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Applied Psychology and Human Development Biochemistry

Cell and Systems Biology Computer Science

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Dentistry

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Institute of Medical Science

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Medical Biophysics

Music Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacology and Toxicology Physiology

Psychology Rehabilitation Sciences Institute

2017 – 2018 Annual Report Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) University of Toronto http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/ p.neuroscience@utoronto Director Zhong-Ping Feng, M.D., Ph.D Business Officer Paula Smellie Administrator Suhail Asrar, M.D., Ph.D Sofia Raitsin, Ph. D. Administrative Office Rm. 3306 Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College University of Toronto Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8 Phone: 416 978 8637 Painting on Cover Page Transcending Time, 2018 by Sofia Raitsin ©, CPIN Alumna Instagram: @philosofi_art

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary (2017 – 2018) ............................................................................................... 3

Message from the Director ............................................................................................................ 5

About CPIN ..................................................................................................................................... 6 CPIN Board of Directors and Committees ............................................................... 7

CPIN Board of Directors .......................................................................................... 7 CPIN Academic Program Committee | CPIN Executive Committee ......................... 7 CPIN Graduate Executives ...................................................................................... 8

Participating Academic Units ................................................................................... 9 Faculty Members ....................................................................................................... 9 Student Information ................................................................................................ 12

Enrolled Students .................................................................................................. 12 Graduating Students ............................................................................................. 13

CPIN Members: Achievements and News ................................................................................. 14

CPIN Trainee Achievements ....................................................................................................... 14 Trainee Awards ..................................................................................................... 14 Trainee Publications .............................................................................................. 14 Trainee News ........................................................................................................ 14

CPIN Faculty in the News ............................................................................................................ 14

CSIN Academic Programs ........................................................................................................... 15 Admission Requirements ....................................................................................... 15 Program Requirements ........................................................................................... 15

Master's Level ....................................................................................................... 15 Doctoral Level ....................................................................................................... 15

Course List .............................................................................................................. 15

Neuroscience Events ................................................................................................................... 16 Distinguished Lectureship Series .......................................................................... 16

Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series ............................................... 18 CPIN Lectureship Survey Statistics ....................................................................... 19

CPIN Research Day ................................................................................................. 20 Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience ...................................................... 27 Toronto Brain Bee ................................................................................................... 28 NeuroSci 101: A Lecture Series for High School Students .................................. 31 CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program ............................................................ 32 Neuroscience Seminars .......................................................................................... 33 Neuroscience Conferences and Meetings ............................................................. 33

Communications and Program Promotion ................................................................................ 34 Website .................................................................................................................... 34 Annual Report ......................................................................................................... 34 Email ........................................................................................................................ 34 Newsletters .............................................................................................................. 34 Career Opportunities .............................................................................................. 34 Facebook ................................................................................................................. 34 LinkedIn ................................................................................................................... 34 Twitter ...................................................................................................................... 35

Funding Support (2017 – 2018) ................................................................................................... 35 Program Funders .................................................................................................... 35 Event Sponsors ....................................................................................................... 35

Appendix 1: Current CPIN Faculty Members (MoA Units) ....................................................... 37

Appendix 2: Current CPIN Faculty Members (Non-MoA Units) ............................................... 40

Appendix 3: CPIN Students......................................................................................................... 42

Appendix 4: CPIN Graduates 2017-2018 .................................................................................... 47

Appendix 5: Neuroscience Course List ..................................................................................... 50

Appendix 6: Trainee Awards 2017-2018 .................................................................................... 52

Appendix 7: Trainee Publications 2017-2018 ............................................................................ 57

Appendix 8: CPIN Trainee News in 2017-2018 (in order of appearance) ................................ 63

Appendix 9: CPIN Faculty News in 2017-2018 (in order of appearance) ................................ 66

Executive Summary (2017 – 2018) Date of the Report: July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

About CPIN

16 participating academic units from 7 faculties

Lead faculty: Faculty of Medicine; Administration: Department of Physiology

CPIN Board of Directors (18 members) o Signs Memorandum of Agreement and oversees the general direction of the program

CPIN Academic Program Committee (18 members) o Reviews admission and program requirements, program curriculum and completion,

and program activities

CPIN Executive Committee (17 members) o Reviews and leads the program activities

CPIN Graduate Executive Committee (8 members)

376 faculty members, including 319 members from the 16 participating units

332 graduate students were enrolled in CPIN during the 2017-2018academic year o 175 Masters students o 157 Ph.D. students

54 students completed the CPIN program o 38 Masters students graduated this past academic year o 16 Ph.D. students graduated this past academic year

Distinguished Lectureship Series

9 CPIN Distinguished Lectures

3 Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures

14 lecture sponsorships CPIN Research Day

June 14, 2018, MSB, attended by over 200 trainees, faculty members and friends

100 trainees presented posters; 28 judges; 15 Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards

Mental Health Symposium: 3 lectures were delivered by UofT faculty, Keynote lecture delivered by Michael Landsberg (Sports Journalist, Mental Health Advocate)

Career Development workshop: featured 2 professional seminars and a student panel

6 event sponsors in addition to the 16 MoA CPIN Participating Academic Units Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience

Established by the generosity of Dr. Jonathan Dostrovsky, this annual award recognizes and supports excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience and will be selected based on academic merit

CPIN Trainee Ina Anreiter (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Marla Sokolowski’s lab) received the 2018 award at the CPIN Research Day

Toronto Brain Bee

April 12, 2018, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto

8 faculty members, 33 trainees involved

109 student participants from 34 local high schools

The top winners were: Surya Pandiaraju (Upper Canada College, first place), Michael Tang (University of Toronto Schools, second place) and Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School, third place)

NeuroSci 101: A Lecture Series for High School Students

Introductory Neuroscience Course taught by Graduate Students and faculty members

14 presentation sessions provided a teaching opportunity for CPIN trainees and served as the preparation course for the 2018 Toronto Brain Bee

Neuroscience Seminars

Online posting and dissemination of emails promoting neuroscience-related seminars hosted at U of T and affiliated research institutes, www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/seminar.htm

Neuroscience Conferences & Meetings

Online posting and dissemination of emails promoting the neuroscience-related conferences and meetings www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/seminar.htm

Communications and Program Promotion

Website: www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca, updated on a regular basis

Annual Report: A summary of the major activities and events in the program for each academic year

Email: Over 1300 subscribers from across the university and affiliated institutions

Newsletters: 10 monthly newsletters produced in 2017-2018

Career Opportunities: Regularly updated postings of neuroscience opportunities on the

website and newsletter

Facebook: Over 520 likes

Linked In: Over 120 Connections

Twitter: Over 180 followers.

Student Achievements

Awards

Publications

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CPIN ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 5

Message from the Director

On behalves of the CPIN Board of Directors, the Academic and Executive Committees, and the Graduate Executives Committee, I am pleased to report to you that the CPIN had a very successful and productive year in 2017-2018. The major activities and updates of the program during the past academic year are summarized in this report. With the dedicated support of the CPIN community, our educational program achieved another strong year, offering our trainees a variety of learning opportunities in support of their scientific, career and leadership skills development. The CPIN Distinguished Lecture Series featured 9 internationally renowned neuroscientists. To further inspire our students and provide role models for career growth, the CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures brought talks on the exciting research work of upcoming and more junior researchers. At the 2018 CPIN Research Day, the recipient of the annual Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience was celebrated, along with the CPIN Excellence in Posted Presentation Awards given to students for outstanding poster presentations. We also provided numerous leadership and volunteer opportunities for the CPIN trainees via academic activities and outreach program events. This year, CPIN saw unprecedented engagement with the public through our outreach programs and Research Day, broadening the educational experience of CPIN trainees, showcasing the research of our faculty and trainees, as well as giving back to the community. We are grateful for the sponsorship for these initiatives provided by the Ontario Brain Institute, the U of T Human Biology Program, the Krembil Research Institute, the Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, the SickKids’ Neurosciences and Mental Health program, the SickKids’ Centre for Brain and Mental Health, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the Firefly Foundation. As part of our ongoing commitment to community outreach, CPIN faculty and trainee members organized a number of high school outreach programs, including the 2018 Toronto Brain Bee competition and NeuroSci 101 enrichment course in neuroscience. Our more recent CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program also saw continued success, pairing undergraduate students applying to graduate programs with CPIN graduate student mentors for advice and support. These initiatives also provided numerous leadership and volunteer opportunities for CPIN trainees. To further give back to the community, the Research Day this year saw the landmark achievement of being open to the public, made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. We also brought in a diversified itinerary for an enriched educational experience. At the Mental Health Symposium, the Keynote Lecture was delivered by a public figure, Michael Landsberg, alongside inspirational scientific talks from our CPIN faculty. The symposium was livestreamed to further increase its reach and accessibility for the public and the CPIN community. The Research Day also included a Career Development Workshop, featuring a professional storytelling coach, a career educator, and a student panel on alternative career paths. The entire event was resoundingly successful, and we received exceptionally positive feedback from attendees. On the communications and promotion front, we have shared the research profiles and achievements of 7 CPIN faculty members and 8 CPIN trainees with the community via our website and email lists to encourage collaboration and promote excellence. We also promoted numerous seminars, conferences, meetings and workshops related to the neurosciences. To take advantage of social media, CPIN increased our usage of Facebook, Twitter and LinkdIn to disseminate program information and advance neuroscience knowledge. The continuing success and progress of the CPIN in 2017-2018 is thanks to the dedication of our faculty and trainee members, as well as the crucial support provided by the program contributors and sponsors. We would also like to express our gratitude to the CPIN Board of the Directors, CPIN Academic and Executive Committees, Graduate Student leaders as well as the CPIN administrative team on their strong support in maintaining the excellence of the program.. The CPIN strives for ongoing strengthening of our educational/research training, as well as our community ties. I look forward to working collaboratively with our devoted community members and friends in the coming academic year. Zhong-Ping Feng, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology Director, Collaborative Program In Neuroscience


About CPIN

The Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) provides the home for Collaborative Specialization in

Neuroscience (CSIN) to participating masters and doctoral students through the School of Graduate Studies at

the University of Toronto.

CPIN is the largest collaborative neuroscience graduate program in Canada. There are over 400 faculty members

and over 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from sixteen academic departments across seven

faculties at the University of Toronto participating in the program. The CPIN faculty members and trainees are

located at the University of Toronto and its affiliated teaching hospitals/research institutes. Such a large and

versatile community provides a strong basis to cultivate a successful training program supporting excellence,

collaboration, innovation, and translational and trans-disciplinary research activities.

CPIN is funded by sixteen Academic Departments across seven Faculties at the University of Toronto. The lead

faculty of the program is the Faculty of Medicine. CPIN reports to the Vice Dean Graduate Affairs in the Faculty of

Medicine and is reviewed by the School of Graduate Studies and the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. The

administration of CPIN is managed under the Department of Physiology.

The purposes of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience are to:

1. Foster a proactive collaborative neuroscience graduate/trainee program at the University of Toronto

2. Recognize and promote excellence, and enhance visibility of the graduate students and postdoctoral

fellows in the neuroscience program at the University of Toronto

3. Create an environment increasing the versatility of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for

their career development

4. Enhance the international recognition of the University of Toronto neuroscience educational program

5. Attract excellent graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to the University of Toronto


CPIN Board of Directors and Committees Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng has been re-appointed as the Director of CPIN for a second 5-year term.

