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RESEARCH TEAM

Alumni

2021 – present Berkley Petersen PhD. Title TBA. FRQNT Doctoral scholarship
2019 – present Averil Parker PhD. The impact of rhythmic ability on mobility in older adults. NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-D & Miriam Rolland Doctoral Scholarship.
2018 – present Rachel Downey PhD. Dual-task gait as a function of exercise and cognitive training in healthy older adults. Concordia University Graduate Fellowship.
2016 – present Laurence Lai PhD. Age differences in dual mechanisms of control in postural recovery. Faculty of Arts and Science Entrance Award.
2014 – 2018 Halina Bruce PhD. Combined exercise and cognitive training to improve mobility in older adults with hearing loss. Hydro Quebec Scholarship, PERFORM Centre Doctoral Fellowship, FRQS Doctoral Scholarship. Neurosychologist, Halifax, NS.
2012 – 2018 Kiran Vadaga PhD. Degrees of proactive and reactive control in inhibitory tasks: Executive functioning in older adults. Concordia Psychology. Tri-Council Vanier Scholarship NSERC. Clinician in private practice, Ottawa, ON.
2011 – 2015 Yana Korotkevich PhD. Effects of age and musical experience on conflict adaptation during finger sequenceing performance. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. FQRNT. Now: Clinical Psychologist in private practice.
2008 – 2014 Lawrence Baer PhD. Kinematic and cognitive aspects of sensorimotor synchronization. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. FQRNT. Clinical intern CAMH University of Toronto, Post-doctoral fellow, Douglas Mental Health University Institute. Now: Staff Psychologist, CAMH Toronto
2008 – 2013 Mervin Blair PhD. The time course of inhibitory processes in sequential action regulation in healthy aging. Concordia Psychology. NSERC. Now: Cognitive Neurology Fellow, Parkwood Hospital, London ON.
2007 – 2011 Kevin Trewartha PhD. Conflict monitoring and motor control during pre-potent response suppression in aging: A behavioral, kinematic and electrophysiological investigation. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. NSERC. Post-doctoral fellow, Queen's University Psychology. Now: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Michigan Technical University
2004 – 2010 Sarah Fraser PhD.  Fine motor control and aging: A role for executive functions in sequential tapping performance? Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. NSERC. Post doctoral fellow UQAM; McGill University Social Work. Now: Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, U Ottawa
2001 – 2005 Judith Levy-Bencheton PhD. A study of age group differences in multiple measures of executive functioning.Concordia Psychology. CRDH Scholarship. Now: Clinical psychologist, Corrections Canada.

2021 – present Cai Li MA. Dual-mechanisms of control and inhibition in fine motor sequencing. CIHR and FRQS.
2019 – 2021 Berkley Petersen MA. Dual-task balancing in community dwelling older adults with or without sensory impairments. NSERC CGS-M, Concordia Special Entrance Award, PERFORM Centre Graduate Scholarship in Preventive Health Research.
2019 – present Elnaz Torabinejad MSc (Concordia Electrical and Computer Engineering). Kinematic signatures of young and older adults during anticipation and recovery stages of postural perturbation. Co-supervised with Dr. Habib Benali.
2017 – 2019 Averil Parker MA. The impact of rhythmic ability on mobility in older adults. NSERC CGS-M, FRQNT.
2016 – 2018 Rachel Downey MA [Fast-tracked to PhD]. Dual-task gait as a function of exercise and cognitive training in healthy older adults. CIHR CGS-M, Whitlock Graduate Scholarship.
2014 – 2016 Laurence Lai MA. The effects of exercise and cognitive training on executive functions in older adults. Faculty of Arts and Science Entrance Award
2013 – 2015 Victoria Nieborowska MA thesis. Dual-task walking and listening in a virtual reality environment. Concordia Psychology. Arts and Science Entrance Award.
2012 – 2014 Halina Bruce MA. The interaction of age-related hearing loss and balance in dual-task situations. Concordia Psychology. CIHR, FRSQ. CPA Graduate Thesis Award
2010 – 2012 Kiran Vadaga MA. Varieties of inhibition in sequential performance. Concordia Psychology. CIHR, NSERC.
2009 – 2013 Mai-Linh Dovan MSc. Examining the Effects of Anxiety on Running Efficiency in a Cognitive-motor Dual-task.Concordia Exercise Science. Co-supervised with Dr. Richard DeMont. CRDH Scholarship.
2009 – 2011 Yana Korotkevich  MA. Cognitive load effects on motor adaptation in healthy aging. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. FQRNT.
2006 – 2008

Lawrence Baer MA. Movement asymmetry in a sensorimotor synchronization task. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. CRDH Scholarship.

