Dennis Drewnik | Frederic Charron | Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell migration in the cerebellum |
2 | PhD | Shanny Foo | Nathan Spreng | A novel, multi-modal longitudinal approach for early detection of frontotemporal dementia |
2 | PhD | Platon Megagiannis | Yang Zhou | Modulating reactive gliosis through perturbating the Chd8 gene in astrocytes |
2 | PhD | Allison Keil | Heidi McBride | Defining the fate of PINK1/Parkin immune-driven Mitochondrial Derived Vesicles |
2 | PhD | Ylauna Penalva | Lisa Munter | A novel culprit in glucose hypometabolism and ECM dysfunction in the context of AD |
2 | PhD | Jonathan E. Gallego Rudolf | Sylvain Baillet | Neurophysiological features for predicting progression to Mild Cognitive Impairment |
2 | PhD | Seyyed Ali Hosseini | Gassan Massarweh | Quantitative susceptibility mapping and oxygen extraction fraction assessments in Alzheimer's disease |
2 | PhD | Arthur Cassa Macedo | Pedro Rosa-Neto | The correspondence of PET-based Braak staging with functional and behavioral impairment in the Alzheimer’s disease continuum |
2 | PhD | Alibek Moldakozhayev | Jeremy Van Raamsdonk | Unlocking the Potential of Metabolic Modulation to Promote Healthy Aging |
1 | PhD | Jana Fabienne Totzek | Martin Lepage | HippoCaMP: A neurocognitive model of Hippocampal Connectivity and Memory in Psychosis |
1 | Master's | Hans Auer | Boris Berhardt | Bridging cytoarchitecture and brain network function in the human amygdala |
1 | Master's | Yanan Wang | Kaleem Siddiqi | Exploring Astrocytic Nanostructures Using Deep Learning Automated Segmentation |
2 | Master's | Julia Tourbina-Kolomiets | Anne McKinney | Elucidating Biomarkers for Purkinje Cell Vulnerability in Christianson Syndrome |
2 | Master's | Atchaya Kanagasabai | Anne McKinney | Investigating neuronal cell vulnerability in ataxia. |
2 | Master's | Houman Azizi | Alain Dagher | Polygenic Risk and its Corresponding Neuroanatomical Vulnerability in Parkinson’s Disease |
2 | Master's | Kira Feighan | Timothy Kennedy | Investigating the role of pre-synaptic DCC in hippocampal long-term potentiation |
2 | Master's | Hunter Murdoch | Maia Kokoeva | Role of Mitotic Senescence of NG2-glia in Remyelination Impairment in MS |
3 | Master's | Haley Renault | Jesper Sjostrom | Neocortical Microcircuit Rewiring Associated withe Epileptogenesis |
3 | Master's | Mayuri Maheswaran | Pia Wintermark | Understanding sildenafil's neurorestorative properties after birth asphyxia |
4 | Master's | Danae Penichet | Nicolas Cermakian | Molecular interactions between maternal immune activation and circadian disruptions underlying individual vulnerability to schiz |
4 | Master's | Lyne Baaj | Rachel Rabin | nvestigating the Relationship between Cannabis Use, Anxiety, and Endocannabinoid Activity |
4 | Master's | Tyler Agyekum | Mallar Chakravarty | An Analysis of behavioural-related microstructural variations in the human hippocampus Background and Rationale |
4 | Master's | Camille Heguy | Marie Brossard-Racine | Does respiratory distress alter hippocampal development in preterm born neonates? |
4 | Master's | Farida Zaher | Lena Palaniyappan | Natural Language Processing to Detect Mental State Effects of Ketamine in Depression |