Our 2022 Trainees
Fatme Abboud
Masters Student, McGill University
Neurobiomarkers of executive function deficits in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease
Peter Cahill
PhD student, McMaster University
Core OutcomeS of Tiered Approaches in Schools – Communication: The COSTAS-C Project
Vicky Caron
PsyD student, Université du Québec à Montréal
Quality of life, autism and intellectual disability: the development of an adapted questionnaire
Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz
Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Montréal
Targeting cholinergic modulation to rescue sensory processing abnormalities caused by SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency
Yun-Ju (Claire) Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University
A transdiagnostic investigation of co-occurring health conditions in autism among the Canadian Health Survey of Children and Youth cohort: Age-varying patterns and functional impact
Yoobin Cho
Masters student, McGill University
Developing a CRISPRa-mediated therapy to treat a novel human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neuronal model of Smith-Magenis syndrome
Zeus Gracia-Tabuenca
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
Multimodal brain imaging investigation of largescale social cognition and memory networks in the autistic brain: a key for social dysfunction in autism
Sehrish Javed
PhD student, McGill University
Enhancing Bdnf Signalling as a therapy in the mouse model of Smith-Magenis Syndrome
Sylvie Lahaie
PhD student, McGill University
Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model Alexander Disease
Wen Da Lu
Masters student, McGill University
Atypical brain myelination in autism spectrum disorders
Platon Megagiannis
PhD student, McGill University
The role of the ASD-associated gene, CHD8, in regulating injury response in the mouse brain
Lisane Moses
Masters student, Université de Montréal
A computational account of adaptative behavior associated with autistic, anxious and attentional / executive traits
Taryn Perelmiter
Masters student, McGill University
Developing a visually-based assessment tool to measure attention among youth with autism
Isabelle Préfontaine
Postdoctoral Fellow, Université du Québec à Montréal
The social inclusion of autistic teens in the school environment: Identification of critical moments
Cassiea Sim
Masters student, McGill University
The appreciation of educational music concerts through diverse lenses
Xuming Yin
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa
Active control of delayed motor learning in a 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism by locus coeruleus GABAergic circuits