Research Interests: Understanding how the brain integrates multisensory information, adapts to hearing loss, and the mechanisms behind tinnitus. Understanding the neural processes involved in these areas to improve treatments for related conditions.

Bio: Associate Professor, Departent of Anatomy & Cell Biology

Research Interests: The development of numerical and mathematical skills, investigating both typical and atypical development through behavioral and neuroimaging methods.

Bio: Professor, Faculty of Education.

Research Interests: Understanding the memory and learning mechanisms involved in language processing, identifying children with language learning impairments, and implementing evidence-based clinical practices through collaborative research partnerships.

Bio: Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Research Interests: The epigenetic regulation of brain development, particularly through the ATRX protein's role in chromatin remodeling, gene transcription, and neuronal survival.

Bio: Professor, Department of Anatoy & Cell Biology

Research Interests: Medical education using virtual and augmented reality tools, particularly for neuroanatomy and surgical simulation. 

Bio: Associate Professor, Clinical Neurological Sciences

Research Interests: The impact of early adversity on cognitive ability starting early in fetal life, as well as infants and school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or who are born very preterm.

Bio: Associate Professor, Faculty of Education

Research Interests: Understanding how both the brain and body contribute to student success, with a particular emphasis on promoting cognitive function and mental health in children and youth, including those with academic challenges like ADHD.

Bio: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education

Research Interests: Improving long-term cognitive and functional outcomes in critically ill children by developing and implementing electroencephalography-based monitoring tools, utilizing signal processing and artificial intelligence to identify brain pathologies and deliver timely interventions.

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Research Interests: The role of temperament in social and emotional wellbeing, focusing on how children interpret and interact with their social world over time. Also explores the influence of contextual factors, such as culture, and employs a multimethod approach with an emphasis on naturalistic behavior observation.

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Research Interests: The neurocognitive and neurophysiological processes involved in speech production and motor learning, with a particular emphasis on developmental stuttering. The investigation of how neural mechanisms, attention, and learning capacities impact both developmental trajectories and treatment outcomes for individuals who stutter.

Bio: Assistant Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Research Interests: Understanding developmental dyslexia, language impairments, and the role of biology and experience in reading and language development. Use of neuroimaging and eye-tracking techniques, real-time language recognition in both children and adults, as well as the impact of experience and maturation on second language learning and bilingualism.

Bio: Professor, Department of Psychology

Research Interests: Social innovation for mental health, with a focus on youth mental health, mindfulness, early psychosis, and collaborative care, both locally and globally.

Bio: Associate Professor and Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry

Research Interests: Study of Traumatic Brain Injury using computational models to analyze brain reponses to trauma.  Improving protections, diagnostics, and safety innovations in vehicle design and paediatric biomechanics.

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests: Understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms of attention, gaze control, and visual motion processing in the brain using behavioral and electrophysiological techniques in both humans and non-human primates.

Bio: Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Research Work: Understanding the genetic and neural bases of variation in female aggression and mating receptivity using Drosophila as a model system, combining genetics, neuroscience, and behavioral assays.

Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Research Interests: The etiology and treatment of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders - specifically Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability. The examination of the behavioural characterization of these conditions as well as magnetic resonance imaging studies of the brain. Treatment studies investigating novel pharmacological treatments for these disorders.

Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Research Interests: Understanding the pathophysiology of autoimmune causes of pediatric epilepsy, improving diagnostic accuracy, access to therapies, and patient outcomes, while also exploring medically refractory epilepsy and epilepsy surgery. 

Bio: Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurological Sciences

Research Interests: Early identification and intervention for developmental delays, rehabilitation of acquired brain injury, and advocating for children with genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics. 

Research Interests: Neural, auditory, and cognitive aspects of language development and disorders in children, with a particular emphasis on hearing loss, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Bio: Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Health Sciences. 

Research Interests: Exploring how disruptions in brain systems that process emotional information contribute to the development of psychopathology, particularly depression and anxiety, across the lifespan. The use of event-related potentials (ERPs) to identify individuals at high risk for these disorders to inform early intervention and prevention strategies. 

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Research Interests: Understanding the early stages of sensory information processing and filtering, particularly how sensory stimuli are modulated by neural circuits in the brain, with an emphasis on habituation and prepulse inhibition. Also, the investigation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying these processes, and their disruption in conditions like schizophrenia and neurodegenerative diseases. 

Bio: Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Vice Dean of Basic Medical Sciences

Research Interests: The efficacy of hearing aid signal processing and outcomes for infants, children, and adults who use hearing aids. She is also involved in hearing aid verification strategies and simulation in education, contributing to advancements in pediatric hearing aid fitting standards.

Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Research Work: The neurogenetic mechanisms underlying social interactions, specifically how fruit flies respond to the presence of others and the neural circuits involved in social behavior.

Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Research Interests: Preserving brain function during critical illness, examining topics like sedation practices in the ICU, organ donation and transplantation methods, and acute kidney injury. 

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Research Interests: Preserving brain function during critical illness, examining topics like sedation practices in the ICU, organ donation and transplantation methods, and acute kidney injury. 

Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Research Interests: Sensory perception across the lifespan, particularly how changes in sensory perception impact cognitive processes like speech perception. Work includes studies with neurotypical individuals and special populations, such as those with Autism Spectrum Disorders and cochlear implant users, using behavioral measures, neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG), and neuropsychological methods.

Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology