Author: rhondaliane

Congratulations to Ana Badal and Zahra Wakif who were awarded with a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) certificate of excellence for their Master’s and Honours projects, respectively. 

You can read more about the CPA certificate of excellence HERE.

A recent study from Dr. Lara Pierce and collaborators has been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Title: EEG trajectories across the first two years of life are associated with maternal depression, anxiety, and perceived stress

Click Here to read the full article.

Collaborators: Viviane Valdes, Jennifer Near, Emily K. Walsh, Kathleen Conroy, Lianna R. Lipton, Mel A. Elansary, and Charles A. Nelson.

Lab Director, Dr. Lara Pierce and collaborator, Dr. Heather Prime have been awarded a Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant for research that will explore how environmental factors shape development and how early interventions can support children and families. The project is titled, Neurodevelopmental-intervention testing suite to identify and prevent transdiagnostic risk for mental health challenges.

You can read more about this award in York University’s YFile HERE.

Lab Director, Dr. Lara Pierce gave a talk during the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting in October 2025 for the symposium, From the Microsystems to the Ecosystem: Ecological Influences on Neurodevelopment Across Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. The talk was titled, Associations Between SES, Caregiver Interactions, and Development of Neural Processes During Infancy.

Congratulations to Ana Badal who has been awarded the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) Thesis prize for her Master’s thesis testing “Associations between Socioeconomic Stress, Engagement in Joint Attention, and Infant Neurodevelopment in 24- to 36- month-old Infants.”

You can read more about it in York University’s newsletter, YFile

Rhonda Baker presented her work at the first annual Psychology Graduate Student Association (PGSA) Research Symposium at York University on May 13, 2025.

Congratulations, Rhonda!

Ana Badal and Rhonda Baker presented their work this past weekend (May 1-3, 2025) at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Congratulations, Ana and Rhonda!

Congratulations to Zahra Wakif, who has received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Undergraduate Student Research Award (URSA)! You can learn more about the award HERE.

Congratulations to Suliana Beraki, who has received a Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Undergraduate Student Research Award (URSA)! You can learn more about the award HERE.

Congratulations to Manahil Ayoob and Zahra Wakif who presented the results of their honours thesis projects at the Department of Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Poster Day this past Monday, April 7, 2025!