CPIN Board of Directors

The CPIN Board of Directors reviews and signs the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and oversees the general direction of the program. The Board of Directors is composed of: • Ravin Balakrishnan (Computer Science) • Heather Boon (Pharmaceutical Sciences) • Les Buck (Cell and Systems Biology) • Thomas Kislinger (Medical Biophysics) • Angela Colantonio (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute) • Graham Collingridge (Physiology) • Harry Elsholtz (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology) • Zhong-Ping Feng (Chair, CPIN Director; Physiology) • Howard Hu (Dalla Lana School of Public Health) • Allan Kaplan (Vice Dean, Graduate and Academic Affairs, Lead

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine) • Mingyao Liu (Institute of Medical Science) • Morris Manolson (Dentistry) • Morris Moscovitch (Psychology) • Justin Nodwell (Biochemistry) • Ruth Ross (Pharmacology) • Michael Thaut (Music) • Earl Woodruff (Applied Psychology and Human Development) • Craig A. Simmons (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering)

CPIN Academic Program Committee | CPIN Executive Committee The CPIN Academic Committee reviews admission and program requirements, program curriculum and completion, and program activities as per the MoA. The CPIN Executive Committee reviews and leads the program activities as per the MoA, including distinguished lecture selection, Research Day, high school outreach program, sponsorships and faculty-student interactive events. The Academic Committee | Executive Committee are composed of: • Applied Psychology and Human Development: Kang Lee • Biochemistry: Angus McQuibban | Oliver Ernst • Cell and Systems Biology: Melanie Woodin | John Peever • Computer Science: Richard Zemel • Dalla Lana School of Public Health: Geoff Anderson • Dentistry: Ze'ev Seltzer • Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering: Ofer Levi • Institute of Medical Science: Cindi Morshead | Albert Wong • Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology: Janice Robertson | Lili-Naz Hazrati • Medical Biophysics: Bojana Stefanovic • Music: Michael Thaut • Pharmaceutical Sciences: Jeffrey Henderson • Pharmacology and Toxicology: Amy J. Ramsey | Ruth Ross • Physiology: Jonathan O. Dostrovsky (Honorary

member), Doug Tweet


• Psychology: John S. Yeomans | Kaori Takehara- Nishiuchi

• Rehabilitation Sciences Institute: Karl Zabjek • Chair: Zhong-Ping Feng • CPIN graduate executive representative (for Executive Committee)

CPIN Graduate Executives The CPIN Graduate Student Executive Committee is composed of: • Chon Teng (Jonathon) Chio (NeuroSci 101, Special Events; Fehlings Lab) • Nancy Dong (NeuroSci 101, Brain Bee; Feng Lab) • Chantal Kowalchuk (Undergraduate Mentorship Program; Hahn Lab) • Joseph Steinman (Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Special Events; Sled Lab) • Vivian Szeto (Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Special Events; Sled Lab) • Dulci Vousden (NuroSci 101; Lerch Lab) • Raymond Wong (Special Events; Sun Lab) • Alexandre Guet McCreight (Executive at Large; Skinner Lab) • Zhong-Ping Feng (Advisor)


Participating Academic Units Faculty of Arts and Science

Cell & System Biology

Computer Science

Psychology Faculty of Dentistry

Graduate Department of Dentistry Faculty of Medicine

Biochemistry

Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (Institute of)

Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Medical Biophysics

Medical Science (Institute of)

Pharmacology & Toxicology

Physiology

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Faculty of Music

Graduate Department of Music Faculty of Pharmacy

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Public Health

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Applied Psychology & Human Development

Faculty Members University of Toronto faculty members with an interest in neuroscience may join CPIN to receive notifications of upcoming neuroscience events and seminars and be listed as member on our faculty page. Faculty members with an SGS appointment may have their students join CPIN.

There are currently 423 members of the CPIN faculty and 359 have graduate appointments in the 16 CPIN Participating Academic Units. The distribution of the faculty members is shown on the following page according to their department of primary appointment. Some members have cross appointments with one or more other graduate departments. (http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/faculty/list.htm) A list of faculty members from the MoA Participating Academic Units can be found in Appendix 1. A list of faculty members from the Non-MoA Units can be found in Appendix 2.

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CPIN Faculty Member Distribution There are currently a total number of 376 CPIN faculty members, Of these, 319 have an appointment with a MoA participating unit, while 57 only have appointments with non-MoA units. The current CPIN Faculty list has been update, with 26 members moved to the Past Faculty list and 27 members moved to the Emiriti Faculty list. The table and figure below show the distribution of 319 CPIN faculty members in each of the MoA participating units. Note: the members who have graduate appointments in more than one unit are only listed in one unit, thus the data may be slightly different from the records in individual units. A list of faculty members from the MoA Participating Academic Units can be found in Appendix 1.

Academic Unit Number of Faculty Members

Applied Psychology and Human Development (APD) 2

Biochemistry (BCM) 6

Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) 20

Computer Science (CSC) 3

Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) 2

Dentistry (DEN) 6

Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) 14

Institute of Medical Science (IMS) 99

Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology (LMP) 17

Medical Biophysics (MBP) 15

Music (MUS) 1

Pharmacology & Toxicology (PCL) 20

Pharmacy (PHM) 7

Physiology (PSL) 31

Psychology (PSY) 49

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (REH) 27

Total 319

The table below shows the distribution of the 56 CPIN faculty members who are appointed only in departments other than the CPIN-MoA units. Numbers in brackets indicate faculty members who


have CPIN-MoA unit appointments, but whose primary SGS appointment is with the respective non-MoA unit. A list of faculty members from the Non-MoA Units can be found in Appendix 2.

Academic Unit Number of Faculty Members

Anaesthesia 2

Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (1)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1 (2)

Electrical & Computer Engineering (2)

Exercise Science 1

Human Biology 1

Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

(2)

Kinesiology and Physical Education 1

Mathematics (1)

Medical Imaging 3

Mathematical and Computational Sciences 1

Medicine, Division of Neurology 8

Molecular Genetics 6 (9)

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy 1 (2)

Ophtalmology & Vision Sciences 2

Otolaryngology 1

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1

Paediatrics 6

Physical Therapy 1 (2)

Psychiatry 13

Public Health Sciences 1

Statistican Sciences 1

Surgery 5

Total 56


Student Information

Enrolled Students There were 332 graduate students enrolled in CPIN during the 2017-2018 academic year (including students who graduated). Appendix 3 includes a list of current CPIN students, including their departmental affiliation. Number of Students from Each Participating Department or Faculty (2017-2018)

Department or Faculty Masters Ph.D. Total

Applied Psychology & Human Development (APD) 1 1 2

Biochemistry (BCM) 4 6 10

Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) 10 8 18

Centre for Comparative Literature (COL) 0 1 1

Computer Science (CSC) 0 0 0

Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) 0 1 1

Dentistry (DEN) 2 0 2

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) 12 8 20

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) 0 1 1

Institute of Medical Science (IMS) 76 41 117

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) 11 6 17

Medical Biophysics (MBP) 2 8 10

Music (MUS) 6 5 11

Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHM) 3 2 5

Pharmacology & Toxicology (PCL) 7 6 13

Physiology (PSL) 18 24 42

Psychology (PSY) 10 22 32

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (REH) 13 17 30

Total 175 157 332

The figure below shows the distribution of graduate students across participating units.


Graduating Students A total of 54 students have graduated with the CPIN specialization in the 2017-2018academic year. Appendix 4 includes a list of CPIN graduating students, including their departmental affiliation, supervisor, and thesis topic. Number of Graduating Students from Each Participating Department or Faculty

Department or Faculty Masters Ph.D. Total

Applied Psychology & Human Development (APD) 0 1 1

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) 5 0 5

Institute of Medical Science (IMS) 15 6 21

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) 2 2 4

Medical Biophysics (MBP) 1 1 2

Music (MUS) 2 1 3

Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHM) 1 0 1

Pharmacology & Toxicology (PCL) 1 3 4

Physiology (PSL) 4 0 4

Psychology (PSY) 3 0 3

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (REH) 4 2 6

Total 38 16 54

The figure below shows the distribution of graduating students.


CPIN Members: Achievements and News

CPIN Trainee Achievements

Trainee Awards Many CPIN students received and held scholarship and awards in 2017-2018. Examples of student awards are shown in Appendix 6.

Trainee Publications CPIN facilitates and promotes research collaboration. Many CPIN students have published peer-reviewed original and/or review articles in peer-reviewed journals during 2017-2018. Examples of student publications are shown in Appendix 7.

Trainee News CPIN attracts and fosters trainees with outstanding academic and other achievements in 2017-2018. CPIN trainee news in 2017-2018 are shown in Appendix 8.

CPIN Faculty in the News CPIN’s world renowned faculty members have achieved numerous successes and made important contributions in 2017-2018. CPIN faculty news in 2017-2018 is shown in Appendix 9.


CSIN Academic Programs

The Academic Program Committee has discussed and revised the program requirements. The Admission requirements remain unchanged from the previous year. The CPIN also offers a temporary student membership for visiting graduate students to the University of Toronto.

Admission Requirements

Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating units.

Program Requirements

Master's Level The thesis topic must be in the neuroscience area.

The student's supervisor must be a core faculty member of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN).

All master's-level students must complete at least 0.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs) chosen from the list of courses approved by the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, as listed below.

The student must attend the Annual CPIN Research Day at least once.

The student must complete NEU 1000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Master's) by attending at least 70% of the lectures in the CPIN Distinguished Lectureship Series (including the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist Lecture) or CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series, during one academic year (or a minimum of 7 lectures in total over the program). As part of the seminar series, the student must present his/her work at least once at the CPIN Research Day.

Doctoral Level The thesis topic must be in the neuroscience area.

The student's supervisor must be a core faculty member of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN).

All PhD students must complete at least 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) course, such as JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular, or JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour, or one of several additional courses in cognitive psychology or imaging, or neuroscience-related course to be determined by the CPIN Program Committee and posted on the CPIN website in July of each year.

The student must attend the Annual CPIN Research Day at least twice.

The student must complete NEU 2000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Doctoral) by attending at least 70% of the lectures in the CPIN Distinguished Lectureship Series (including the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist Lecture) or CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series, during three academic years (or a minimum of 21 lectures in total over the program). As part of the seminar series, the student must present his/her work at least twice at the CPIN Research Day.

MSc or MA students who have completed the CPIN and who wish to continue on to complete at the doctoral level must register again and fulfil all the program requirements (e.g., students must again present posters in the doctoral program).

Course List Neuroscience courses offered by CPIN and the participating units are listed in Appendix 5.


Neuroscience Events

Distinguished Lectureship Series CPIN organized nine lectures in the Distinguished Lectureship Series for the 2017-2018 year. Many of these were co-sponsored with member departments and institutes.


Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lecture Series To provide our trainees with additional learning experiences, talks on the exciting research work of upcoming and more junior researchers were scheduled as part of the CPIN seminar series under the banner of CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures. This provided opportunities to attend talks and view the progress of researchers in earlier stages of their careers from outside the UofT community.


CPIN Lectureship Survey Statistics


CPIN Research Day http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/CPIN_ Research_Day.htm The 2018 CPIN Research Day featuring the Mental Health Symposium was held on Monday, June 14 at the U of T Medical Sciences Building. Over 200 graduate, postdoctoral and faculty members as well as friends attended the event. CPIN Research Day Sponsorship The 2018 CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee wishes to acknowledge the following sponsors: the Ontario Brain Institute, the U of T Human Biology Program, the Krembil Research Institute, the Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, the SickKids’ Neurosciences and Mental Health program, the SickKids’ Centre for Brain and Mental Health, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental; as well as the 16 CPIN participating Departments and their faculties: the Departments of Cell & System Biology, Psychology, and Computer Science from Faculty of Arts and Science; Graduate Department of Dentistry from Faculty of Dentistry; Departments of Biochemistry, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, and Institute of Medical Science from Faculty of Medicine; Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Faculty of Pharmacy; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health from Faculty of Public Health; Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development from Ontario Institute For Studies in Education; the Graduate Department of Music from Faculty of Music. Please see our website for details (http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/CPIN_ Research_Day.htm). Research Day Welcome and Opening Remarks (MSB 3154) All attendees were welcomed by Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng (CPIN Director; Professor, Physiology). Dr. Feng overviewed the major educational and outreach activities undertaken by CPIN in the 2017-2018 academic year and acknowledged the CPIN trainees and CPIN faculty members, CPIN Academic and Executive Committees, CPIN Board of Directors, CPIN Participating Graduate Units and the CPIN Research Day sponsors for their support. For more information, please visit: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/ Section I. Career Development Workshop (MSB 3154) Four talks were delivered at the workshop during the morning session between 10:10am to 12:00pm. The workshop Chair was Joseph Steinman (2018 CPIN Research Day Executive Student Organizer; PhD Candidate, Medical Biophysics, Dr. John G. Sled Lab) and organized by Raymond Wong (2018 CPIN Research Day Student Organizer; PhD Candidate, Physiology, Dr. Hong S Sun lab). Sage Tyrtle (Professional Storytelling Coach) led a Professional Storytelling Seminar and interactive activities with numerous students and faculty members. Mary Stefanidis (Career Educator, UofT Career Centre, Division of Student Life) discussed the key points and importance of networking during graduate programs. The third part of the workshop was a Student Panel on Alternative Career Paths presented by Sonia Sugumar (Program Lead, Operations, Ontario Brain Institute; CPIN alumna) and Aidin Balo (PhD student, Biochemistry, Dr. Oliver Ernst Lab).

