NRD 2021
Neuroscience New Faculty Talks
Emma G. Duerden, PhD
Dr. Duerden is an Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology in the Faculty of Education and a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience & Learning Disorders. The Developing Brain Lab is a research program focused on the association of early life stress with brain development and cognitive outcomes in infants and children.
Taylor Schmitz, PhD
Dr. Taylor Schmitz is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, as well as a Research Scientist at the Robarts Research, Lawson Health Sciences and Brain and Mind Institutes. He is the PI of the Integrative Neuroscience of Cognition & Aging Lab (INCAlab). The overarching goal of the INCAlab is to understand the role of the cholinergic system in brain function, dysfunction and disease.