Our 2019 Trainees

Kirsty Ainsworth
Postdoctoral fellow, McGill University
The nature and course of multisensory integration in autism spectrum disorders

Scott Bell
PhD student, McGill University – Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Investigation of de novo mutations in ACTL6B leading to intellectual disability and autism

Oualid Benkarim
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University – Montreal Neurological Institute
Towards precision neuroimaging of the individual brain connectome in autism

Julie Cumin
MSc student, Université de Montréal – CIUSSS NÎM
How to differentiate high functioning autism from other psychiatric conditions in women? Perspectives from clinicians and autistic women

Hadas Dahary
PhD student, McGill University
Can music education enhance social communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Tania P Fernandes
PhD student, McGill University
Emotion recognition in instrumental and vocal music and affective speech among children with autism spectrum disorders

Mehdi Hooshmandi
PhD student, McGill University
The role of aberrant translational control in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)

Nida Latif
Postdoctoral fellow, McGill University
Does conversational interaction differ by sex/gender in ASD: A movement coordination approach

Alexia Ostrolenk
PhD student, Université de Montréal – CIUSSS NÎM
Hyperlexia and Autism: Prevalence, developmental predictors, and intervention strategies

Daphné Silvestre
Postdoctoral fellow, McGill University
Assessing the atypical visual perception in autism at different periods of development by measuring the internal visual noise

Shane Wiebe
PhD Student, McGill University
Elucidating the role of 4EHP and G1GYF2 in autism spectrum disorder

Samantha Wong
MSc student, McGill University
Investigating the melodic pitch memory of children with autism spectrum disorder