CV - Abbreviated

Academic Background / Training

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Roman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, University of Toronto - Supervisor: Randy McIntosh

Ph.D., Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience Training Program – McGill University - Supervisor: Robert Zatorre

Visiting Scientist, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Stanford University

M.A., Clinical Psychology (Developmental) – York University

B.Sc., Psychology/Neuroscience – University of Toronto

Additional Training

Advanced Neuroimaging Summer Program – University of California Los Angeles

Multimodal Brain Imaging Short Course – Massachusetts General Hospital

Summer Training Course in fMRI – University of Michigan

Biology of Developmental Disabilities Sackler Summer Institute – Princeton University

Invited Lectures

2011 Google – Mountain View, California

2011 Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music – Montreal, Canada

2011 Toronto Western Hospital – Neurology Rounds – Toronto, Canada

2011 BRAMS International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research – Montreal, Canada

2011 Music and Brain Conference – Stanford University, California, USA

2011 Yukon Science Institute Monthly Public Lectures – Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

2011 The Science Institute, Dawson – Yukon, Canada

2011 Dawson High School – lectures for students – Dawson, Yukon

2010 Highfield Imaging International Conference – Bonn, Germany

2009 The Science of Music – a series of lectures for children between the ages 6-12 at Montreal Children’s Libraries

2006 Autism Society of Ontario Annual Science Day – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards and Fellowships

Post-Doctoral:

2015 SEMPRE - Reg and Molly Buck Award

2013 Banting - Postdoctoral Fellowship

2013 Organization for Human Brain Mapping – Travel Award & paper accepted for a talk

2012 Canadian Institute for Health Research - Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)

2012 Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience NSERC-Create - Postdoctoral Award (declined)

PhD:

2013 Council of Graduate Studies/Proquest - Top Dissertation in Biological and Life Sciences (Canada and USA)

2011 Google Internship

2011 Baycrest Hospital – Rotman Research Institute – NSERC-Create Internship Award

2011 Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience NSERC-Create Internship Award

2011 McGill University GREAT Award – Travel award to present at the Human Brain Mapping Conference

2011 McGill University Faculty of Medicine – MedStar Award

2011 Organization for Human Brain Mapping – Travel Award & paper accepted for a talk

2011 Quebec Bio-Imaging Network – Travel Award to attend the Human Brain Mapping Conference (declined)

2011 American Psychological Society – Travel Award

2011 CIRMMT^* – Travel award to present at the American Psychological Society Conference

2011 Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Network – NSERC-Create Internship

2011 American Psychological Association – Division 10: Frank X Barron Award for Outstanding Research Contribution by a Student

2011 CIRMMT^* – Travel award to present the Crossing the Corpus Callosum Conference

2010 McGill University Psychology – Best Teaching Assistant Award

2010 Montreal Neurological Institute – Jeanne Timmins Costello Graduate Student Fellowship

2010 McGill University Alma Matter – Travel award to present at the Human Brain Mapping Conference

2010 CIRMMT^* Annual Conference – Best Talk Award

2010 Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Research Symposium– Best Talk Award

2009 CIRMMT^* – Travel Award to attend the Psychonomics Society Conference

2009 Society for Music Analysis – Travel Award to attend the Music and Emotions Conference

2009 CIRMMT^* – Travel Award to attend the Music and Emotions Conference (declined)

2009 CIRMMT^* Annual Conference – Best Poster Award

2009 Society for Education, Music, and Psychology Research – Travel Award

2009 McGill University Neuroscience Poster Day – Outstanding Abstract Award

2009 Sigma Xi – Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research Award

2009 Organization for Human Brain Mapping – Travel Award & Paper accepted for a Talk

2009 Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Research Symposium– Best Poster Award

2009 CIRMMT^* – Research Fellowship

2009 McGill University Alma Matter – Travel Award

2008 CIRMMT^* – Travel Award to attend the Psychonomics Society Conference

2008 CIRMMT^* – Research Fellowship

2007 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council – PGS-D – National Fellowship Award

2006 McGill University – Behavioral Neuroscience Program/CIHR Graduate Fellowship

2006 McGill University – Recruitment Excellence Fellowship

Masters:

2006 Autism Society of Ontario – Travel Award

2006 International Meeting for Autism Research – Travel Award

2005 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council – PGS-D - National Award (declined)

2004 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council – PGS-M - National Award

2004 Princeton Summer Institute – John Merck Fund, Sackler Institute - Travel Award

2003 Ontario Graduate Scholarship – Provincial Scholarship

2003 York University – Masters Level Entrance Scholarship

Undergraduate:

2003 Autism Society of Ontario – Summer Student Research Scholarship

2001 Golden Key International Honor Society – Recruited Membership

1996 York University – Entrance Scholarship (declined)

* CIRMMT: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music, Media, and Technology