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Poster Presentations (MSB Stone Lobby) During lunch, 100 poster presentations in 14 groups were given by trainees at the MSB Stone Lobby from 12:00 to 2:00pm. The poster presentations were evaluated by 28 judges. Students in each group were competing for Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards (See page XX for the list of winners).


(CPIN Research Day photo credits: Zhong-Ping Feng and Sofia Raitsin) Section II. Mental Health Symposium (MSB 3154) Four talks were delivered in the symposium afternoon session between 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Following a brief introduction by Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng, Dr. Allan Kaplan (Vice Dean Faculty of Medicine for Education, Graduate and Academic Affairs, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto) gave the Opening remarks. Dr. Sakina Rizvi (Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, ASR Suicide and Depression Studies Unit, St. Michael’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto) chaired the symposium. The Keynote Lecture was presented by Michael Landsberg (Sports Journalist, Mental Health Advocate) entitled “SickNotWeak”. The scientific talks were delivered by three CPIN faculty members. Dr. Jeffrey Meyer (Scientist and Head, Neurochemical Imaging in Mood Disorders, Research Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Neurochemistry of Depressive Disorder) overviewed his work in “Neuroimaging Microglial Activation, an Important Component of Neuroinflammation, in Affective Disorders”. Dr. Etienne Sibille (Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Pharmacology & Toxicology; Campbell Chair, Deputy Director, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute; Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)) discussed his discovery in “GABA Deficits in Depression: Implications for Mood and Cognition”. Dr. Kang Lee (Professor, Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Developmental Neuroscience) spoke about “Affective Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Mental Health Care” and shared his invention and its translational applications. The symposium was highly attended. The talks were well received and stimulated active discussion with the audience.

(CPIN Research Day photo credit: Sofia Raitsin)


Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience was initiated in 2016 to recognize and support excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. Following the afternoon symposium session, Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng announced and presented the Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience to CPIN trainee Ina Anreiter (2018 winner; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Marla Sokolowski Lab). Due to the generosity of Dr. Jonathan Dostrovsky, this new annual award recognizes and supports excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. Dr. Dostrovsky had the following remarks regarding the awardees: “I wish to congratulate you on having been selected by the award committee as the 2018 recipient of the award in recognition of your outstanding achievements. I too was very impressed by your many accomplishments and progress, and find you truly deserving of this recognition and honour. I wish you all the best in your future research career.” Please visit the award webpage for more details: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm Congratulates to Presentation Awardees The winners of the Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards were announced and presented by Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng and Dr. Jeffrey Henderson (CPIN Academic Committee Member, Pharmacy). The Research Day concluded with an afternoon reception following the award presentations. CPIN Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards Ramy Ayoub (Psychology, Donald Mabbott Lab), Vanessa Breton (Physiology, Peter Carlen Lab), Dalya Cohen (Physiology, Graham Collingridge Lab), Daniel Derkach (Institute of Medical Science, Cindi Morshead Lab), Talwinder Gill (Institute of Medical Science, Isabelle Boileau Lab), Faraz Honarvar (Institute of Medical Science, Andrea Kassner Lab), Muhammad Saad Khan (Institute of Medical Science, Romina Mizrahi Lab), Nancy Liu (Institute of Medical Science, Cindi Morshead Lab), Nadine Parker (Institute of Medical Science, Tomas Paus Lab), Usman Saeed (Institute of Medical Science, Mario Masellis and Sandra Black Labs), Raphael Schneider (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Janice Robertson Lab), Petri Takkala (Institute of Medical Science, Steven Prescott Lab), Sonja Stojanovski (Physiology, Anne Wheeler Lab), Sridevi Venkatesan (Physiology, Evelyn Lambe Lab), Kristiana Xhima (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Isabelle Aubert Lab).

(CPIN Research Day photo credit: Sofia Raitsin)

http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm


Event Organizers and Contributors

The immense success of the 2018 CPIN Research Day is attributable to an enormous team effort by the CPIN faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students as well as the CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee, session chairs, judges, volunteers and event sponsors. CPIN would also like to thank the symposium speakers in both the morning and afternoon sessions for their educational and inspirational talks!

CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee Zhong-Ping Feng (CPIN Director), Sakina Rizvi (Mental Health Symposium Organizer), Joseph Steinman (Executive Student Organizer), Jonathon Chio (Student Organizer), Rayomnd Wong (Student Organizer), Tian Renton (Mental Health Symposium Student Organizer), and Sofia Raitsin (CPIN Office).

Career Development Workshop Speakers Aidin Balo, Mary Stefanidis, Sonia Sugumar, Sage Tyrtle

Mental Health Symposium Speakers Michael Landsberg, Kang Lee, Jeffrey Meyer, Etienne Sibille

Trainee Presentation Judges Deryk Beal, Anne-Claude Bedard, Robert Bonin, Trish Domi, Benjamin Dunkley, Zhong-Ping Feng, Leon French, Karen Gordon, Jennifer Griffin, Katherine Halievski, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Jeff Henderson, Leung Joseph Waihin, Kang Lee, Loren Martin, Peter Mastrangelo, Stephen Perry, Graham Pitcher, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, Shannon Scratch, Frances Skinner, Shuzo Sugita, Hong-Shuo Sun, Walter Swardfager, Alexander Velumian, Joel Watts, Paul Whissell, Liang Zhang.

Trainee Volunteers Sally Abudiab, Mahmoud Bitar, Mary Boulos, Dipashree Chatterjee, Nancy Dong, Carina Fan, Ann Gong, Faraz Honarvar, Fiona Hobler, Chantel Kowalchuk, Lee Prop, Nicole Richard, Kairavi Shah.

(CPIN Research Day photo credit: Zhong-Ping Feng)

Event Program Design Jonathon Chio, Joseph Steinman, Raymond Wong

Administration Sofia Raitsin

From left: Dr. Sofia Raitsin, Joseph Steinman, Jonathon Chio

From left: Dr. Sakina Rizvi, Michael Landsberg, Tian Renton


Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm

Award Overview: Student Application Deadline: April 20, 2018 for the 2018 award Where to apply: Office of the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience Value of the annual award: $2000 (for the 2018 award) Duration of award: 1 year Level of study: Graduate Studies

Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience was initiated in 2016 to recognize and support excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience. In 2018, CPIN Trainee Ina Anreiter (2018 winner; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Marla Sokolowski Lab) received the award at the CPIN Research Day (see page 25).

http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm


Toronto Brain Bee http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/brainbee.htm

The 20th Annual Toronto Brain Bee competition took place at the Stanford Fleming Building at the

University of Toronto (U of T) on April 12, 2018. 106 students from 27 high schools in the Toronto area

took part in the competition. 24 student/postdoctoral volunteers and 5 faculty members were involved in

organizing this successful outreach event. The students were welcomed by Professor Zhong-Ping Feng

(Toronto Brain Bee Coordinator and CPIN Director, Physiology). Nancy Dong (Graduate volunteer leader;

Physiology) announced the Brain Bee event schedule and the rules of the competition. The competition was

hosted by Alexandre Guet-McCreight (Graduate student, PSL) and Dulcie Vousden (Graduate

student,MBP). CPIN Chief Judges at the event included Professor Kaori Takehara (Psychology), Professor

Hong-Shuo Sun 2018 Toronto Brain Bee (contd.) (IMS/Surgery-Anatomy), Katherine Halievski (Postdoc,

Sickkids), ZacharyHall (Postdoc, Cell and Systems Biology), Dr. Katherine Halievski (Sickkids), and Dr.

Zachary Hall (Cell and Systems Biology) and Professor Zhong-Ping Feng. In between the competition

rounds, research presentations were made to the high-school students by Dr. Tamjeed Siddiqui (UofT

alumnus) and Dr. Leigh Spencer Noakes (SickKids). Participants also viewed a video overview of the 2017

Firefly Foundation Bright Lights in the lab program (provided by Sharon Zillmer, Firefly Foundation)

Following three rounds of questions, the top winners were: Surya Pandiaraju (Upper Canada College, first place), Michael Tang (University of Toronto Schools, second place) and Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School, third place). As the first place winner, Surya represented Toronto at the 11th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition, (www.brainbee.ca), which took place at McMaster University in Hamilton on Saturday, May 26th 2018.

Toronto Brain Bee Sponsorship The 2018 Brain Bee competition was sponsored by the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, the Department of Physiology, and the Firefly Foundation. The organizing committee of the 2018 Toronto Brain Bee comprised of UofT faculty and trainee members: Nancy Dong (Graduate student, Physiology), Zhong-Ping Feng (Physiology; Committee Chair), Katherine Halievski (Postdoc, SickKids), Zachary Hall (Postdoc, Cell and Systems Biology), William Ju (Human Biology), Hong-Shuo Sun (IMS/Surgery-Anatomy), Kaori Takehara (Psychology) and Suhail Asrar (CPIN Office). The Committee has discussed and approved the competition questions. The questions preparation committee of the 2018 Toronto Brain Bee comprised of Zhong-Ping Feng (Physiology; Committee Chair), Hong-Shuo Sun (IMS/Surgery-Anatomy) and Kaori Takehara (Psychology). The Graduate Volunteers were organized and led by Nancy Dong (PSL). Volunteers included (in no particular order): Alexandra Chatzikalymniou (PSL), Ann Gong (PSL), Ashley Zhang (LMP),

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Carina Freitas (IMS), Dipa Chatterjee (LMP), Farinaz Ghodrati (LMP), Irene Harmsen (IMS), Jasmyn Cunningham (IMS), Joe Steinman (MBP), Jonathon Chio (IMS), Julia Kim (IMS), Julia Ti (IMS), Luke Chung (MBP), Mahmoud Bitar (CSB), Moushumi Nath (PSL), Raymond Wong (PSL), Sally Abudiab (RSI), Sammy Cai (PSL), Sarah Gregor (RSI), Sridevi Venkatesan (PSL), Talwinder Gill (IMS), Zsuzsa Lindenmaier (MBP). (Toronto Brain Bee Photos credits: Eva Eng, Zhong-Ping Feng, Catherine Li, Keelia Quinn de Launay and Vivian Szeto)

Top 3 Ranking Participants Surya Pandiaraju (Upper Canada College, first place), Michael Tang (University of Toronto Schools, second place) and Yashan Chelliahpillai (Glenforest Secondary School, third place)

Top Ranking Novice Participant Award Natasha Reyes (Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts)

Top Ranking Participants according to school (with at least 8 participants) Matthew Huynh (Bayview Secondary School), Alston Lo (Richmond Hill High School), Saumya Naik (Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School), Gen Nishiwaki (Upper Canada College), Neha Rastogi (University of Toronto Schools) and Annie Zou (Glenforest Secondary School)

Student Leadership in Promoting Early Education in Neuroscience Awards Temitope Lekuti (Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School)

Teacher Recognition Awards Ralph Masciello (Bayview Secondary School) , Michelle Blais (Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts), Phillip Walton (Chinguacousy Secondary School), Holly Nightingale (Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School), Marybeth Bertovic and Marijana Kanisek (Glenforest Secondary School), George DelBianco (Richmond Hill High School), Anand Mahadevan (University of Toronto Schools), and Laurie Fraser (Upper Canada College)


(Toronto Brain Bee photo credit: Zhong-Ping Feng)


NeuroSci 101: A Lecture Series for High School Students http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/course.htm

The annual CPIN free high school neuroscience lecture series NeuroSci101 held its final review on March 19th, 2018. The students had the opportunity to review all that they had learned throughout the year and chat with the graduate student lecturers about neuroscience and life beyond high school. Students who had fulfilled the course requirements were presented with certificates of recognition by the CPIN director, Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng. Finally, everyone celebrated the year-long journey with a pizza party. The 2017-2018 NeuroSci 101 lecture series was organized by Nancy Dong (Physiology), Jonathon Chio (IMS) and Dulcie Vousden (Medical Biophysics). We would like to thank the graduate student lecturers who introduced the students to a wide range of key neuroscience concepts and cutting-edge research (in alphabetical order): Samantha Audrain (Psychology), Philippe D'Onofrio (Rehabilitation Science), Alexandre Guet-McCreight (Physiology), Shahin Khodaei (Physiology), Chantel Kowalchuk (IMS), Saffire Kranc (Pharmacology and Toxicology), Eileen Liu (IMS), Josiane Mapplebeck (Physiology), Yash Patel (IMS), Dana Swarbrick (Rehabilitation Sciences), Vivian Szeto (Physiology), Abanti Tagore (IMS) and Raymond Wong (PhD, Physiology). Lastly, we sincerely thank Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng and CPIN for supporting and sponsoring this event.

