Staff
- Yael Schwartz – Lab Manager: 2018
- Laurice Karkaby – Lab Manager: 2016 – 2018
- Dana Winton – Lab Manager: 2016
- Hanna Edwards – Project Specialist: 2015 – 2017
Postdoctoral Fellows
Annie Duchesne, PhD – annie.duchesne@utoronto.ca
My research interests are centered around the identification and understanding of factors underlying differences in stress processing across men and women. Over the years, I have investigated this question through animal and human models with a variety of behavioural, neurophysiological and neuroimaging experimental approaches. I am currently holding a postdoctoral research position in Dr. Gillian Einstein’s Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Gender and Health studies, where I study the impact of early ovarian hormones deprivation on stress processing and cognition in women at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer.
- Kelly Evans, PhD, Research Methodologist
Kelly Evans worked in Dr. Einstein’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow, where she was involved in the Estrogens and Cognition Project. In this research, she investigated the effects of hormone deprivation on cognitive function (using neuropsychological tests) and the brain (using magnetic resonance imaging) in women who have had their ovaries removed. She was also involved with research examining the way women, clinicians, and researchers conceptualize menopause. - Michelle Skop, RSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Michelle Skop completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dr. Einstein’s lab, working as co-investigator on a qualitative study about men’s heath and masculinities. Specifically, this study explored how men, who have a BRCA gene mutation and possess an increased risk for prostate and male breast cancer, feel about their bodies and identities. - Xueyan Yang, PhD, Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Maya J. Goldenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
Graduate Students
- Vivian Zhou, MSc
- April Au, MA, PhD student at the University of Toronto
- Sonam Shah, MPH, Medical student at University of Toronto
- Samah Hassan, MSc, MD
- Emily Glazer, MSc
- Deborah Schwartz, MA, PhD student at the University of Toronto
- Ramya Kumar, MD
- Deanna Duplessis, MPH
- Shannon Chiles, Academic Advisor for Southern and Disability Services at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Post-Undergraduates
- Candice Dwyer
- Olga Malinowska, Medical student at the University of Toronto
- Elizabeth Shin, Medical student at the University of Toronto
- Allie De Petrillo, MSc
- Duncan Westwood, BSc
- Julia Dimitrova, MSc
- Emily Rowland, MSc
Undergraduate Project Students
- Franklin Li
- Janessa Spencer
- Chris Jennings
- Seth Watt
- Alicja Dobrzanski
- Anita Feher
- Kathleen Hughes
- Ailya Jessa, MSc
- Mooney Niu
- Ju-Eun Justina Lee, Masters student at McMaster University
- David Xiao Li, Medical student at John Hopkins University
- Mo Niu, Masters student at the University of Toronto
- Wilfrid Chan, Masters student at the University of Toronto
Research Assistants/Volunteers
- Keleila Handelman
- Mathura Kugan
- Kayla Persaud
- Ming Wu
- Gopinath Yang
- Hailey Benedict
- Karla Machlab
- Devaki Paalenthera, ROP
- Lindsey Thurston
- Kathy Ecsy
- Ruby Chacko
- Nadine Balmores
- Kim Bloom
- Adnan Javed
- Marina Mikhaelian, MS candidate Human Genetics, University of Minnesota
- Daniella (Dora) Ladowski
- Naila Karim, MD candidate, University of British Columbia
- Amal Yousaf
- Leorra Newman, PhD candidate, Psychology, York University
- Asim Ashraf
- Golda Kanrar, Masters candidate, Public Administration, University of Toronto
- Paula Di Noto, Master’s candidate, York University, Centre for Vision Research
- Monika Janus, PhD candidate, OISE, Human Development and Applied Psychology
- John Hoppe
- Jena Mahdi
- Soumia Meiyappan, Masters student at MacMaster University
- Rhooda Ahmed
- Magdalena Godowska
- Mark Lapinski
- Jennifer Lee
- Mohammed Mahdi
- Mihir Patel
- Alexis Paradis, Undergraduate at Queen’s University
- David de Jong, PhD candidate, University of Rochester, Psychology
- Jason Klemensberg, Masters student at the University of Western Ontario
- Perry Guo, Medical student at McMaster University
- Nicole Pun
- Lubheen Baghat
- Robin Fitzsimons
- Sabrina Trumpour
- Victoria Williams
- Christopher Jones
- Soojin Oh
- Nicole Dordolo
- Abi Muere
- Kerui Huang
- Madli Vahtra
- Yagnesh Ladumor
- Christa Cameron
- Katharine Dotsikas
- Lucy Mcphee
- Aditi Desai
- Nikita Gupta
- Deanne Wah, Masters student at University of Western Ontario
- Gillian Bandey
- Ingita Patel
- Nnenna Asidianya
- Gauri Anand
- Liang Lucy Shao
- Isabella Parks
- Raynae Dumpfrey
- Gabriela Gonzalez
- Adam Almeida, Masters student at the London School of Economics (LSE)
- Ava Ma Bon De Sousa
- Stephanie Gosselin