Trainee Awardees
Owerko Centre Training and Education Award
This award provides an opportunity for Owerko Centre graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to obtain further training in new methods and techniques that will enhance their research skills and projects.
2022 - Dr. Daniel Comaduran Marquez
National Centre for Adaptive Neurotechnologies (NCAN) Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) workshop
Supervisor: Dr. Adam Kirton
2020 - Dr. Elizabeth Baker, PhD
Improving Child and Youth Health Outcomes Through Translational Research
Supervisor: Dr. Deinera Exner-Cortens
2020 - Narae Ju
Advanced Statistical Techniques for Eye-Tracking Research
Supervisor: Dr. Susan Graham
2020 - Jelena Komanchuk
Training on the Simple Interactions Tool to Improve Parent-Child Interaction Assessments for Children Exposed to Early Adversity
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Letourneau
2020 - Dr. Gillian England-Mason
Advanced Statistical Training in Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Dewey
2020 - Daphne Nakhid
Internalizing Behaviours and Iron Accumulation in Youth with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Lebel & Dr. Carly McMorris
Owerko Centre Graduate Scholarship Award
These are internal awards that provide stipend support to trainees currently pursuing graduate research and who do not currently hold any other competitive scholarship funding.
2022 - Lilit Antonyan
Genome-Wide Association Study of Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors and Imaging Endophenotypes.
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Arnold
2022 - Richard Besney
Suicidality and its Association to Cortisol Awakening Response in Youth with Autism.
Supervisor: Dr. Carly McMorris
2022 - Jeniffer Nicole Camacho Soto
Effectiveness of Secondary and Tertiary Prevention for Adolescent Dating Violence: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Study of Survivors' Experiences.
Supervisor: Dr. Deinera Exner-Cortens
2022 - Kiran Mahadev Isapure
Objective evaluation of spasticity and the impacts following robotics gait training in children with Cerebral palsy.
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Condliffe
2022 - Min Jae Kim
Gene by environment interaction study of major depressive disorder and peer victimization in a paediatric population.
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Arnold
2022 - Stefan Kurbatfinski
Potential Moderators of the Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preschool Children's Behavioural Problems: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Letourneau
2022 - Darcy Large
Exploring what elementary teachers understand about the female presentation of autism.
Supervisor: Dr. Adam McCrimmon
2022 - Kirsten Neprily
“You've Got a Friend in Me”- Examination of Evidence-Based Social Skills Program for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Supervisor: Dr. Emma Climie
2022 - Anita Oomen
Youth expectations and experiences with psychiatric pharmacogenetic testing – A mixed methods design.
Supervisor: Dr. Chad Bousman
2022 - Mashiat Zaman
Investigating the mechanistic basis of Mitofusin2 variants leading to disease.
Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Shutt
Owerko Centre Trainee and Community Partnership Award
This award provides support for graduate student trainees and post-doctoral fellows to access opportunities in the community to enhance their research training by partnering with community partners, providing mutual benefits to both the trainee and community partner.
2022 - Dr. Gillian England-Mason
Exploring the Suitability of Adapting a Parenting Program for Indigenous Communities: A Partnership with the Miskanawah Community Service Association.
Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Dewey
Owerko Centre Knowledge Dissemination and Engagement Award
This award recognizes individuals or groups who have developed community-oriented projects that showcase The Owerko Centre’s commitment to studying neurodevelopmental disorders and child mental health, in a creative and impactful way. This award encourages trainees and fellows to engage with the surrounding community and foster the broader public’s understanding of scientific research.
2021 - Shefali Rai
Project title: Co-Director of Community Engagement for Neuro Nexus 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Signe Bray
2020 - Preeti Kar
Project title: Knowledge-to-Action: Translating Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Calgary
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Lebel
2020 - Dr. Nicole Racine, PhD
Project title: Study of Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) Project
Supervisors: Dr. Sheri Madigan & Dr. Suzanne Tough
Owerko Centre Trainee Publication Award
This award recognizes trainees who have first authored papers focused on neurodevelopment and child mental health over a given year in an impactful and creative way.
2021 - Brae Anne McArthur, PhD
Paper title: "Trajectories of screen use during early childhood: predictors and associated behavior and learning outcomes"
Supervisors: Dr. Sheri Madigan & Dr. Suzanne Tough
2021 - Sabine Soltani, PhD
Paper title: "Attentional biases in pediatric chronic pain: An eye-tracking study assessing the nature of the bias and its relation to attentional control"
Supervisor: Dr. Melanie Noel
2020 - Dennis Dimond
Paper title: "Reduced white matter fiber density in Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Supervisor: Dr. Signe Bray
2020 - Dr. Rochelle Hentges, PhD
Paper title: "Heterogeneous trajectories of delayed communicative development from 12 to 36 months: Predictors and consequences"
Supervisors: Dr. Susan Graham & Dr. Sheri Madigan