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CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/undergraduate_mentorship.htm

The CPIN Undergraduate Mentorship Program paired graduate neuroscience mentors with undergraduate mentees–supporting them with all aspects of graduate school application process, including but not limited to finding a supervisor, choosing a program/department, preparing CVs and letters of intent and interview preparation. Career development workshops were organized throughout the program to address common questions and teach skills to aid in the application process. The CPIN Mentorship Program held its first event of the academic year on September 28, 2017. The event included a panel of CPIN graduate students who answered questions on the topics of the application process, supervisors and research, and the graduate experience. The Q&A session was followed by interactive networking between graduate and undergraduate students. The event was held by the CPIN Mentorship Team: Chantel Kowalchuk, Joe Steinman, Vivian Szeto, Nirsan Kunaratnam, Kate Rzadki & Raymond Wong. We would like to thank our graduate panelists (James Saravanmuttu, Andrea Hung, Josiane Mapplebeck, Lee Propp, Amin Kamaleddin & Marija Zicevska), faculty panelist (Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng) for their participation and making this event a success! Lastly, we would like to thank the Human Biology Department for their sponsorship of this event. The CPIN Mentorship Program held its monthly event on February 8, 2018. The Professor Meet and Greet event started with a talk by CPIN executives on how to approach a potential supervisor. Then an amazing talk from Dr. Jeffrey Henderson (Faculty of Pharmacy, CPIN Representative) followed on innovative work done in the Henderson lab and new advances in research. Lastly, hors d'œuvres, networking and great conversation! We would like to thank our attendees, senior scientists (Dr. Jeffrey Henderson, Dr. Hong-Shuo Sun, Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng and Dr. Marian Hettiaratchi from Molly Stoichet Lab) and CPIN UMP presenters (Kate Rzadki & Marija Zicevska) for their participation and making this event a success! Lastly, we would like to thank the Human Biology Department for supporting and sponsoring this event.

http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/undergraduate_mentorship.htm


(Undergraduate Mentorship Program photo credits: Zhong-Ping Feng and Vivian Szeto)

Neuroscience Seminars http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events /seminar.htm Neuroscience seminars hosted on the U of T campuses and at affiliated research institutes have been posted on the CPIN website and are updated on a weekly basis.

Neuroscience Conferences and Meetings http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/Conf_ M.htm Neuroscience-related conferences have been posted on the CPIN website and are updated on a bi-weekly basis.

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Communications and Program Promotion

Website www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca Updated regularly, the website is the communication hub of the CPIN program. Current and prospective students, faculty members, and other interested parties can use the website to access detailed information about the program including educational activities, membership, community outreach programs, and upcoming seminars, meetings and conferences. Additionally, the website provides links to the monthly newsletter, faculty members and research groups, and offers CPIN application forms for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members.

Annual Report http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/annualreports.htm CPIN produces and releases an annual report each academic year to summarize the major activities and events in the program. The current and previous annual reports can be found on our website.

Email [email protected] The CPIN distribution list includes over 1300 subscribers, including faculty members, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, University of Toronto Academic Unit leaders and external connections. The list is used to share information regarding upcoming academic events, CPIN updates, and the monthly newsletter. The CPIN office also responded to inquiries related to the CPIN graduate, postdoctoral and faculty membership as well as outreach programs and neuroscience events on a routine basis.

Newsletters http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/2014newsletter.htm The CPIN newsletter is distributed via email to the members of the CPIN distribution list and is posted on the CPIN website. The newsletter highlights upcoming events, program news, new faculty members and students, graduating students, and other neuroscience-related activities from across the University and affiliated institutions. Current and past issues of the newsletter can be accessed on the CPIN website.

Career Opportunities http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/Positions_Available.htm The CPIN website and newsletter also offer regular postings on neuroscience opportunities for current students and recent graduates. Most of the opportunities listed are from research groups/laboratories that are directly affiliated with CPIN.

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Collaborative-Program-in-Neuroscience/212564644049 The CPIN Facebook page is used as an alternate forum for communicating information about upcoming events and activities to current graduate students. Students who have liked the Facebook page are invited attend to future academic and social events with their fellow CPIN members. The CPIN Facebook page has currently over 520 likes.

LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/cpinuoft In 2016, the CPIN Linked In account was set up to allow current CPIN members as well as alumni to keep in touch with and continue to follow the program through the convenience of this form of technology. The page has currently over 120 connections.


http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/annualreports.htm


http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/2014newsletter.htm

http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/Positions_Available.htm

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Collaborative-Program-in-Neuroscience/212564644049

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/cpinuoft


Twitter https://twitter.com/CPIN_UofT In 2016, CPIN developed a Twitter account for current members and alumni to follow program activities and updates through this tool. The CPIN Twitter account currently has over 180 followers.

Funding Support (2017 – 2018)

Program Funders CPIN administration was supported by 16 participating departments from 7 faculties at U of T and 4 Institutional Contributors over the 2017-2018 year.

MoA Contributions:

Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development

Department of Biochemistry

Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

Department of Cell & System Biology

Department of Computer Science

Graduate Department of Dentistry

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Department of Medical Biophysics

Institute of Medical Science

Graduate Department of Music

Department of Pharmacology

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department of Physiology

Department of Psychology

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Institutional Contribution:

Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research

Human Biology Program

Krembil Research Institute

St. Michael's Hospital Neuroscience Research Program

Event Sponsors Major CPIN activities were funded by additional contributions from the MoA participating departments, the Institutional Contributor and external sponsors. The list of 2017-2018 contributors can be found below:

Distinguished Lectures

Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Suicide & Depression Studies Program, St. Michael’s Hospital

Barbara Turnbull Foundation

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, U of T

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Department of Cell & Systems Biology Seminar Series, U of T

Department of Psychology Brain and Behaviour Seminar Series, U of T

Department of Psychology Ebbinghaus Empire Series, U of T

DeZwirek Family

Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, U of T

Krembil Neuroscience Centre

Neuroscience & Mental Health, SickKids

Spinal Cord Injury Research Unit

U of T Spine Program

University Health Network (UHN)

Research Day

Ontario Brain Institute

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

SickKids’ Neurosciences and Mental Health program,

SickKids’ Centre for Brain and Mental Health

Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence

Human Biology Program

Krembil Research Institute The 16 MoA CPIN Participating Academic Units

Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development

Department of Biochemistry


Department of Cell & System Biology

Department of Computer Science

Graduate Department of Dentistry

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Department of Medical Biophysics


Graduate Department of Music

Department of Pharmacology

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences


Department of Psychology

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute

Toronto Brain Bee

Firefly Foundation


Collaborative Program In Neuroscience


Appendix 1: Current CPIN Faculty Members (MoA Units) CPIN Faculty Members are organized by their primary School of Graduate Studies (SGS) appointment (http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/facultyandstaff/Pages/Faculty-Members-A-Z.aspx). If the primary appointment is a Non-MoA unit, but they are cross appointed with an MoA Unit, then they are listed under the MoA unit as well as under the Non-MoA unit in brackets. Many faculty members have cross-appointments with other graduate units. Not all faculty have an SGS appointment. For complete information, please visit the faculty member’s profile on the CPIN website: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/faculty/list.htm

Applied Psychology and Human Development Anne-Claude Bedard, and Kang Lee. Emiriti: Hazel McBride. Biochemistry John Callahan, Oliver Ernst, David MacLennan, Angus McQuibban, William Trimble and Joel Watts. Emiriti: James Gurd. Institute of Biomaterial & Biomedical Engineering Julie Audet, Berj Bardakjian, Elaine Biddiss, Tom Chau, Sasha John, Jérémie Lefebvre, Ofer Levi, Kei Masani, Milos Popovic, Tom Schweizer, Molly Shoichet, Willy Wong, Paul Yoo and Jose Zariffa. Past Faculty: Mary K. Nagai. Cell & Systems Biology Rudy Boonstra, Ian Brown, Les Buck, Belinda Chang, Angela Lange, David Lovejoy, Patrick O. McGowan, Joanne Nash, Ian Orchard, John Peever , Stephen Reid, Ho-Sung Rhee, Blake Richards, Adriano Senatore, Marla Sokolowski, Richard Stephenson, Bryan Stewart, Tod Thiele, Vincent Tropepe, and Melanie Woodin. Computer Science Anthony Bonner, Frank Rudzicz and Richard Zemel. Emiriti: Geoffrey E. Hinton. Dentistry Limor Avivi-Arber, Iacopo Cioffi, David Lam, Massieh Moayedi, Ze'ev Seltzer and Barry Sessle. Past Faculty: James Hu. Institute of Medical Science Evdokia Anagnostou, Richard Aviv, Andrew Baker, Cathy Barr, Maru Barrera, Anne Bassett, Mark Bayley, Sandra Black, Isabelle Boileau, Gregory Borschel, Gabrielle Boulianne, Theodore Brown, John Brumell, Robert F. Casper, Robert Chen, Douglas Cheyne, Sabine Cordes, Michael Cusimano, Jeff Daskalakis, Karen Davis, Gabrielle deVeber, Jonathan Downar, Benjamin Dunkley, William Mark Erwin, James Eubanks, Michael Fehlings, Joseph A. Fisher, John G. Flanagan, John S. Floras, George Foussias, Leon French, Herbert Goltz, Karen A. Gordon, Ariel Graff-Guerrero, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Margaret Hahn, Clement Hamani, Robert Harrison,

