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CONTRIBUTORS Laura Best is currently a PhD student with Dr. Isabelle Boileau at CAMH. Her work uses neuroimaging to investigate the involvement of the endogenous cannabinoid system in alcohol use disorder. Laura loves to spend time outside in the park, trailrunning with her rescue dog or teaching yoga.
Nadia Boachie is an MSc IMS student studying the effects of cannabis on the brain under the supervision of Dr. Isabelle Boileau. Her research uses neuroimaging techniques to assess changes in the brain of chronic cannabis users after approximately 1-week cessation. In her free time Nadia is passionate about cooking, baking, and painting.
Stacey Butler is a 2nd year PhD student at IMS, working in the respiratory medicine field. In this issue, Stacey writes about how her supervisor, Dr. Andrea Gershon, applied her Respirology background to study COVID-19. In her spare time, Stacey enjoys reading books, creating art, and playing music.
Dorsa Derakhshan is a MSc candidate at IMS investigating cognitive effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment resistant depression under the supervision of Dr. Peter Giacobbe. She enjoys photography, painting and working on creative projects in her leisure time.
Shahrzad Firouzian is a recent MSc graduate from Dr. Karen Davis’s lab. Her research focused on psychophysical measures of pain inhibition. Specifically, she looked at the complex interplay of personal and stimulus attributes with pain inhibition. She also witnessed an armed bank robbery!
Elizabeth Karvasarski is a 1st year MSc IMS student studying pulmonary hypertension at Mount Sinai Catheterization Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Susanna Mak. Her research involves exploring whether the temporality of pulmonary vascular loading differ with exercise in precapillary vs. post-capillary pulmonary hypertension. Outside of research, Elizabeth practices martial arts and is a 4th degree black belt.
@shahrzad.firo
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