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.
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SSHRC USRA bestowed on lab member, Suliana Beraki!
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.
Bianca and Zahra bestowed with Meighen Wright Foundation Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarships!
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.
Ana Badal presents her work at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s Annual Meeting
Ana Badal presented her work this past weekend (March 29-April 1, 2025) at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society‘s (CNS) Annual Meeting in Boston, M.A.
Congratulations, Ana!
Poster Presentations at the Let’s Talk About Youth Conference in Guelph, Ontario
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.
Poster Presentations at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Conference in Toronto, Ontario
Congratulations to lab director, Lara Pierce and graduate students, Ana Badal, Heala Maudoodi, and Yara Odeh who presented posters at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Conference in Toronto between April 13-16, 2024.
The Lab Congratulates Honours Thesis Students on Project Presentations at Poster Day!
Congratulations to Leen Asaad, Shany Marks, Melissa Perez, and Diana Pombo, who all presented the results of their honours thesis projects at the Department of Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Poster Day this past Tuesday, April 9, 2024!
New Study from Dr. Lara Pierce and collaborators: Association of Neighbourhood Opportunity with Infant Brain Activity and Cognitive Development
A recent study from Dr. Lara Pierce and collaborators has been published in the Journal of Development & Behavioral Paediatrics.
“We examined direct and indirect associations between neighbourhood opportunity, brain activity, and cognitive development.”
Click Here to read the full article.
Collaborators: Mei Elansary, Wendy Wei, Dana McCoy, Charles Nelson
New study from Dr. Lara Pierce and collaborators: A Qualitative Study of Maternal Perceptions of Stress and Parenting During Early Childhood
A recent study from Dr. Lara Pierce and collaborators has been published in Academic Paediatrics.
“Our study qualitatively explored maternal perceptions of stressors’ impacts on caregiving and mothers’ strategies for supporting their children in the context of stress. This study builds upon developmental science research relating maternal stress to child neurodevelopment to investigate maternal-reported pathways between perceived stress and caregiving strategies.”
Click Here to read the full article.
Collaborators: Mei Elansary, Annelise Brochier, Saul Urbina-Johanson, Mikayla Gordon Wexler, Emily Messmer, Dana Charles McCoy.
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