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Nathan Herrmann, Mojgan Hodaie, Richard Horner, Jonathan C. Irish, Sheena Josselyn, David Kaplan, Allan S. Kaplan, Andrea Kassner, James Kennedy, Michael Kiang, Anthony Lang, Nir Lipsman, Fang Liu, Andres Lozano, R. Loch MacDonald, Angela Mailis-Gagnon, Brian Maki, Mario Masellis, Roger McIntyre, Meng-Chuan Lai, Jeffrey H. Meyer, David Mikulis, Freda Miller, Steven Miller, Romina Mizrahi, Howard Mount, Daniel Mueller, Andras Nagy, Irena Nulman, Paul O'Connor, Lucy Osborne, Elizabeth Pang, Jose Luis Perez-Velazquez, Bruce G. Pollock, Tarek Rajji, Arun Ravindran, Neil Rector, Peggy Richter, Sean Rourke, Joel Sadavoy, Paul Sandor, Russell Schachar, Colin Shapiro, Antonio Strafella, Hong-Shuo Sun, Carter Snead, Richard Swartz, Uri Tabori, Emily Wing Yun Tam, Anurag Tandon, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Charles Tator, Margot Taylor, Mary Tierney, Taufik Valiante, Derek van der Kooy, Rob van Reekum, Nicolaas Paul Verhoeff, Aristotle Voineskos, Xiao-Yan Wen, Carol Westall, Linda Wilson-Pauwels, Agnes Wong, Yana Yunusova and Liang Zhang. Emiriti: Jerry Warsh. Past Faculty: Sharon Abel, Dianne Broussard, Tiffany Chow, Maureen Dennis, Adam Dubrowski, Allan Gordon, Paul Hwang, Maureen Lovett, Cynthia Menard, Paul Muller, John Roder, Jean Saint-Cyr, and James Sharpe. Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Isabelle Aubert, Rod Bremner, Alain Dabdoub, Sunit Das, Phedias Diamandis, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Kevin C. Kain, Lorraine Kalia, Suneil Kalia, Clifford Lingwood, JoAnne McLaurin, Heyu Ni, Janice Robertson, James Rutka, Jeremy Sivak, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, and Yeni Yucel. Past Faculty: Catherine Bergeron, Rasmus Kiehl, and Don Mahuran. Medical Biophysics Jean Chen, Paul Fraser, Simon Graham, Mark Henkelman, Kullervo Hynynen, Jason Lerch, Lothar Lilge, Bradley MacIntosh, Brian Nieman, John Sled, Greg Stanisz, Bojana Stefanovic, Stephen Strother, Shun Wong and Jim Woodgett. Music Lee Bartel and Michael Thaut. Pharmacology & Toxicology Ana Cristina Andreazza, Susan George, Benjamin Goldstein, Larry Grupp, Krista Lanctôt, Anh Dzung Lê, Bernard Le Foll, Peter Li, J. Peter McPherson, Jane Mitchell, Amy J. Ramsey, Ruth Ross, Peter Roy, Ali Salahpour, Etienne Sibille, Walter Swardfager, Rachel Tyndale, Albert Wong, Martin Zack and Laurie Zawertailo. Emiriti: W. McIntyre Burnham, Cecil Pace-Asciak, and Edward Sellers. Pharmacy Robert Bonin, David R. Hampson, Jeffrey Henderson, Peter O'Brien, Donald Weaver, James Wells, Peter Wells and Shirley Xiao Yu Wu. Past Faculty: Usoa Busto and Peter Pennefather. Physiology Denise Belsham, Theodore Brown, Peter Carlen, Graham Collingridge, James Duffin, Zhong-Ping Feng, Paul Frankland, Gregory Hare, William Hutchison, Zheng-Ping Jia, Tianru Jin, Evelyn Lambe, Clifford Librach, Stephen Matthews, Philippe Monnier, Beverley Orser, Steven Prescott, Ian Rogers, Michael Salter, Lyanne Schlichter, Frances Skinner, Elise Stanley, Shuzo Sugita, Douglas Tweed, Michael Tymianski, Alexander Velumian, Lu-Yang Wang, Anne Wheeler, Haibo Zhang, Mei Zhen and Min Zhuo.


Emiriti: Harold Atwood, Jonathan Dostrovsky, Hon Kwan, Kenneth Norwich, Maire Percy, and Martin Wojtowicz. Past Faculty: Nicholas Diamant, William MacKay, and Linda Mills. Psychology Claude Alain, Nicole Anderson, Maithe Arruda-Carvalho, Morgan Barense, Dirk Bernhardt-Walther, Bradley Buchsbaum, Jonathan Cant, William Cunningham, Gerald Cupchik, Katherine Duncan, Gillian Einstein, Suzanne Erb, Susanne Ferber, Amy Finn, Paul Fletcher, Robert Gerlai, Asaf Gilboa, Cheryl Grady, David Haley, Lynn Hasher, Melissa Holmes, Cendri Hutcherson, Rutsuko Ito, Junchul Kim, Andy Lee, Brian Levine, Donald Mabbott, Geoffrey MacDonald, Michael Mack, Loren Martin, Mary Pat McAndrews, Randy McIntosh, Jed Meltzer, Ashley Monks, Morris Moscovitch, Matthias Niemeier, Jose Nobrega, Tomas Paus, Jason Plaks, Jay Pratt, Martin Ralph, Joanne Rovet, Jennifer Ryan, Meg Schlichting, Mark Schmuckler, Mary Lou Smith, Donald Stuss, Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi, and Iva Zovkic. Emiriti: Alison Fleming, John Kennedy, Gary W. Kraemer, Ted Petit, Endel Tulving, and John Yeomans. Past Faculty: Eve De Rosa, Sam Doesburg, Kevin Dunbar, Gwendolyn Ivy, N. William Milgram, Laura-Ann Petitto, and Franco Vaccarino. Dalla Lana School of Public Health Izzeldin Abuelaish and Howard Hu. Rehabilitation Sciences Institute Deryk Beal, Tim Bressmann, Joyce Chen, Angela Colantonio, Paul Comper, Cathy Craven, Deirdre Dawson, Luc De Nil, Darcy Fehlings, Robin Green, Michelle Keightley, Paulo D. Koeberle, Sally Lindsay, Rosemary Martino, William McIlroy, George Mochizuki, Cindi Morshead, Kristin Musselman, Kara Patterson, Stephen Perry, Helene Polatajko, Nick Reed, Elizabeth Rochon, Nancy Salbach, Shannon Scratch, Catriona Steele, Jane Topolovec-Vranic, Pascal van Lieshout, and Karl Zabjek. Emirit: Molly Verrier. Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2018


Appendix 2: Current CPIN Faculty Members (Non-MoA Units) CPIN Faculty Members who only have Non-MoA Unit appointments. Faculty listed in brackets have a primary School of Graduate Studies appointment with the respective Non-MoA Unit (http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/facultyandstaff/Pages/Faculty-Members-A-Z.aspx) but are also cross-appointed with a MoA Unit and listed accordingly in Appendix 1. Not all faculty have an SGS appointment. For complete information, please visit the faculty member’s profile on the CPIN website: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/faculty/list.htm

Anaesthesia Arsenio Avila and Sinziana Avramescu. Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (Molly Shoichet). Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Rudy Boonstra), (Belinda Chang), John Ratcliffe and (Marla Sokolowski). Electrical & Compute Engineering (Berj Bardakjian) and (Willy Wong). English Ian Lancashire Exercise Science Lynda Mainwaring. Past Faculty: Guy Faulkner. Human Biology Bill Ju. Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation (Cathy Craven) and (Darcy Fehlings). Kinesiology and Physical Education Luc Tremblay. Mathematics (Jérémie Lefebvre). Medical Imaging Allan Fox, Sandra Moses and Sean Symons. Medicine, Division of Neurology Danielle Andrade, Sherali Esmail, Susan Fox, Brian Murray, James Perry, Aylin Reid, Donald Weaver, John Wherrett, and Catherine Zahn. Past Faculty: Richard M. Gladstone and Demetrios Sahlas. Molecular Genetics

http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/facultyandstaff/Pages/Faculty-Members-A-Z.aspx



Ben Blencowe, (Gabrielle Boulianne), (John Brumell), (Sabine Cordes), Joseph Culotti, Xi Huang, (David Kaplan), Julie Lefebvre, Yun Li, (Freda Miller), Julien Muffat, (Lucy Osborne), (Peter Roy), (Derek van der Kooy), and (Mei Zhen). Nutritional Sciences Emiriti: Carol Greenwood. Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (Sally Lindsay), Emily Nalder. Ophtalmology & Vision Sciences Rand Simpson and Martin Steinbach. Otolaryngology Jonathan C. Irish. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Andrew Dimitrijevic. Paediatrics Brenda Banwell, Susanne Benseler, Gabrielle deVeber, Elizabeth Donner, Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones, and Hilary Whyte. Physical Therapy Judith Hunter, (Nancy Salbach) and (Karl Zabjek). Psychiatry Paul Arnold, James Cantor, Eva Chow, Bruce Christensen, James Deutsch, Kim Edelstein, W.L. Alan Fung, Sidney Kennedy, David Kreindler, Harvey Moldofsky, Mark Rapoport, Sakina Rizvi, Chanth Seyone and Kenneth Shulman. Past Faculty: Adam Anderson. Public Health Sciences Michael Farkouh. Speech-Language Pathology (Deryk Beal), (Tim Bressmann), (Luc De Nil), (Rosemary Martino), (Elizabeth Rochon), (Catriona Steele), (Pascal van Lieshout) and (Yana Yunusova). Statistical Sciences Dehan Kong. Surgery Mark Bernstein, Fred Gentili, David Houlden, Eric Massicotte and Richard Perrin. Past Faculty: Ranil Sonnadara. Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2018.


Appendix 3: CPIN Students

Surname First Name Degree

Applied Psychology & Human Development

Ozdemir Demirci Begum PhD

Propp Lee MA

Biochemistry

Arshadh Hamza MSc

Balo Aidin PhD

Bourkas Matthew PhD

Brasenell Katie MSc

Lau Angus MSc

Lau Heather PhD

Moskal Natalia PhD

Nag Sudeshna PhD

Ou Wei-Lin PhD

Tan Wendy MSc

Centre for Comparative Literature

Futerman Liza PhD

Cell & Systems Biology

Abdallah Salsabil MSc

Aguda Vernie MSc

Aqrabawi Afif MSc

Bitar Mahmoud MSc

Cajanding Janine MSc

Cruz-Sanchez Arely MSc

Garand Danielle MSc

Guilbeault Nicholas MSc

Hawrysh Peter John PhD

Khademullah-Coskun

Charline Sahara

PhD

Lauby Samantha PhD

Mahabir Samantha PhD

Pinguelo Arsene PhD

Rahman Mouly MSc

Ratnam Melanie R PhD

Shams Soaleha PhD

Wong Yuen Yan MSc

Yu Xiaotian (Tag) MSc

Dentistry

Ayoub Lizbeth MSc

Lopez Gross Jacqueline MSc

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Anreiter Ina PhD


Aquilino Mark PhD

Carraro Mattia MASc

Cheung Stephanie PhD

Ebrahim Amini Azin MASc

Eftekhari Daniel MASc

Garcia Martha PhD

Hanna George MASc

House Sarah MASc

Ing Sonja MASc

Kamaleddin Ezabadi

Seyed Mohammad Amin

PhD

Katz Chaim MHSc

Mahallati Sara PhD

Mitrousis Nikolaos PhD

Mokhberi Maryam MASc

Poon Charissa MASc

Sereshkeh Alborz Rezazadeh

PhD

Tuladhar Anup PhD

Wong Andrew MHSc

Yang Jane MASc


Abi-Jaoude Elia PhD

Adams Kelsey MSc

Ahmed Sarah MSc

Antonyshyn Kira MSc

Baarbe Julianne PhD

Banihashemi M. Amin MSc

Boutet Alexandre PhD

Bray Michael MSc

Ceniti Amanda PhD


Chang Michael PhD

Chen ChengCheng MSc

Chen David Qixiang PhD

Cheng Joshua MSc

Cheng Wei-Chin (Zoey)

PhD

Chio Chon Teng (Jonathon)

PhD

Chung Jun ku PhD

Compagnone Jordana MSc

Cunningham Jasmyn MSc

Da Silva Tania MSc

De Barros Freitas

Carina Patricia

PhD

Deighton Michael Robert

MSc

Derkach Daniel MSc

Deshpande Poorva MSc

Dey Ayan PhD

Doroszkiewicz Corinne MSc

Dragas Rachel MSc

Dunlop Katharine PhD

Elias Gavin MSc

Emrani Hamideh PhD

Etkin-Spigelman Laurel MSc

Fettes Peter MSc

Ganesan Saptharishi Lalgudi

MSc

Ghahremani Ayda PhD

Gharehgazlou Avideh MSc

Gill Talwinder MSc

Glass Torin MSc

Hamer Julia MSc

Han Hua MSc

Harmsen Irene PhD

Hemington Kasey PhD

Honarvar Faraz MSc

Hong James PhD

Hung Shih-Ping PhD

Isayama Reina MSc

Jacobs Grace PhD

Jawa Natasha MSc

Jegatheeswaran Gaayathiri PhD

Ji Xiang MSc

(Patrick)

