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NEUROSCIENCE & PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL RESEARCH

August 2022 - Present

Clinical Research, Royal Ottawa Hospital

Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families, Ottawa, Canada

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

July 2022 - Present (Full-Time)

School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

SCIENTIST

July 2022 - Present

Royal Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa

Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

August 2022 - Present (Part-time)

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

April 2021- Present 

Department of Medical Biophysics 

Western University, London, Canada

SCIENTIST

September 2020- Present

Homewood Research Institute

Homewood Health, Guelph, Canada

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW

September 2020- Present

Department of Cognition, Emotion and Methods in Psychology

University of Vienna, Austria

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (FULL-TIME) 

September 2020- August 2022

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

SENIOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

March 2019- September 2020

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow

Department of Cognition, Emotion and Methods in Psychology

University of Vienna, Austria

Department of Psychiatry

University of Zurich, Switzerland

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

September 2017-March 2019

Department of Neuroscience, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry

Western University, London, Canada
Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, Canada

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN NEUROSCIENCE

September 2014- August 2017

Department of Neuroscience, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry

Western University, London, Canada

  • Thesis: The Neural Circuitry of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN PSYCHOLOGY

September 2010- August 2014

Western University, London, Canada

  • Thesis: The Neural Correlates of Cognitive Behavioural Self-Regulation in Early Development

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RESEARCH FUNDING & AWARDS

CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT

CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH (CIHR)

2022 - 2024

Regulating post-traumatic stress disorder neural networks: A real-time fMRI
neurofeedback mechanistic study in frontline healthcare workers

  • Principal Investigator 

MOBILIZING INSIGHTS IN DEFENCE AND SECURITY (MINDS)

2022 - 2023

Understanding gender identity narratives among transgender and gender diverse military members and veterans: A pilot study

  • Principal Investigator 

MOBILIZING INSIGHTS IN DEFENCE AND SECURITY (MINDS)

2022 - 2023

Uncovering the neural correlates of minority stress in LGBTQ2S+ military members and veterans in Canada

  • Principal Investigator 

INNOVATIVE FOR DEFENCE EXCELLENCE AND SECURITY (IDEAaS)

2022 - 2023

Multidimensional assessments and treatment of COVID-19-related moral injury

  • Co-Investigator 

NATIONAL DEFENCE (CANADA) 

2021 - 2024

Pan-Canadian network to address and prevent sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed
Forces

  • Co-Investigator 

HOMEWOOD HEALTH INC.

2021 - 2023

Understanding the intersection of COVID-19 related stress, moral injury, and minority
stress, and its impact on mental health among healthcare workers and public safety
personnel in Canada

  • Co-Investigator 

THE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR PTSD & THE LGBT PURGE FUND

2021- 2023

The Neural Correlates of Minority Stress

  • Principal Investigator 

THE BANTING RESEARCH FOUNDATION- YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

2021- 2022

Regulating Neural Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Real-Time Neuroimaging

  • Principal Investigator 

FDC FOUNDATION

2020- 2022

Goal Management Training & Neurofeedback in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Collaboration between the Homewood Research Institute and McMaster University

  • Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Margaret McKinnon

CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH (CIHR)

2020- 2023

A Randomized Control Trial of a Novel Approach to Cognitive Training in Public Safety Personnel with Post Traumatic Stress Injuries

  • Co-Investigator 

JONATHAN & JOSHUA MEMORIAL GRANT FROM MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH (DONATION)

2020- 2021

  • Principal Investigator

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

ATLAS INSTITUTE CHAIR OF MINORITY STRESS AND TRAUMA RESEARCH

2022 - Present

EUROPEAN RESEARCH COMMISSION MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP

2020

MITACS AND HOMEWOOD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD

2019

ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (OGS), CANADIAN RESEARCH AWARD

September 2017 - August 2019

ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (OGS), CANADIAN RESEARCH AWARD

September 2016

CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH (CIHR), NATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD

September 2015

JONATHAN & JOSHUA MEMORIAL GRANT FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

September 2015 

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