Fellow Features /hbhl/taxonomy/term/107/all en Fellow Feature: Bruna de Souza /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-bruna-de-souza <p>Bruna de Souza is a PhD IPN student in the Watt lab, in the Bellini building of McGill's Life Sciences Complex. Her project, titled <em>Axonal plasticity during cerebellar development</em>, falls under Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives' Research Theme 3—Applied Cognitive Neuroscience of Brain Plasticity.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:41:33 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1298 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Ting Qiu /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-ting-qiu <p>Ting Qiu is a PhD IPN student in the Villeneuve lab at the Douglas Research Centre. Her project, titled <em>The role of structural network efficiency in cognitive resilience to AD pathology in cognitively unimpaired older adults at risk of AD dementia</em>, falls under Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives' Research Theme 2—Mechanistic Models of Neurodegenerative Disorders.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:13:30 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1297 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Mashbayar Tugsbayar /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-mashbayar-tugsbayar <p>Mashbayar Tugsbayar is a PhD IPN student at the Learning in Neural Circuits (LiNC) lab at MILA and McGill. Her project, titled <em>Brain-based top-down recurrent model of the visual system</em>, falls under Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives' Research Theme 1—Neuroinformatics and Computational Modelling.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:55:49 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1296 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Hannah Derue /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-hannah-derue <p>Hannah Derue is a Master's IPN student in the Ribeiro-da-Silva and Mogil labs. Her project, titled <em>Effect of exercise on the neuropathic component of arthritis pain: characterization and therapeutic properties</em>, falls under Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives' Research Theme 2—Mechanistic Models of Neurodegenerative Disorders.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:09:41 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1291 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Cindy Garcia /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-cindy-garcia <p>Cindy Garcia is a PhD IPN student at the CoBrA lab, Douglas Research Centre. Her project, titled <em>Cerebral blood flow relationship with neuroanatomical changes and lifestyle in aging</em>, falls under Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives' Research Theme 4—Population Neuroscience and Brain Health.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:19:21 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1293 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Emmanuel Olarewaju /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-emmanuel-olarewaju <p>Emmanuel Olarewaju is a PhD IPN student at the Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health, Douglas Research Centre. His project, titled <em>Interpersonal language and motor disorganization in psychosis: a neurobehavioural study</em>, falls under Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives' Research Theme 4—Population Neuroscience and Brain Health.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:14:35 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1292 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Sneha Senthil /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-sneha-senthil <p>Sneha Senthil (she/her) is a Master’s student in Dr. James Near's lab. </p> <p><b>What is your previous degree in? Where did you earn it from?</b></p> <p>I obtained my Bachelor's in Physics (Honours) from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi.</p> <p><b>What is your area of research and what are the implications of your project?</b></p> Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:39:57 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1238 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Nicole Palacio /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-nicole-palacio <p>Nicole Palacio is as Master's student at McGill working in Dr. Marco Leyton’s lab.</p> <p><b>What is your previous degree in? Where did you earn it from?</b></p> <p>I have a <i>summa cum laude </i>bachelor’s degree in psychology and a <i>magna cum laude</i> bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Los Andes (Colombia).</p> <p><b>Describe your research and the implications of your project</b></p> Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:00:30 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1237 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Dongyan Lin /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-dongyan-lin <p>Dongyan Lin is a third-year PhD at <a href="http://mcgill.ca/ipn">Integrated Program in Neuroscience at McGill University</a> and <a href="http://mila.quebec/en">Mila</a>. </p> <p><strong>What is your previous degree in? Where did you earn it from? </strong></p> <p>I graduated from the University of Toronto with a BSc in 2019 where I majored in Physiology and double-minored in Mathematics and Psychology.  </p> <p><strong>Describe your research and the implications of your project in three sentences or less. </strong></p> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:15:38 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1207 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Cécile Tissot /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-c%C3%A9cile-tissot <p>Cécile Tissot is a PhD student in <a href="https://douglas.research.mcgill.ca/pedro-rosa-neto">Pedro Rosa-Neto</a>'s laboratory at <a href="http://aging.mcgill.ca/">McGill Center for Studies in Aging</a>.</p> <p><strong>Where did you begin your academic career?</strong></p> <p>I entered McGill University in 2014 and graduated in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Psychology.</p> <p><strong>Describe your research and the implications of your project.</strong></p> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:03:35 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1197 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Hung-Hsiang Ho /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-hung-hsiang-ho <p>Hung-Hsiang Ho is a Master's student working with <a href="/endocrinology/facultydir/wingsimon">Simon Wing</a>.</p> <p><strong>Where did you begin your academic career?</strong></p> <p>I started at National Taiwan University where I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science.</p> <p><strong>Tell us about your research and the implications of your project.</strong></p> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:18:46 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1191 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Risavarshni Thevakumaran /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-risavarshni-thevakumaran <p>Risavarshni Thevakumaran is a second-year Master's student working with <a href="/bbme/david-rudko">David Rudko</a>.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 21:20:58 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1137 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Alexandra Potvin-Desrochers /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-alexandra-potvin-desrochers <p>Alexandra Potvin-Desrochers is a fourth-year PhD student working with <a href="/edu-kpe/caroline.paquette">Dr. Caroline Paquette</a>.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:31:33 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1119 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Arna Ghosh /hbhl/article/fellow-features/arna-ghosh <p>Arna Ghosh is a third-year PhD student working with <a href="/neuro/blake-richards-phd" target="_blank">Blake Richards</a>.</p> <p><strong>What inspired you to pursue your current degree?</strong></p> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:20:51 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1117 at /hbhl Fellow Feature: Xuanteng Yan /hbhl/article/fellow-features/fellow-feature-xuanteng-yan <p>Xuanteng Yan is a third-year PhD student working with Drs. <a href="/bioengineering/people/faculty/georgios-mitsis" target="_blank">Georgios Mitsis</a> and <a href="/spot/marie-helene-boudrias" target="_blank">Marie-Hélène Boudrias</a>.</p> <p><b>What inspired you to pursue your current degree? </b></p> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:57:42 +0000 HBHL Trainee Committee 1108 at /hbhl