Khan Muhammad Saad

MSc

Kim Julia MSc

Kim Junseok PhD

Kowalchuk Chantel MSc

Kramer Emily PhD

Lakshman Nishanth MSc

Laliberte Alex Michael PhD

Lamba Wiplove MSc

Lepock Jennifer PhD

Lin Yuqi MSc

Liu Nancy MSc

Liu Xiao Yu Eileen

MSc

Lowther Chelsea MSc

MacKay-Clackett

Isabel MSc

Marano Maria MSc

Marshe Victoria MSc

McSweeny Claire MSc

Meng Ying PhD

Mihaescu Alexander MSc

Miles Amy PhD

Mir-Moghtadaei Arsalan MSc

Mogadam Alexandra MSc

Mohamed Jabir MSc

Nabbouh Fadl MSc

Oh Hyemin (Amy) PhD

Oremakinde Adetunji PhD

Osborne Natalie PhD

Pan Danny MSc

Park Caroline MSc

Parker Nadine PhD

Patel Ronak MSc

Peters Sarah MSc

Pinchefsky Elana MSc

Plitman Eric PhD

Polonenko Melissa PhD

Raitsin Sofia PhD

Richards Michael PhD

Rinchon Vinz-erl Cricia MSc

Rodgers Christopher MSc


Rodrigues Nelson MSc

Rogachov Anton MSc

Saeed Usman MSc

Sandor Mark MSc

Saravanamuttu James MSc

Sebanayagam Vinoja MSc

Shah Kairavi MSc

Shahzad Uswa PhD

Sinopoli Vanessa PhD

Szilagyi Gregory Mark MSc

Tagore Abanti MSc

Takkala Petri PhD

Tan Joel MSc

Tohyama Sarasa MSc

Tso Michael Kai-Man

PhD

Underwood Emily MSc

Valli Mikaeel MSc

Varriano Brenda MSc

Vasilevskaya Anna MSc

Vimalanathan Akshayan MSc

Wolfe Glenn MSc

Workewych Adriana MSc

Yan Chen PhD

Ye Annette MSc

Zawadzki John PhD

Zivcevska Marija MSc

Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Budani Monique PhD

de Snoo Mitchell MSc

Friesen Erik MSc

Gao Andrew MSc

Ghodrati Farinaz MSc

Lin Lilian PhD

Rzadki Kate MSc

Schneider Raphael PhD

Schwab Nicola MSc

Shenouda Marc MSc

Solarski Michael MSc

Strauss Maximilian MSc

Wang Xinzhu PhD

Weber-Adrian Danielle PhD

Xhima Kristiana PhD

Zhang Ashley MSc

Zhang Yu Tong (Shirley)

MSc

Medical Biophysics

Allemang-Grand Rylan PhD

Atwi Sarah PhD

Buchwald Zsuzsa PhD

Esmaelbeigi Azin MSc

Grykuliak Kevin MSc

McMahon Dallan PhD

Miyata Tsukiko PhD

Steinman Joseph PhD

Vousden Dulcie PhD

Yee Yohan PhD

Music

Haire Catherine PhD

Jones Cheryl PhD

Kang Joorang MA

Kang Kyurim PhD

Lavigne Stéphanie MA

Mackinnon Chelsea MA

Paleshi Chrystalla MA

Richard Nicole MA

Sharma Vivek PhD

Tan Dorothy MA


Bermejo Marie Kristel PhD

Chatterjee Dipashree MSc

Chen Yuxiao (Sonny)

PhD

Darwish Lina MSc

Intson Katheron PhD

Islam Farhana PhD

Jacobson Maya MSc

Kranc Saffire MSc

Lalang Nittha MSc

Lam Vincent PhD

Mielnik Catharine PhD

Russo Melissa MSc

Sadeghlo Negin MSc

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dojo Soeandy Chesarahmia PhD


Dong Yue (John) PhD

D'Souza Abigail MSc

Patel Ingita MSc

Yini Xxx (Virginia) MSc

Physiology

Al-Basha Dhekra PhD

Binko Mary MSc

Bodalia Ankur PhD

Breton Vanessa PhD

Cai Sammy MSc

Cao Feng PhD

Charish Jason PhD

Chatzikalymniou Alexandra PhD

Cohen Dalya MSc

Constantinof Andrea PhD

Dong Nancy PhD

Ebrahim Amini Aeen MSc

Florez Carlos PhD

Ghazisaeidi Shahrzad PhD

Ghuznavi Aamer MSc

Gong Haifan MSc

Guet-McCreight Alexandre PhD

Guskjolen Axel PhD

Harding Erika Katharina

PhD

Ho Keith PhD

Leung Celeste PhD

Li Feiya MSc

Li Winston MSc

Mapplebeck Josiane PhD

Mellerup Miranda MSc

Nath Moushumi MSc

Nuwisait Wanida PhD

Salter Eric MSc

Saw Ner Mu Nar PhD

Sekulic Vladislav PhD

Stojanovski Sonja MSc

Szeto Vivian Ying MSc

Tabbarah Sami MSc

Tran Lina PhD

Turlova Ekaterina PhD

Venkatesan Sridevi MSc

Volianskis Rasa MSc

Wong Raymond PhD

Wu Qiu Jing (Jane)

MSc

Xia Frances PhD

Yu Julia MSc

Psychology

Amer Tarek PhD

Audrain Samantha PhD

Ayoub Ramy MA

Belchev Zornitza PhD

Cheung Ching Kong PhD

Cox Elizabeth MA

Cox Elizabeth PhD

Diamond Nick PhD

Dudek Joanna PhD

Fan Carina MA

Forster Evelyn PhD

Ghosh Vanessa Elise PhD

Gillingham Susan Mildred Eunice

PhD

Hughes Jessica PhD

Kristl Brunec Iva PhD

Leung Rachel PhD

Man Vincent Yen PhD

Marlatte Hannah MA

Mossad Sarah PhD

Nealy Kyle MA

Ngo Ka Wai Joan PhD

Peragine Diana MA

Poulson Sandra MA

Ramsaran Adam PhD

Sama Marco MA

Sama Marco PhD

Sato Julie PhD

Tanninen Stephanie MA

Tu Gaqi MA

Wong Angelita Pui-Yee

PhD

Young Julia PhD

Yuk Veronica PhD

Public Health

Carty Adele PhD

Rehabilitation Science


Abudiab Sally MSc

Antonio Patrick PhD

Boulos Mary MSc

Cheng Darren MSc

Choi Kyung An Brian

MSc

Currie Victoria PhD

D'Onofrio Philippe PhD

DuBois Denise PhD

Felcenloben Monique MSc

Green Stephanie Lynn

PhD

Gregor Sarah PhD

Hilderley Alicia PhD

Hobler Fiona PhD

Houston David MSc

Hung Andrea MSc

Kunaratnam Nirsan MSc

Paniccia Melissa PhD

Quinn de Launay

Keelia MSc

Renton Tian PhD

Resnick Myles MSc

Ribeiro de Oliveira

Leticia PhD

Shellikeri Sanjana PhD

Smaoui Sana PhD

Starrs Faryn PhD

Swarbrick Dana MSc

Sweeny Michelle MSc

Toong Tiffany MSc

Urban Karolina PhD

Valenzano Teresa PhD

Waito Ashley PhD

Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2018.


Appendix 4: CPIN Graduates 2017-2018

Student Name Program Supervisor Thesis Title:

Applied Psychology & Human Development

Victoria Lishak PhD Katreena Scott and Kang Lee

Antisociality in Men Who Perpetrate Domestic Violence: Heterogeneity, Psychophysiological and Neurocognitive Factors

Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

Chaim Katz MHSc Taufik Valiante Towards Closed-Loop Stimulation To Improve Human Memory

Maryam Mokhberi

MASc Tom Chau Investigating the Efficacy of Meditation and Mental Rehearsal on EEG BCI Performance in a Pediatric Context

Filip Stojic MASc Tom Chau A novel EEG-BCI dependent on discrimination of imagined stimuli in visual field quadrants

Ilan Vounderwalde

MASc Cindi Morshead Transplantation of Directly Reprogrammed Human Neural Precursor Cells to Promote Repair in a Preclinical Model of Stroke

Andrew Talor Wong

MHSc Tom Chau Systematic Quantification of Superficial Blood Flow in Near Infrared Spectroscopy Brain Computer Interfaces in a Pediatric Context


Charles Burke MSc Carmela Tartaglia

Imaging of FTLD-tau using [18F]AV-1451

Wei-Chin (Zoey) Cheng

PhD Shun Wong Effects of Cranial Irradiation on Adult Hippocampal Neuronal Development and the Role of p53

Jun ku Chung PhD Ariel Graff Using Multimodal Imaging to Examine Clinical and Cognitive Correlates of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease

Susana Da Silva MSc George Foussias

Deconstructing Motivation Deficits in Schizophrenia and Beyond

Tania Da Silva MSc Romina Mizrahi Imaging Cerebral Microglial Activation and Glutathione in Regular Cannabis Users

Rachel Dragas MSc Michael Fehlings

Hepatocyte growth factor-preconditioned neural progenitor cells attenuate astrocyte reactivity and promote neurite outgrowth

Ayda Ghahremani

PhD Robert Chen The Functional Role of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Response Control

Torin James Alexander Glass

MSc Steven Miller Retinopathy of Prematurity and Multiple Postnatal Infections in Preterm Neonates: Delays in White Matter Development with Poorer Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Reina Isayama MSc Robert Chen Sensorimotor Integration during Rubber Hand Illusion in Normal Subjects and Subjects with Parkinson's Disease

Maria Marano MSc Anurag Tandon Uptake and Sequestration of Aggregated Alpha-Synuclein

Karen Misquitta MSc Carmela Tartaglia

Assessing the Relationship of White Matter Hyperintensities and Grey Matter to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive


Impairment

Alexandra Mogadam

MSc Elizabeth Pang The Neural Correlates of Mental Flexibility in Children with Neurodevelopmental

Jabir Mohamed MSc McIntyre Burnham

The Development of Propagated Discharge and Behavioural Arrest in Temporal Lobe Focal Seizures with Impairment of Awareness

Sarah Peters MSc Jonathan Downar

Improving rTMS/stimulation treatment for Major Depressive Disorder

Winnie Qian MSc Tom A. Schweizer

Neural Correlates of Delusions in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Sofia Raitsin PhD Jeffrey Meyer Influences On Monoamine Oxidase Activity In The Brain And Translation Into Major Depressive Disorder

Michael Richards PhD Agnes Wong Audiovisual Processing and Integration in Amblyopia

Foad Taghdiri MSc Carmela Tartaglia

Oculomotor Function Testing and White Matter Integrity in Patients with Post-Concussion Syndrome

Michael Kai-Man Tso

PhD R. Loch Macdonald

Identifying New Therapeutics in Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Emily Underwood

MSc Mary C. Tierney

Cognitive Sequelae of Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of Breast Cancer

Adriana Workewych

MSc Michael Cusimano

Tranexamic acid in the treatment of residual chronic subdural hematoma: A single-centre, observer-blinded, randomized controlled trial (TRACE)

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

Mitchell de Snoo MSc Suneil Kalia Understanding the Role of the Co-Chaperone, Bcl-2 Associated Athanogene 5, in PINK1/parkin Dependent Mitophagy

Erik Friesen MSc Suneil Kalia Characterizing the Bcl-2 Associated Athanogene 5 Interactome in the Context of Parkinson’s Disease

Mohadeseh Mehrabian

PhD Gerold Shmitt-Ulms

The prion protein controls polysialylation of neural ell adhesion molecule 1 during cellular morphogenesis

Danielle Weber-Adrian

PhD Isabelle Aubert Controlling Transgene Expression in the Central Nervous System For MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Delivery of Adeno-Associated Virus

Medical Biophysics

Rylan Allemang-Grand

PhD Jason Lerch Delaying the Onset of Dementia in Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s disease

Kevin Grykuliak MSc Kullervo Hynynen

Dual-Frequency Ultrasound for Applications in Transcranial Therapy: Simulation and Experimental Results

Music

Julia Beth Kowaleski

MA Michael Thaut Using Music to Improve Motor Control in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cheryl Jones PhD Lee Bartel Exploring Music-based Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Acquired Brain Injury: A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Attention Process Training and Musical Attention Control Training

