TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
IN AFFECT AND COGNITION
Lab Director
Anna Weinberg, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University, 2014
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Canada Research Chair in Clinical Neuroscience
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
anna.weinberg@mcgill.ca
Office: 2001 McGill College, 1407
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Lab: 2001 McGill College, 1450
Graduate Students
Alex Argiros
Alex is a second-year PhD student in the TRAC lab. She received her B.A. in Psychology from San Diego State University in 2020 and her M.Ed. in Clinical and Developmental Research from Vanderbilt University in 2023. She is interested in how neural responses to reward, threat, and emotional stimuli interact with social factors and how these factors relate to the development of anxiety and depression.
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Funding:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Doctoral Award (2024-2027)
Zhixin (Annie) Zhou
Annie is a second-year PhD student in the lab. She completed her B.S. degree at the Ohio State University (Psychology) and M.A. degree (Clinical Psychology) at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is interested in exploring how maternal psychological distress impacts offspring’s brain development and mental health by probing the neurophysiological correlates of cognitive-affective functions.
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Funding:
Tomlinson Fellowship, McGill University (2023-2025)
Joséphine Levy
Josephine is a first-year clinical PhD student in the TRAC lab. She completed her B.A. in Psychology at Université Paris Cité and her Masters of Research in Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at University College London and Yale University. She is interested in exploring biobehavioral markers of anxiety across development, particularly during the transition to parenthood
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Jay Burns
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Maddie McGregor
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Post-docs
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Lab Managers
Anna Walls
Anna recently graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at McGill University. She is passionate about exploring how disturbances in cognitive-affective processes may increase one's vulnerability to develop substance use disorders. In the future she hopes to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology.
Maria Houdafa
Maria is a fourth-year Bachelor of Arts student majoring in Psychology, with a double minor in Behavioral Science and Social Studies of Medicine. She is passionate about researching the neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathologies and exploring their potential vulnerability markers. Maria is looking forward to engaging with and learning from the lab’s methodologies, specifically Event-Related Potentials. Looking ahead, she plans to pursue graduate studies in Clinical Psychology, with the goal of contributing to both research and clinical practice.
Kate Woolliams
Kate recently graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a double minor in Sociology and Behavioural Science. Her research interests range from the common underlying mechanisms between internalizing disorders, to metadehumanization in women, to better capturing treatment outcome disparities between minority groups. She is passionate about expanding access to affordable evidence-based treatment to underserved communities. Kate plans to pursue a Master’s in counselling psychology to achieve this goal.
Research Assistants
Elias German
Elias (called Eli by friends) is in his final (U3) year of a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with minors in Behavioral Science and Linguistics. He is passionate about the art and science of therapeutic intervention, gay and trans rights, and the transformative nature of inter-group solidarity. In the future, he hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.
Erik is a fourth year undergrad studying Psychology and Statistics. He is excited to explore his research interests and learn new skills here at the TRAC lab. He is particularly interested in new research initiatives such as the RDoC framework to study psychopathology. In the future, Erik seeks to pursue graduate studies in clinical research.
Erik Mas
Elizabeth Savchenko
Elizabeth is a U2 student completing a Bachelor of Science in Honours Psychology. She is interested in the use of EEGs and event-related potentials as methods to conduct research. She is excited to learn more about the link between reward sensitivity pathways and emotional dysregulation. She is interested in both quantitative and clinical psychology, and hopes to pursue graduate studies in those areas!
Imane is a third-year Bachelor of Arts student majoring in Psychology, with a doubleminor in Behavioural Science and Sociology. She is enthusiastic about joining the TRAClab to deepen her understanding of EEG techniques and their applications in studying various psychopathologies. Her research interests span depression, anxiety, trauma,and personality. After completing her undergraduate degree, Imane aims to pursue graduate studies in clinical or child psychology.
Imane Kassem
Val Choi
​Val is a third-year Bachelor of Arts student majoring in Psychology, with a double minor in Behavioural Science and Music at McGill university. She is passionate about understanding how neural responses under stress interact with cognitive processes, and how these dynamics contribute to the development of psychopathology. Val is eager to expand her research experience and is especially excited to learn more about EEG. In the future, Val hopes to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology.
Alissa is a fourth-year undergraduate student at McGill University, majoring in Psychology with a double minor in Educational Psychology and Sociology. She is excited continue working with EEG at the TRAC Lab to better understand cognitive-affective processes. Alissa's current research interests center on vulnerability factors and developmental pathways underlying psychopathology in children. In the future, she plans to pursue graduate studies in Clinical or Developmental Psychology
Alissa Horton
Ilinca Magdalinoiu
Ilinca is a U2 student completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Honours with a minor in Sociology. At the Trac Lab, she is interested in the use of EEG to identify and study neural vulnerabilities in depression and anxiety as well as how they could be transmitted intergenerationally. She hopes to learn more about this topic and its influence on psychopathology. Outside of the lab, she is interested in pursuing graduate studies in clinical psychology.
Hala is a U2 student completing a Bachelor of Science in Honours Psychology with a minor in Computer Science. Excited to be pursuing her honours thesis in the TRAC Lab, she is eager to deepen her understanding of EEG and how it can be used to identify biomarkers of vulnerability toward developing mood disorders. Her research interests are driven by the ubiquity of stressors, and she is especially curious about how these everyday challenges interact with biological processes to influence mental health. Following her undergraduate studies, Hala hopes to attend graduate school for clinical psychology or pursue a career in medicine.
