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.
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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.
Ana Badal awarded FGS Thesis Prize!
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 presents her work at the first annual PGSA Research Symposium at York University
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 present their work at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2025 Biennial Meeting
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!
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