Chelsea Mackinnon

MA Michael Thaut Music research in brain rehabilitation

Pharmaceutical Sciences


Ingita Patel MSc Robert Bonin The Assessment of Hanging Behavior as a Measure of Mouse Welfare

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Marie Kristel Bermejo

PhD Ali Salahpour Selective Rescue of NMDA Receptor Function in Dopaminergic Neurons of NMDA

Jasmine Carter MSc Walter Swardfager

Role of Osteocalcin in Mood and Cognitive Complications in Type 2 Diabetes

Vincent Lam PhD Ali Salahpour Identification and in vivo Characterization of a Potential TAAR1 Antagonist

Catharine Mielnik PhD Amy Ramsey Inducible Rescue of N-methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Deficiency to Study Brain Plasticity

Physiology

Mary Binko MSc Evelyn Lambe Consequences of NMDA Receptor Disruption for Prefrontal Cortical Neurophysiology

Kirusanthy Kaneshwaran

MSc Beverly Orser Investigating the Central Role of Astroyctes in Mediating Postanesthetic Memory Deficits

Feiya Li MSc Hong-Shuo Sun

Effects of TRPM2 Inhibition in Neuroprotection following Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

Moushumi Nath MSc Paul Frankland The Role of Perineuronal Nets in Learning and Memory

Psychology

Elizabeth Cox MA Donald Mabbott The Impact of Exercise on Cognition and Neural Activity Under Varying Cognitive

Marco Sama MA Jonathan Cant Mechanisms of Ensemble Face Processing: Extraction of Summary, but not Single, Identity Shows Sensitivity to Non-Frontal Global Viewpoints

Julie Sato MA Margot Taylor Alpha Oscillatory Synchrony underlying Working Memory Maintenance in Children

Rehabilitation Sciences

Kyung An Brian Choi

MSc Paulo Koeberle Investigating the Role of Primary Cilia in Neuronal Apoptosis

Luisa Garzon MSc Darcy Fehlings Using Functional Electrical Stimulation to Improve Upper Limb Function: Determining Feasibility and Effectiveness in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Alicia Hilderley PhD Darcy Fehlings Exploring Functional Neuroplasticity and the Associations with Outcomes of Advanced Gross Motor Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Labeeba Nusrat MSc Cindi Morshead Endogenous Cell-Based Therapy Using Cyclosporine A Promotes Cognitive Recovery In A Mouse Model Of Stroke

Melissa Paniccia PhD Nick Reed Heart Rate Variability and Concussion: Exploring Neurophysiological Variation in Youth Athletes

Tyler Saumur MSc George Mochizuki

Cortical and spinal markers of lower limb movement preparation

Note: The list was generated according to the records at the CPIN office by June, 2018.


Appendix 5: Neuroscience Course List Neuroscience courses offered by CPIN and the participating academic units are listed below. Not all courses are offered each year. APD 3286H Developmental Neurobiology APD 1238H Special Topics in Human Development & Applied Psychology: Neuroscience & Education: Bridging the Gap CSB 1020H/S Methods and Topics in Ion Channel Patch Clamp Electrophysiology CSC 2515 Intro to Machine Learning CSC 2506 Uncertainty and Learning CSC 2523 Object Modeling and Recognition: Deep Learning in Computer Vision CSC 2545 Kernel Methods and Support Vector Machines DEN 1060H Oral Physiology: Sensory and Neuromuscular Function HDP 1238H Special Topics in Human Development & Applied Psychology: Neuroscience & Education: Bridging the Gap HDP 3286H Developmental Neurobiology JEB 1444H Neural Engineering JEB 1451H Neural Bioelectricity JNP 1017H The Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology JNP 1018H Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology JNR 1444Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular JNS 1000Y Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour JPM 1005Y Behavioural Pharmacology JPY 1007Y Neuropharmacology of Neurotransmitter Receptors JYG 1555H Advanced Topics: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology LMP 2222H Neurodegenerative Disease MSC 1006H Neuroanatomy – Introduction to Anatomical Organization of the Brain MSC 1081H Studies in Schizophrenia MSC 1085H Molecular Approaches to Mental Health and Addictions MSC 1086H Integrative perspectives in Consciousness and Self-Awareness MSC 1087H Neuroimaging Methods Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging MSC 1088H Brain Positron Emission Tomography MSC 6000H Special Topics in Anatomy MUS 2122H Music and the Brain MUS 7110H Nuerosciences of Music: Scientific Foundations, Clinical Translations NEU 1000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Master's) (Credit/No Credit) NEU 2000H Neuroscience Distinguished Lecture Series (Doctoral) (Credit/No Credit) PCL 1012H Cognitive Neuropharmacology PSL 1024H Advanced Topics: Endocrinology and Neuroendocrinology PSL 1026H Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology PSL 1047H Advanced Topics: Somatosensory and Pain Neuroscience PSL 1050H Advanced Topics: The Hippocampus from Cell to Behaviour PSL 1053H Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function PSL 1068H Advanced Topics: Molecular Basis of Behaviour PSL 1071H Advanced Topics: Computational Neuroscience PSL 1075H Biology In Time PSL 1441H Systems Level Neuroplasticity PSL 1445H Mechanistic Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience PSL 1446H Molecular & Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders PSL 1452H Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function PSY 1200H Selected Topics in Psychology: Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Cognitive Neuroscience


PSY 4706H Human Brain Neuroanatomy PSY 5101H Mechanisms of Behaviour PSY 5103H Learning and Plasticity PSY 5104H Neuropsychology PSY 5110H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience I PSY 5111H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience II PSY 5112H Advanced Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience III PSY 5120H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation I PSY 5121H Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour and Motivation II PSY 5130H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology I PSY 5131H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology II PSY 5132H Advanced Topics in Neuropsychology III PSY 5201H Audition PSY 5202H Vision PSY 5203H Higher Cognition PSY 5204H Attention PSY 5205H Memory PSY 5210H Advanced Topics in Perception I PSY 5211H Advanced Topics in Perception II PSY 5212H Advanced Topics in Perception III PSY 5220H Advanced Topics in Cognition I PSY 5221H Advanced Topics in Cognition II PSY 5222H Advanced Topics in Cognition III PSY 5310H Advanced Topics in Development I PSY 5311H Advanced Topics in Developmental Neuroscience II REH 1510H Disordered Restorative Motor Control REH 5100H Introduction to Cognitive Rehabilitation Neuroscience I: Basic Science to Clinical Applications REH 5102H Cognitive Rehabilitation Neuroscience II Other Courses Courses not specifically in neuroscience, that do not fulfil the program requirements as neuroscience courses, but might be useful for neuroscience students, are listed below. JBL 1507H Biochemistry of Inherited Disease JDB 1025Y Developmental Biology PHM 1122H Fundamentals of Drug Discovery PSY 5102H Motivational Processes SLP 1522Y Speech Physiology and Acoustics SLP 1533Y Aphasia SLP 1534Y Motor Speech Disorders SLP 3001H Theoretical Foundations of Communication Sciences + Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following

academic session in which course is offered.


Appendix 6: Trainee Awards 2017-2018

Name Program Supervisor(s) Awards received between July 2017 to June 2018

Cell and Systems Biology

Afif Aqrabawi PhD Junchul Kim NSERC (PGS D2) OGS (declined)

Arely Cruz-Sanchez

MSc Maithe Arruda-Carvalho

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's (CGS M), NSERC

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ina Anreiter PhD Marla Sokolowski Ontario Graduate Scholarship (x2) The Mary Gertrude l'Anson Scholarship (x2) Leonard Butler Graduate Scholarship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology


Seyed Mohammad Amin Kamaleddin Ezabadi

PhD Steven Prescott Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Lorus J. & Margery J. Milne Scholarship, Marine Biological Laboratories (Woods Hole, MA) Loo Geok Eng Foundation Award, University of Toronto


Irene Harmsen PhD Andres Lozano Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships CIHR

Sarasa Tohyama PhD Mojgan Hodaie GSEF Merit Scholarship for International Students, University of Toronto UTCSP Pain Scientist Scholarship, University of Toronto IMS Open Fellowship Award, University of Toronto


Elana Pinchefsky MSc Emily Tam Outstanding Junior Member Post-Graduate Award, Child Neurology Society (CNS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL CanMeds Fellow Award, Division of Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Centre Trainee Travel Award, Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Competition (RESTRACOMP) Graduate Scholarships and Research Fellowships, SickKids-University of Toronto Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund Research Training Award Savoy Epilepsy Foundation, Savoy Studentship

Marija Zivcevska MSc Agnes Wong Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award

Avideh Gharehgazlou

MSc Evdokia Anagnostou, Stephanie Ameis

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Petri Takkala PhD Steven Prescott Neuroscience Research Day Top Poster Presentation Award, University of Toronto Frist-Jus Graduate Award in Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Toronto, Jack Laidlaw Award Finalist, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto Graduate Community Development Fund Award, Graduate Student Union, University of Toronto Dr. Daniel Roncari Book Prize, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto Neuroscience Research Day Top Poster Presentation Award, University of Toronto Peterborough KM Hunter Graduate Award OSOTF, University of Toronto, James Crothers Fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Damage OSOTF, University of Toronto University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Open Fellowship, University of Toronto, Society for Neuroscience Travel Award,


Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association

Nishanth Lakshman

PhD Cindi Morshead Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Rachel Dragas MSc Michael G. Fehlings Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award James F. Crothers Family Fellowship in Peripheral Nerve Damage Unilever/Lipton Fellowship in Neuroscience

Sarah Ahmed MSc Romina Mizrahi Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto and Province of Ontario

Kira Antonyshyn MSc Gregory Borschel Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario government (3 consecutive sessions) SGS Conference Grant, University of Toronto IMS Entrance Award, Institute of Medical Science UofT RESTRACOMP (Research Training Competition), The Hospital for Sick Children

Elana Pinchefsky MSc Emily Tam Savoy Studentship, Savoy Epilepsy Foundation. Glucose levels and brain function in neonatal encephalopathy Van Gelder-Savoy Studentship, Savoy Epilepsy Foundation. Glucose levels and brain function in neonatal encephalopathy

Brenda Varriano MSc Carmela Tartaglia Krembil Studentship in Dementia Research IMS Entrance Scholarship, IMS Unilever Fellowship in Neurosciences,ORT AAIC Travel Memorial Fellowship, AAIC SGS Travel Grant,SGS

M. Amin Banihashemi

MSc Sandra E. Black Ontario graduate scholarship (3 sessions)

Julia Kim MSc Ariel Graff-Guerrero and Philip Gerretsen

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Province of Ontario Cleghorn Fellowship in Schizophrenia Research, IMS



Raphael Schneider

PhD Raphael Schneider ALS Canada Clinical Research Fellowship, ALS

Music

Catherine Haire PhD Michael Thaut U of T Fellowship


Farhana Islam PhD Daniel Mueller Department of Pharmacology Graduate Student Award, University of Toronto Massey College Junior Fellowship, Massey College Honour Frist-Jus Annual Memorial Award in Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Toronto

Physiology

Aeen Ebrahim Amini

PhD Graham Collingridge Canadian Association for Neuroscience Travel Award SGS Conference Grant Dalton Whitebread Scholarship

Miranda Mellerup MSc Anne Wheeler Canadian Graduate Scholarship - CIHR Master's Margaret J Santalo Fellowship Fund Restracomp - SickKids Research Institute

Winston Li MSc Beverley Orser Physiology Fellowship, Dept of Physiology Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s, CIHR

Rehabilitation Sciences Institute


Sanjana Shellikeri PhD Yana Yunusova Doctoral Completion Award University of Toronto Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada Scholarship Sunnybrook Trainee Travel Award Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center Best Poster Presentation (2nd place) Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA, USA. CPIN Research Day Best Poster Award, University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant, University of Toronto ALS Canada Travel Award Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto

Sana Smaoui PhD Catriona Steele Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation Graduate Scholarship - OSOTF and Other Endowed Awards Mary Gertrude l'Anson Scholarship - School of Graduate Studies University-Wide Awards

Hope Jervis Rademeyer

PhD Kristin Musselman Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Government and University of Toronto

Note: The list was generated based on information in the current records at the CPIN office


Appendix 7: Trainee Publications 2017-2018

Name Program Supervisor Publications between July 2017 to June 2018

Cell and Systems Biology

Afif Aqrabawi PhD Junchul Kim Aqrabawi AJ, Kim JC. Hippocampal projections to the anterior olfactory nucleus differentially convey spatiotemporal information during episodic odour memory. Nature Communications. 2018 Jul 16;9(1):2735. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05131-6. Aqrabawi AJ, Kim JC. Topographic organization of hippocampal inputs to the anterior olfactory nucleus. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 2018 12: 12. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00012 Leung C, Cao F, Nguyen R, Joshi K, Aqrabawi AJ, Xia S, Cortez MA, Snead OC 3rd, Kim JC, Jia Z. Activation of Entorhinal cortical projections to the dentate gyrus underlies social meomry retrieval. Cell Reports. 2018 May 22;23(8):2379-2391. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.073.

