Past Members
Our lab is grateful to have worked with many talented students and researchers.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dmitrii Paniukov
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Texas Tech University
Project Title: Effects of mother's psychological distress on children's brain development using MRI imaging
Elnaz Vaghef Mehrabani
PhD in Nutritional Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Project Title: Stress and nutrition interaction during development
Yanan Wang
Ph.D. in Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba
Research interests: Human nutrition, dietary fibre, microbiome
Daphne Vrantsidis
PhD in Psychology, University of Alberta
Project Title: Interactions between a glucocorticoid receptor gene co-expression network and prenatal stress on children’s mental health problems in early childhood
Graduate Students
Emily Cameron
BSc (Honours) in Biology and Psychology, University of Victoria
Project Title: The effects of prenatal and early infancy exposure to cortisol on working memory performance in preschool children
Danielle Cattani
BSc Honours in Neuroscience, University of Alberta
Project Title: The role of cortisol in the association between prenatal depression and child cortical thickness: Implications for executive function
Stephana Cherak
MSc in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Alberta
Project Title: Mood entropy and fetal programming
Laura Rojas
HBSc in Biology and Psychology, University of Toronto
Project Title: Investigating the association between prenatal stress and neurodevelopment
Jenna Thomas
MSc and PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Calgary
Project Title: The intergenerational transmission of stress: mechanisms and moderators in the association between prenatal stress and child development
Julia Zinman
MSc in Medical Science, University of Calgary
Project Title: The role of stress biomarkers in mediating the relationship between the gut microbiota and social behaviour in preschool children
Undergraduate Research
Greis Beharaj
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Can Probiotic Use Improve Sleep Quality and Reduce Crying Episodes in Infants?
Amnish Brar
B.A. in Psychology
Project Title: The association between Mediterranean diet adherence and childhood internalizing problems
Aya Ebdalla
B.Sc. in Psychology and Anthropology
Project Title: Can coping behaviours buffer the effects of cortisol during pregnancy?
Marina Ferreira
B.Sc. in Neuroscience
Project Title: The Effects of Antenatal Maternal Cortisol and Depression on Child Neurodevelopment
Chloe Fichter
B.Sc. in Behavioural Neuroscience, University of British Columbia
Project Title: The role of the gut microbiota in birth condition-associated cognitive outcomes
Nariman Kiani
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Gut microbiota and neurodevelopment
Avery Krupa
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: The association between prenatal depression and early childhood behavioral development: Moderation effects of prenatal diet quality
Aisha Lillywhite
B.HSc. in Biomedical Science
Project Title: Does the 'cry-it-out' sleeping training method harm attachment?
Ryan Lim
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Elevated risks for deficits in productive vocabulary in children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chantelle Magel
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Maternal childhood abuse and infant emotional development
Raef Mina
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Fetal exposure to maternal depression is associated with child emotion regulation problems - Mediation by postnatal depression and child temperament
Tina Nguyen
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: The Effects of Maternal DHA on Infant’s Executive Function
Jessica Park
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Buffer Effect of Social Support on Prenatal Anxiety and Preterm Birth during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stuti Patel
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Understanding the Associations Between Prenatal Maternal Depression Symptoms, Infant Temperament, and the Gut Microbiome
Samarpreet Singh
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Antibiotics and C-section Section Impact on HPA–Axis
Nisha Vashi
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Operationalizing maternal dietary intake questionnaire
Emily Ward
B.Sc. in Psychology
Project Title: Daily Physical Activity Level and the Function of the Stress Response System (HPA Axis) During Pregnancy
Volunteers
Valentina Almanza
Rafal Ameen
Jusnoor Aujla
Sarah Besenski
Tashia Christie
Travis Cox
Morgan Davis
Tasleem Dewani
Gabriel Dos Santos Dantas
Zuha Durrani
Peter Gobran
Nicolle Hua
Jordan Keough
Louisa Krile
Jayeon Ma
Sara Mallett
Hind Messouar
Lauren McRae
Priyanka Minhas
Nikita Nukala
Samara Paine
Nidhi Patel
Sherry Peters
Deni Sidebottom
Rajvir Sidhu
Sarina Stein
Veronica Rasheva
Logan van Roessel
Yuehan Yang
Fatima Zafar
Farhan Zahid