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Sensory Systems
Research Interests: Audiology and hearing sciences and the understanding of auditory processing, as well as the development of innovative hearing assistance technologies.
Bio: Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research Interests: Understanding how the brain integrates multisensory information, adapts to hearing loss, and the mechanisms behind tinnitus. His work aims to understand the neural processes involved in these areas to improve treatments for related conditions.
Bio: Associate Professor, Departent of Anatomy & Cell Biology
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: Integrating policy and practice for infant and child hearing, developing and implementing evidence-based clinical protocols, standardizing newborn hearing screening, and providing comprehensive audiological services.
Bio: Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research Work: The role of experience & plasticity in the development of sensory systems, with a focus on hearing loss and restoration. The combination of behavioural, neuroimaging, and anatomical approaches across models.
Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology.
Research Work: Primary and secondary headache disorders, advancing the understanding and treatment of these conditions through research and contributions to the field.
Bio: Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurological Sciences
Research Interests: How the brain transforms visual information into action, particularly how cortical and subcortical areas coordinate movement in a dynamic environment. Seeking to enhance the understanding of brain changes after injury or disease and inform non-invasive brain stimulation therapies.
Bio: Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology.
Research Work: How vision is used for perception and action in the real world, utilizing behavioral methods and functional neuroimaging. Using virtual reality, simulated 3D, and video games to enhance realism and address new theoretical questions.
Bio: Professor, Department of Psychology.
Research Interests: Vertical-plane sound localization with distorted spectral cues.
Bio: Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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 Interests: The intersection of biology and physics in acoustic and vibratory communication in insects and spiders, integrating sensory systems, behavior, and environmental interactions through experimental and modeling approaches.
Bio: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Understanding the interaction between language abilities and cognitive deficits in neurogenic disorders, including aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and progressive neurological diseaases as well as developing assessment and treatmentprocedures for acquired language disorders and related symptoms.
Bio: Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research Interests: Procedural sedation and acute pain management in children as well as evidence-based emergency medicine in paediatrics.
Bio: Professor, Department of Paediatrics
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 Work: Identifying cortical biomarkers that predict the development of chronic pain and understanding the neurobiological mechanisms behind the transition from acute to chronic pain. Also the development and testing of non-invasive brain stimulation treatments for pain, using advanced techniques like TMS-EEG and peripheral electrical stimulation.
Bio: Professor, School of Physical Therapy
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 Interests: The exploration of the cognitive aspects of pain, focusing on how brain activity related to pain and cognition interact, as well as how chronic pain affects brain structure and function. Also the investigation of individual differences in pain response and the impact of chronic pain on cognitive abilities, with an emphasis on intervention studies in clinical populations like chronic low back pain, migraine, and burning mouth syndrome.
Bio: Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics
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
Research Interests: Headache management, neuromodulation, and epilepsy education, with contributions to clinical trials, international conferences, and the development of training resources for epilepsy fellow.
Bio: Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurological Sciences
Research Interests: Exploring the principles of learning, memory, and pattern recognition, with a specific focus on perceptual expertise. His work investigates how expertise develops and is maintained, examining topics such as absolute pitch, statistical learning in speech and music, and degraded speech understanding.
Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Huron University College