Arely Cruz-Sanchez

MSc Maithe Arruda-Carvalho

Cruz-Sanchez, Arely; Arruda-Carvalho, Maithe. Expression of Object Recognition Memory and the Ontogeny of Temporal Order Recognition Memory in C57BLK/6J x 129S1/SvImJ Mice. In: Ge, Sarah; Lin, Sabrina, editiors. The Meducator: Undergraduate Health Sciences Journal. Proceedings of the 2017 NeuroXchange Conference; 2017 April 28; Hamilton, ONT. Underground Media and Design; 2017. p.10-11.


Seyed Mohammad Amin Kamaleddin Ezabadi

PhD Steven Prescott Kamaleddin MA. Molecular, biophysical, and pharmacological properties of calcium-activated chloride channels. J Cell Physiol. 2018 Feb;233(2):787-798. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25823. Epub 2017 May 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 28121009.



Amanda Ceniti PhD Sidney Kennedy Lambert C, Da Silva S, Ceniti AK, Rizvi SJ, Foussias G, Kennedy SH. Anhedonia in depression and schizophrenia: A transdiagnostic challenge. CNS Neurosci Ther 2018 Jul;24(7):615-623. Epub 2018 Apr 23. Ghanean H, Ceniti AK, Kennedy SH. Fatigue in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Prevalence, Burden and Pharmacological Approaches to Management. CNS Drugs 2018 Jan;32(1):65-74. Kennedy SH, Ceniti AK. Unpacking Major Depressive Disorder: From Classification to Treatment Selection. Can J Psychiatry 2018 May;63(5):308-313.

Avideh Gharehgazlou

MSc Evdokia Anagnostou, Stephanie Ameis

Mabrouk R, Strafella AP, Knezevic D, Ghadery C, Mizrahi R, Gharehgazlou A, Koshimori Y, Houle S, & Rusjan P. Feasibility study of TSPO quantification with [18F]FEPPA using population-based input function. PLoS One 2017

Brenda Varriano

MSc Carmela Tartaglia

Varriano, B., Sulway, S., Wetmore, C., Dillon, W., Misquitta, K., Multani., N, Anor, C., Martinez, M., Cacchione, E., Rutka, J., & Tartaglia, MC. (2018) A feasibility study on implementing vestibular training as a fall prevention strategy in dementia patients. Submitted to Gerontology Varriano, B., Tomlinson, G., Apameh, T., Wennberg, R., Tator, C., Tartaglia, M.C. (2018) Age, gender and mechanism of injury interactions in postconcussion syndrome. Accepted Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Varriano, B., Sulway, S., Wetmore, C., WA Dillon, K., Rutka, J., & Tartaglia, MC. (2018) Prevalence of Cognitive and Vestibular Impairment in Seniors with Falls attending a Fall Prevention Program. Accepted AAIC for Developing Topics Session Steinberg, S., Crouzat, F., Sandler, I., Varriano, B., Smith, G., Kovacs, C., Fletcher, D., Knox, D., Merkley, B., Chang, B., Tilley, D., Acsai, M., Sharma, M., Loutfy, M. (2016). Impact of NNRTI resistance in antiretroviral-naive patients in a large urban clinic. HIV and AIDS Research Journal, 1(1) [EPub ahead of print] Varriano, B., Sulway, S., Wetmore, C., Dillon, W., Misquitta, K., Multani., N, Anor, C., Martinez, M., Cacchione, E., Rutka, J., & Tartaglia, MC. (2018) A feasibility study on implementing vestibular training as a fall prevention strategy in dementia patients. Accepted AAIC 2018 Varriano, B., Sulway, S., Wetmore, C., Dillon, W., Misquitta, K., Multani., N, Anor, C., Martinez, M.,


Cacchione, E., Rutka, J., & Tartaglia, MC. (2018) A feasibility study on implementing vestibular training as a fall prevention strategy in dementia patients. Accepted to the 4th Canadian Falls Prevention Conference Varriano, B., Crouzat, F., Sandler, I., Smith, G., Kovacs, C., Fletcher, D., Knox, D., Merkley, B., Chang, B., Tilley, D., Acsai, M., Sharma, M., Loutfy, M. (2017). Antiretroviral Treatment Persistence of First Regimens by Class in a Large Urban Clinic after initiation of first ARV regimen. Accepted to 16th European Aids Conference, [Ahead of Print] Taghdiri, F., Varriano, B., & Tartaglia, M.C. (2017). Assessment of Oculomotor Function in Patients with Postconcussion Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 32(5), E55-E67 Varriano, B., Crouzat, F. Sandler, I., Smith, G., Kovacs, C., Fletcher, D., Knox, D., Merkley, B., Chang, B., Tilley, D., Acsai, M., Sharma, M., Loutfy, M. (2016). Cardiovascular events – A thing of the past? A real-life assessment in an inner-city Toronto clinic. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2016, 19 (Suppl 7) Steinberg, S., Crouzat, F., Sandler, I., Varriano, B., Smith, G., Kovacs, C., Fletcher, D., Knox, D., Merkley, B., Chang, B., Tilley, D., Acsai, M., Sharma, M., Loutfy, M. (2016). Impact of NNRTI resistance in antiretroviral-naive patients in a large urban clinic. Journal of the International Aids Society 2016, 19 (Suppl 7)

Elana Pinchefsky

MSc Emily Tam Pinchefsky EF, Hahn CD. Outcomes following electrographic seizures and electrographic status epilepticus in the pediatric and neonatal ICUs. Curr Opin Neurol. 2017;30(2):156-64. In press: Pinchefsky E, Shevell M. Chapter 2: Intellectual Disabilities and Global Developmental Delay. In: Goldstein S, DeVries M, editors. Handbook of DSM-5 Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Springer; 2017. Submitted: Pinchefsky EF, Tam EWY. Neonatal hypoglycemia case vignette. In: Hahn H, Wusthoff C, editors. Neuromonitoring in Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care: Cambridge University Press. Submitted Jan 2017. Poster: Pinchefsky E, Kamino D, Chau V, Moore A, Miller SP, Hahn CD, Tam EWY. Glucose


derangements and amplitude-integrated EEG findings in neonatal encephalopathy. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco CA (May 9, 2017) Pinchefsky E*, Accogli A*, Shevell M, Saint-Martin C, Srour M. Spectrum of neurodevelopmental outcomes in a cohort of children with congenital cerebellar malformations. Dev Med Child Neurol. (Accepted) Pinchefsky E, Laneuville L, Srour M. Distal 22q11.2 Microduplication: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Child Neurology Open. 2017;4:1-6 Pinchefsky EF, Hahn CD. Outcomes following electrographic seizures and electrographic status epilepticus in the pediatric and neonatal ICUs. Curr Opin Neurol. 2017;30(2):156-64.

Jenny Lepock PhD Michael Kiang Lepock J, Mizrahi R, Bagby M, Korostil M, Pang E, Kiang M. (2017) Event-Related Potentials in the Clinical High Risk (CHR) State for Psychosis: A Systematic Review. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 49(4), 215-225.

Julia Kim MSc Ariel Graff-Guerrero, Philip Gerretsen

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/16cXoJmMkxzkj/bibliography/54323916/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending.

Julia Tomasi MSc James Kennedy Alageel A, Tomasi J, Tersigni C, Brietzke E, Zuckerman H, Subramaniapillai M, Lee Y, Iacobucci M, Rosenblat JD, Mansur RB, et al. Evidence supporting a mechanistic role of sirtuins in mood and metabolic disorders. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2018 Aug;86:95-101.

Kira Antonyshyn

MSc Gregory Borschel

Catapano J, Antonyshyn K, Zhang JJ, Gordon T, Borschel GH. Corneal neurotization improves ocular surface health in a novel rat model of neurotrophic keratopathy and corneal neurotization. Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 2018 (accepted for publication)

Marija Zivcevska

MSc Agnes Wong Research Paper: Zivcevska, M., Lei, S., Blakeman, A., Goltz, H. C., & Wong, A. M. (2018). A Novel Visual Psychometric Test for Light-Induced Discomfort Using Red and Blue Light Stimuli Under Binocular and Monocular Viewing Conditions. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 59(3), 1467-1474.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/16cXoJmMkxzkj/bibliography/54323916/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending




Nishanth Lakshman

PhD Cindi Morshead Xu, W., Lakshman, N., & Morshead, C. M. (2017). Building a central nervous system: The neural stem cell lineage revealed. Neurogenesis, 4(1), e1300037. Xu, W., Lakshman, N., & Morshead, C. M. (2016). Stem cells in the adult CNS revealed: examining their regulation by myelin basic protein. Neural regeneration research, 11(12), 1916.

Petri Takkala PhD Steven Prescott Takkala, P, and Prescott, SA. (2018). Using dynamic clamp to quantify pathological changes in the excitability of primary somatosensory neurons. The Journal of Physiology. 596(11):2209-2227. doi: 10.1113/JP275580. Takkala, P, Zhu, Y, and Prescott, SA. (2016). Combined changes in chloride regulation and neuronal excitability enable primary afferent depolarization to elicit spiking without compromising its inhibitory effects. PLoS Computational Biology. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005215

Rachel Dragas MSc Michael G. Fehlings

Dragas R, Hong J, Ahuja C, & Fehlings MG (2018). Hepatocyte growth factor-preconditioned neural progenitor cells attenuate astrocyte reactivity and promote neurite outgrowth (Currently under peer-review in Stem Cells & Dev). Ulndreaj A, Tzekou A, Mothe AJ, Siddiqui AM, Dragas R, Tator CH, Torlakovic EE, & Fehlings MG (2016). Characterization of the immunological response after cervical spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 34:1-18. Badner A, Vawda R, Laliberte A, Hong JYL, Mikhail M, Jose A, Dragas R, & Fehlings MG (2016). Early intravenous delivery of human brain stromal cells modulates systemic inflammation and leads to vasoprotection in traumatic spinal cord injury. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 5(8): 991-1003.

Sarasa Tohyama

PhD Mojgan Hodaie Tohyama, S., Hung, PS., Zhong, J., Hodaie, M. Early post-surgical diffusivity metrics prognosticates long-term pain relief after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia. Journal of Neurosurgery. (In press).


Marc Shenouda

MSc Janice Robertson

Shenouda M., Zhang A.B., Weichert A., Robertson J. (2018) Mechanisms Associated with TDP-43 Neurotoxicity in ALS/FTLD. In: Sattler R., Donnelly C. (eds) RNA Metabolism in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 20. Springer, Cham


Raphael Schneider

PhD Raphael Schneider

Schneider R, McKeever P, Kim T on behalf of the Genetic FTD Initiative (GENFI), et al Downregulation of exosomal miR-204-5p and miR-632 as a biomarker for FTD: a GENFI study J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2018;89:851-858.

Pharmacology

Farhana Islam PhD Daniel Mueller Islam F, Mulsant BH, Voineskos AN, Rajji TK. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in Individuals With Schizophrenia and Healthy Aging: Testing the Accelerated Aging Hypothesis of Schizophrenia. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2017 July;19(7):36-48.

Note: The list was generated based on information in the current records at the CPIN office


Appendix 8: CPIN Trainee News in 2017-2018 (in order of appearance)


Appendix 9: CPIN Faculty News in 2017-2018 (in order of appearance)


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