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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 (USRA)! 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 (USRA)! 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!

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Bianca Sirbu and Zahra Wakif have been awarded the Faculty of Health, Meighen Wright Foundation Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship! Congratulations, Bianca and Zahra! Click HERE to learn more about this award.

Congratulations to Shany Marks and Melissa Perez who presented posters at the Let’s Talk About Youth Conference in Guelph, Ontario on Friday, April 19, 2024.