Mervin Blair MA. An investigation of chunking and inhibitory processes in young and older adults using a sequential action paradigm. Concordia Psychology. NSERC.

Gabriela Abbud MSc. Attentional requirements of walking by gait phase. Concordia Exercise Science. Co-supervised with Dr. Richard DeMont. CRDH Scholarship. Physical therapist, Calgary, AB.

2005 - 2007 Kevin Trewartha MA. Age-related differences in kinematic signatures of executive control of pre-potent motor responses. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. NSERC.
2002 – 2004 Sarah Fraser MA. Walking while judging: Cognitive facilitation in young and older adults during the concurrent performance of cognitive and sensorimotor tasks. Concordia Psychology. Co-supervised with Dr. Virginia Penhune. SSHRC.
2000 – 2002 Elise Levinoff MSc. McGill Neurology and Neurosurgery. Co-supervised with Dr. Howard Chertkow. Now: MD Geriatrics, Jewish General Hospital.

2021 – 2022 Samara Goren, Carolina Jobet, Gabriella Milanova, Chris Ocampo
2020 – 2021 Nathan Gagné, Alyssa Stevenson, Emma Feng, Hanifah Daniel
2019 – 2020 Jessy Burdman-Villa, Isabelle Oppong, Sarah Benketira, Monica Younan, James Thompson (co-supervisor with L. Dyer, JMSB)
2018 – 2019 Melissa Nicolesi, Arielle Crestol
2017 – 2018 Kesaan Kandesamy (CPA Undergraduate Thesis Award), Roudaina Halabi, Paola Basilio
2016 – 2017 Arthi Rajadurai, Candice Aflalo, Nina Ehrhardt
2015 – 2016 Natasha Fatouros, Rigoberto Basilio, Serina Giagnotti, Steve Desbiens, Louiza Harkouk
2014 – 2015 Audrée Arcelin, Melissa Aguilar
2013 – 2014 Krystina Prsa, Shruti Venkatesh, Eugeni Alexandrov, Devin Goldstein
2012 – 2013 Melanie Mulligan-Pittarelli, Amanda Mangione, Gifty Asare
2011 – 2012 Alejandro Gomora, Anastassia Alguinina, Elissa Zavaglia
2010 – 2011 Marc-Olivier Hamel-Doyon, Michael Dalili, Eileen Wong
2009 – 2010 Jamie Hynes, Natalie Laviolette (CPA Undergraduate Thesis Award), Kiran Vadaga
2008 – 2009 Monique LeBlanc, Joni Shuchat
2007 – 2008 Claudia Starnino, Stephanie Torok, Madeleine Ward, Teresa Colodonato
2006 – 2007 Melissa Hendry, Kareen Downes
2005 – 2006 Anna Chung
2003 – 2004 Katie Dupuis, Tziona Lugazi
2002 – 2003 Jordan Camarda, David Silva
2001 – 2002 Virginia Chow (CPA Undergraduate Thesis Award)

2019 Kesaan Kandesamy (Directed Readings)
2013 Pooja Vyas (Exercise Science)
2012 Ryan Burgess (Science College)
2006 – 2007 Kareen Downes, Karim Hamati, Caroline Doromajian, Stephanie Torok, Erika-May Poulin-Passmore
2005 – 2006 Angela Malorni, Gessica Di Stefano, Nathalie Fazzari
2004 – 2005 David Pike, Madeleine Ward
2003 – 2004 Melanie Onesi, Nicole Lalonde
2002 – 2003 Katie Dupuis, Tziona Lugazi
2001 – 2002 Bryan Willey, Geneviève Lacaille, Jordan Camarda, Paula Tee

2022 Carolynn Boulanger (NSERC)
2021 Andrea Forgacs (NSERC); Hayfa Akoubi (Concordia)
2020 Emma Feng (NSERC)
2019 Kesaan Kandasamy (NSERC Winter), Jessy Burdman-Villa (Concordia)
2018 Gelymar Sanchez Aponte (NSERC)
2017 Kesaan Kandasamy (Concordia)
2016 Samantha Briand – held in name; Candice Aflalo (Concordia)
2015 Natasha Fatouros, Monica Crosetta
2014 Carolyn Wyse
2013 Claire Barnes, Tara Gralnick
2011 Angela Malorni, Gessica Di Stefano, Nathalie Fazzari
2010 Kiran Vadaga
2009 Kiran Vadaga
2008 Joni Shuchat
2007 Melissa Hendry
2005 Tziona Lugasi
2004 Kate Dupuis
2003 Jordan Camarda
2002 Virginia Chow
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