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Featured Speakers

Meet the speakers for the 7th Annual Neuro Health Awareness Conference. Our speakers are leading researchers in neuroscience and brain health who will share insights from their work and current advances in the field. 

 

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Dr. Simon Chen 

BSc, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine 

Canada Research Chair Tier II

Research Focus 

  •  Brain neuron structural & functional imaging 

  •  Motor learning & neural movement control 

  •  Awake-behaving mouse learning models

  •  Molecular-cellular links to neural circuits

Dr. John Anderson 

BSc, MA, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology 

Canada Research Chair Tier II

Research Focus 

  •  In-vivo MRI of brain tissue properties

  • Multivariate neural data analysis 

  • Brain-behaviour covariation studies 

  • Integrated neuroimaging & behaviour modelling 

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Shaza Asif  

BSc, MSc

Officer

Research Programs at MS Canada 

Research Focus 

  • Translational Molecular Medicine

  • Cardiometabolic Disease Research 

  • MS Research & Impact 

  • Knowledge Mobilization & Engagement 

Dr. Katalin Tóth 

BSc, Ph.D.

Professor | Chair

Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine 

Research Focus 

  •  Hippocampal Neural Communication  

  •  Synaptic Interaction Dynamics 

  •  Optical & Electrophysiological Methods 

  •  Synaptic Release & Information Coding 

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Dr. Alfonso Abizaid

BSc, MA, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Neuroscience 

Research Focus 

  • Ghrelin & Brain Signalling  

  • Motivated Behaviour Mechanisms 

  • Stress & Female Metabolism 

  • Epigenetic Influence on Body Weight 

Dr. Jing Wang

BSc, MA, Ph.D.

Associate Professor 

Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine 

Research Focus 

  • Neural Stem Cell Programming

  • Neural Stem Cell Differentiation 

  • Molecular Neuroregulation  

  • Regenerative Therapies for Neurological Diseases

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Dr. Annick Tanguay

BA, Ph.D.

Part-Time Professor

Department of Psychology 

Research Focus 

  • Declarative Memory & Future Thinking 

  • Personal Semantics

  • Self-related Memory Processing 

  • Cognitive Representations of the Future 

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