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Dr. Jai Shah,

Lab lead, MD, FRCPC

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Hobbies/Interests: Skiing, Edmonton Oilers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Green Onion Cakes, Star Wars

Advice for Future Students: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" - Oscar Wilde :)

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Dr. Ian Raugh

Postdoctoral researcher

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Fun Fact: Prior to grad school, Ian worked as a ballroom dance instructor

Advice for Future Students: Cultivate a life beyond work and protect it, you will need things (and people!) that energize and support you that are not related to your studies and research.

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Dr. Allison MacNeil

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Advice for Future Students: The best way to get to the Douglas is on a bike!

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Dr. Aarati Taksal

Lab Manager

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Dr. Justin Graffi, 

MD, PhD Candidate, FRCPC

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Interests/Hobbies: Justin enjoys camping, hiking, and spending time with his wife and cat (Chester). 

Advice for Future Students: Ask questions, even when you’re not sure they’re worth asking.

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Bing Cai

PhD Candidate 

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Fun Fact: I am an animal whisperer 

Advice for Future Students: [ASK BING TO ADD :)]

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Matthew Raymond

PhD Candidate

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Hobbies/Interests: Electronic music, poetry and literature, cinema, the great outdoors, travel.

Advice for Future Students: Explore a wide-range of communities (both academic and otherwise). The Douglas and McGill are vast universes in themselves, and Montreal has even more to offer an open mind–everybody does things a bit differently. And enjoy your summer! 

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Letícia Müller Haas

PHD Student

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Fun Fact: Letícia solo-travelled for five months in the northeast of Brazil

Advice for Future Students: Grab any opportunity, even if you are not sure of what you want, just apply! You can decide later, and sometimes life makes the decision for you.

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Alyssa Frampton (Fudge)
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Research Coordinator, Msc student

Fun Fact: I have seen every episode of the real housewives franchise (except Dubai and Atlanta). 

Advice for Future Students: Every good writer has a good editor. 

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Rebecca Louw

Msc Student

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Hobbies/Interests: Tiny objects, dinner parties, trick-taking card games, bodies of water

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Élyse Gauthier

Msc student

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Hobbies/Interests: She has a passion for clinical psychology, and wants to work as a psychologist, she also loves traveling around the world!

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Anne Pelletier

MSc Epidemiology Student

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Fun Fact: I can sing "Heroes" by David Bowie in German but know almost no other German words

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Charlotte Little

MSc student

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Hobbies/Interests: Exploring the city, reading, and attending live music and sports events.

Advice for Future Students: Read widely and from diverse perspectives!

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Brianna Beesley

Research Coordinator

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Fun Fact: My cat is named Old Dude because he was thought to be elderly when he was found, only for the vet to confirm he was just 1-year old! Now at 5 he looks like more of a baby than he did when I got him. 🙂

Advice for Future Students: Take courses in or engage with different disciplines, we learn so much through looking at the same information with a new lens. :)

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Bryan Young

Program Manager

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Hobbies/Interests:  I'm originally from Winnipeg (or Winter-peg), and as a result have a fondness for the cozy, winter months. You can often find me re-watching a classic sitcom (Golden Girls, Will & Grace etc.) or curled up with coffee and a good book. 

Advice for Future Students: Get involved! Check out campus, try new activities, meet new people, and enjoy your time as a student! 

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Ashley Vu

Research Assistant

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Hobbies/Interests:  I'm originally from Winnipeg (or Winter-peg), and as a result have a fondness for the cozy, winter months. You can often find me re-watching a classic sitcom (Golden Girls, Will & Grace etc.) or curled up with coffee and a good book. 

Advice for Future Students: Get involved! Check out campus, try new activities, meet new people, and enjoy your time as a student! 

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Gabrielle Reynolds

Undergraduate Student, thesis 

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Hobbies/Interests: In her free time, she enjoys yoga, indie music and K-pop dance

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Kaitlyn Capano 

Honours B.A Psychology, Research assistant 

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Hobbies/Interests: She loves travelling whenever possible and enjoying her free time especially on a beach. Fun fact, she lived in Croatia for a month and hopes to go back very soon!