Hala Taher
Laura Waters
​Laura recently graduated from McGill with a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Cognitive Science, and a minor in psychology. She is excited to develop new skills and learn how to use EEG with the TRAC lab! She is specifically interested in the impact uncertainty and stress has on younger populations, and how this manifests itself through psychopathology. In the future, she hopes to pursue graduate studies in child or clinical psychology.
Jenna Deer
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Marcy Qu
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Parmis Kanani
Natasha Martorano
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Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Alumni
Corinne Sejourne, Ph. D.:
Grace Allison, Ph. D.: pre-doctoral psychology internship at the Charleston Consortium, at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lidia Panier, Ph. D.:
Helena Renault, Ph. D.: Psychology Resident at Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants | Montreal Children's Hospital
Clara Freeman, Ph. D.: Post-doc at Yale University, School of Medicine
Juhyun Park, Ph. D.: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Paige Ethridge, Ph.D.: Clinical Psychologist, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton
Aislinn Sandre, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario
Iulia Banica, Ph.D.: Clinical Psychologist, Ontario Shores Centre of Mental Health Sciences
Undergraduate Alumni
Niru N.
Ryan Freedman
Zheyi Li
Yijae Kim
Aralia Mills
Sophie Touma-Sawaya
​Joelle Nesdale-Tucker
Aidan Schottler-Raymond
Alexandru Cebotari
Qifan (Tina) Zhang
Katheryn Tu
Erin Pereira
​Keira Gallagher
Maya Ladki (Lab Coordinator, Lydon & CASC Lab, McGill University)
Zoe Bishop (Masters in Counselling, McGill University)
Katherine Li
Elisabeth Irvine
Enqi Wang
Leila Rafai
Brigida Bono
Melissa Shemirani (Experimental Psychology, McGill University)
Marc-Antoine Brosseau
Alyssa Bensoussan
Samantha Villedrouin
Chaimaa El Mouslih (Clinical Psychology, McGill University)
Martin Sellier Silva (Research Assistant, Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health)
Loran Carpentier (Clinical Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal)
Seonwoo Hong (Clinical Psychology, University of British Columbia)
Lidie Silva Andres
Anaïs Mortazavi Zadeh
Lara El-Zein
Arianna McCagg
Zeina Moussa
Mila Goulon
Mica Ostry
Sonya Akberdina
Lunaa Hao
Maya Ahia (Clinical Psychology, University of Toronto)
Joelle Schaffer (Clinical Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University)
Jasmine Kotsiopoulus (Master of Arts in Research and Clinical Training in Psychology, Concordia University)
Ghislaine Niyonkuru (Clinical Psychology, University of Ottawa)
Talia Schroeder (lab coordinator, Dr. Sarah Racine's lab, McGill University)
Lina Badran
Helen Liu
Fiona Sewall
Chloe White (Clinical Psychology, Simon Fraser University)
Viveca Lee (research assistant, Eating Disorders Continuum, Douglas Hospital)
Alexandra MacTavish (graduate student, child clinical psychology, University of Windsor)
Kiki Brabander (graduate student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University)
Ella Christiaans (graduate student, Educational Psychology, McGill University)
Fauzia Saiyed (Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student at Lehigh University)
Claire Punturieri (graduate student, Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin)
Ariel Boyle (graduate student, Clinical Psychology, Concordia University)
Iman Lahouaoula (medical student, UBC)
Erin Matsuba (graduate student, psychology, Syracuse University)
Manlu Liu (graduate student, University of British Columbia)
Jamie Borenstein-Laurie (graduate student, Clinical Psychology, Concordia University)
Emma Stewart (graduate student, Clinical Psychology, University of Western Ontario)
Benazir Hodzic-Santor (medical student, University of Toronto)
Insub Kim (graduate student, Stanford University)
Tiana Corovic (law school, University of Toronto)
Agnessa Karapetian (PhD student in cognitive computational neuroscience, Einstein Center for Neurosciences, Berlin)
Julia Ferrone (graduate student, PsyD in School Psychology, Adelphi University)
Nicole Ledwos (graduate student, integrated program in neuroscience, McGill University)
Hazal Ozlen (project manager, Villeneuve lab, the Douglas)
Anne Baptiste (graduate student, Concordia University)
Emily Snook (medical student, University of Toronto)
Mert Kimyaci (research assistant in the Regulation, Affect and Development Lab, McGill University)
Wendy Wang
Sasha Novozhilova
Seffie Yip
David Figeuroa Perez
Jiaqi Zhao
Erica Di Caprio
Veronica Rusu
Emily Demers
Karin Cinalioglu
Charlene Osei-Afrifa
Ruby Atesoglu
Alison Yang
Sarah Bernier
Emilie Hess
Blair Lavery
Dila Bilal
Catherine Labasi-Sammartino
Christine Koppenaal
​Samantha Scholes
Sarah Lefebvre
Margot Kelly-Hedrick
Christine Koppenaal
Charles LaPierre
Shannon Dawe
Sarah Sieur
Kelly Cool
Jennifer Burns
Shona Mistry
Sasha Topilova
Zainab Yahya
Bettina Trabelsi
Rachel Shepherd
Katie Mound
Ellie Basra
Oliver Huang
Friends &
Collaborators
Autumn Kujawa, Vanderbilt University
Melanie Dirks, McGill University
Anja Riesel, University Hamburg
Sarah Racine, McGill University
Alexis May, Wesleyan University
Greg Hajcak, Florida State University
Roman Kotov, Stony Brook University
Stewart Shankman, Northwestern University
E. David Klonsky, University of British Columbia
Christopher Patrick, Florida State University
Norbert Kathmann, Humboldt University
Dan Foti, Purdue University
Signy Sheldon, McGill University