Congratulations to Shannon Cassidy who has been awarded a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship to fund her Master’s research!
Congratulations to lab members on their presentations at the PGSA’s second annual Research Symposium!
Congratulations to Leen Asaad, Prabhleen Kaur, Besabeh Moghayer, and Zahra Wakif who presented their work at the Psychology Graduate Student’ Association’s (PGSA) second annual Research Symposium!
Aaliyah and Aurore presented their work at the Conference for Undergraduate Health Research
Congratulations to Aaliyah and Aurore who presented their work at the Conference for Undergraduate Health Research on May 8, 2026.
NSERC USRA awarded to lab member, Mahnoosh Jalilzadeh!
Congratulations to Mahnoosh Jalilzadeh, who has received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)! You can learn more about the award HERE.
The Lab Congratulates Honours Thesis Students Participating in Undergraduate Thesis Poster Day!
Congratulations to Aaliyah Daruwala, Aurore Maloh, and Bianca Sirbu, who all presented the results of their honours thesis projects at the Department of Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Poster Day on April 7, 2026!
We are pleased to announce that Aurore Maloh (co-supervisors: Peter Kohler and Lara Pierce) was awarded a prize for best poster!
Aaliyah Daruwala Awarded Lillian Meighen-Wright Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarship
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Aaliyah Daruwala has been awarded the Faculty of Health, Meighen-Wright Foundation Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations, Aaliyah!
Ana Badal and Zahra Wakif awarded Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Certificate of Excellence
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.
New Study from Dr. Lara Pierce and Collaborators: EEG Trajectories Across the First Two Years of Life are Associated with Maternal Depression, Anxiety, and Perceived Stress
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 Awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation Grant
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 invited to give talk at Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in Montréal, October 2025
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.
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