Advice for Future Students:  Absolutely take the chance to travel, time is precious! 

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Cathy Fang

B.A. Psyhcology, Research Assistant

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Hobbies/Interests: Yoga and good espressos :D

Advice for Future Students: Reach out! Take a shot at anything you come across.

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lab alumni

  • Ian Raugh, PhD, 2024-

  • Samuel Montplaisir, MD PhD, 2022-23

  • Giuseppe D’Andrea, MD, 2023-

  • Theo Korchia, MD PhD, 2022-23

  • Boris Chaumette, MD PhD, 2019-20

  • Marie-Eve Blain-Juste, MD FRCPC (R6 Clinical/Research Fellow), 2018

  • Jean-Gabriel Daneault, MD FRCPC (R6 Research Fellow), 2017-18

 

Graduate Students (Primary or Secondary Supervisor)

  • Anne Pelletier (MSc Epidemiology), 2025-

  • Bing Cai (PhD Mental Health), 2024-

  • Justin Graffi (PhD Mental Health), 2024-

  • Charlotte Little (MSc Mental Health), 2024-

  • Rebecca Louw (MSc Mental Health), 2024-

  • Élyse Gauthier (MSc Mental Health), 2024-

  • Matthew Raymond (PhD Mental Health), 2023-

  • Mikaël Dubuc (MSc Mental Health, 2023-

  • Allison MacNeil (PhD Clinical Psychology), 2022-26

  • Vincent Paquin (MSc Mental Health), 2022-25

  • Fjolla Berisha (MSc Psychiatry), 2021-25

  • Gili Grunfeld (MSc Psychiatry), 2021-23

  • Sarah Mughal (PhD Mental Health), 2021-25

  • Laura LaChance (MSc Psychiatry), 2019-21

  • Sarah McIlwaine (PhD Epidemiology), 2019-

  • Anika Maraj (MSc Psychiatry), 2019-21

  • Ann-Catherine Lemonde (MSc Psychiatry), 2018-20

  • Sarah McIlwaine (MSc Psychiatry), 2016-19

  • Rachel Rosengard (MSc Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience), 2016-18

  • Laura Morrison (MSc Public Health), 2015-16

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Graduate Students (Supervisory Committees)

  • Giuseppe D’Andrea (PhD Mental Health), 2025-

  • Meghan Davies (PhD Mental Health), 2023-

  • Hope Burko (MSc Mental Health), 2023-25

  • Joseph Ghanem (PhD Psychology, McGill), 2023-

  • Olivier Percie du Sert (PhD Mental Health, McGill), 2022-26

  • Mingyi Diao (PhD Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience), 2021-26

  • Brooke Allemang (PhD Social Work, University of Calgary), 2021-26

  • Michaela Field (MSc Psychiatry), 2020-22

  • Charlie Henri-Bellemare (MSc Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience), 2018-21

  • Michelle Khau (MSc Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience), 2018-20

  • Nina Fainman-Adelman (MSc Psychiatry), 2018-20

  • Marie-Eve Robinson (MSc Epidemiology), 2017-19

  • Alexandra Bedford (MSc Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience), 2016-18

  • Gabriel Cartman (MSc Family Medicine), 2016-19

  • Geneviève Sauvé (PhD Interdisciplinary Program on Neuroscience), 2013-18

  • Franz Veru (PhD Psychiatry), 2014-19

  • Megan Pope (MSc Psychiatry), 2013-16

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Undergraduate Students

  • Rebecca Jiang, 2025-

  • Kaitlyn Capano, 2024-

  • Olivier Renaud-Charest, 2024-

  • Abigale O’Hara, 2024-

  • Alba Sanchez-Allakhverdieva, 2023-25

  • Liliane Amoura, 2023-25

  • Sandy Liu, 2023-25

  • Marie-Pier Alègre, 2023-25

  • Emily Chen, 2021-23

  • Gili Grunfeld, 2020-22

  • Fjolla Berisha, 2018-20

  • Paulami Sen, 2017-19

  • Shruthi Venkatarama, 2016-18

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