The research interest of Prof. Benali is motivated by innovative and valid methodological approaches to studying normal aging and pathological processes in the context of a variety of neurological conditions representing critical public health issues. It develops an integrated biomedical approach, ranging from the basic mathematical modelling of the brain's anatomo-functional circuits and their normal and pathological dynamics to the physiological model of brain activity observed by neuroimaging tools allowing us to translate models from normal aging to clinical populations.
Affiliation: Concordia University
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The research interests of Dr Dang-Vu are focused on the interface between neuroimaging, sleep, and neurology, in order to investigate the neural correlates of spontaneous brain activity, the role of sleep in brain plasticity, the pathophysiology of sleep disorders, and the clinical biomarkers of neurological disease progression. Some of his current projects explore the role of sleep oscillations in memory processing, cognitive health and recovery after brain lesion, the brain mechanisms of insomnia and hypersomnia, and the treatment interventions for insomnia. 
Over the years, I have studied the immunology of T cells in many different contexts including transplantation, diabetes and most recently, multiple sclerosis. T cells play a major role in the adaptive immune response, they are essential in providing immunological memory and coordinating host defense against pathogens. However, when T cells malfunction, they can cause autoimmunity, a condition where they attack self-tissue (such as the brain, in multiple sclerosis), or can become cancerous, as in the case of T cell leukemia. 
My research interests include implementing a novel biopsychosocial model that considers the potentially interactive roles played by psychological and functional risk factors in the development of chronic shoulder pain. Chronic pain is a prevalent, disabling, and costly problem for our society. Clinical outcomes following treatment of shoulder disorders are often unfavorable and, as a result, shoulder pain represents a significant source of chronic disability. My research attempts to determine the risk factors that lead to increased pain perception and decreased function in a variety of populations.
My research interests are in the development of innovative signal processing tools with applications across diverse, interdisciplinary topics. More relevant to the PERFORM Centre are applications developed for automated medical diagnosis and human performance analyses. Within these two topics, my recent work has focused on (1) the development of multimodal (e.g., EEG and NIRS) signal processing techniques for automated Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and severity monitoring, (2) remote audio-visual analytics for automated depression level classification, (3) biosignal artefact removal and signal enhancement for more accurate athlete performance assessment and context awareness, and (4) signal processing tools that enable aging-in-place.
Dr. Kilgour's research interests fall under a single broad category of supportive care and rehabilitation in cancer. The various lines of research that are currently being followed include: 1. Assessment and evaluation of the functional status in advanced cancer patients; 2. Identifying the predictive / prognostic indices that affect clinical outcomes in advanced cancer patients; 3. Assessment and evaluation of rehabilitation and supportive care programs for advanced cancer patients with cachexia, and 4. Cancer-related fatigue and its impact on the neuromuscular system.
Dr. LeBel's research on comfort foods, and particularly chocolate, has been featured extensively in both broadcast and print media around the world. He is a regular commentator on food and restaurant marketing issues in the local and national media. Dr. LeBel actively supervises graduate students at the MSc and PhD levels. He is a founding member of the Concordia Food Culture Research Group and he is a member of the McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence. He regularly consults for large and small organizations in the food, foodservice, and retail industries. He has given keynote addresses to a variety of organizations such as the Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec, the Canadian Foodservice Professional Association, and many others.
I am interested in studying situations in which multiple tasks are either carried out in sequential order, or are performed concurrently. A portion of my current work investigates the coordination of cognitive and motor tasks in old age (e.g., walking, balance, finger sequencing, with a concurrent cognitive load). An important theme in my research is to understand the adaptive strategies that older adults develop in response to declines in cognitive and sensorimotor abilities. I am a member and Associate Director of the Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH), which is devoted to multidisciplinary approaches to the study of development across all life periods. Graduate students working with me participate in regular workshops and seminars offered by the Centre.
My main research interests are in the areas of clinical exercise testing and therapeutic exercise training in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). My current work focuses on comparing the effects of different exercise-training protocols on several health parameters, such as exercise tolerance, cognitive function, psychological status, and quality of life, in COPD patients. I am also interested in the clinical significance of diurnal variability as well as in the potential role of pulmonary rehabilitation as an aid to smoking cessation in COPD patients. I also collaborate on projects investigating the benefits of aerobic exercise training for adults with other clinical conditions (asthma, mild concussion, insomnia, etc.).
The metabolic and cellular mechanisms of why some overweight individuals develop diseases while others do not are not fully understood. Furthermore, in people with diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, we do not fully understand how obesity affects the progression or treatment. Obesity treatment itself remains ineffective as most people who lose weight eventually gain it back.
I study the neural basis of decision-making, reward, and motivation.
Dr. St-Onge's main interest is to investigate problems related to sports injury and rehabilitation of movement control in impaired populations. She is interested in how healthy and special populations control their posture and react to perturbations. She studies how electromyographic, kinetic, and kinematic adjustments to mechanical perturbations are affected in health and disease. Variables which are indicative of injury and recovery could be used as an objective basis to decide about the management of special populations and develop or evaluate the outcome of rehabilitation protocol or surgery.
Vuckovic group focuses on the development of new analytical methods for high-throughput clinical and preventative health metabolomics. Her lab primarily focuses on enhancing the analytical performance of mass spectrometry-based methods with a particular emphasis on the development of better extraction and separation technologies for improving the detection of low abundance metabolome and annotation of metabolite biological availability. The group’s major current projects include studies of circadian rhythm, cardiovascular health, stress and mood disorders such bipolar disorder. Her group also develops novel validated targeted mass spectrometric methods for diverse sets of analytes of interest ranging from mycotoxins and drugs to endogenous metabolites such as eicosanoids in biological fluids and tissues.
