Developmental / Behaviour

Dr. Mandy Meijer

Dr. Mandy Meijer

Postdoctoral Researcher

epigenetics, genetics, ADHD, aggression, impulsivity, externalizing behaviours, stress

Delroy (Del) Paulhus

Delroy (Del) Paulhus

Professor

Academic dishonesty, faking on questionnaires, dark personalities

Dr. Wendy Hall, RN, PhD

Dr. Wendy Hall, RN, PhD

Professor Emeritus

children’s sleep, parenting, behavioral sleep problems, insomnia,

Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson, BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson, BSc, MSc, PhD

Professor

Genetics, genomics, mouse modeling, CRISPR, aniridia, blindness,

Paul L. Hewitt, PhD, R. Psych.

Professor

Perfectionism

Stanley Coren

Stanley Coren

Professor Emeritus

Canine behavior, and human/animal bonding

Peter Graf

Peter Graf

Professor

Memory, prospective memory, morality of memory, memory and aging, cognitive changes across the lifespan, memory in Alzheimer’s disease

Brian MacVicar

Professor

Brain research, epilepsy, astrocyte, glia, dendrites, synapse, imaging, two photon laser scanning microscopy, neurophysiology

Paul Pavlidis, PhD

Professor

Bioinformatics, genomics, gene networks, systems biology, computational biology, human genome, gene mutation

Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, PhD, RN, FSAHM, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN

Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, PhD, RN, FSAHM, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN

Professor and Director

SOGI education, LGBTQ2S+ health, adolescent health, nursing, public health nursing, trans and non-binary youth, homeless youth, stigma and discrimination, youth sexual health, youth mental health, adolescent substance use,

Carla Hudson Kam, PhD

Professor & Canada Research Chair

Language development, second language acquisition, critical periods for learning, input and language learning, language learning and language change, children’s books

Dr. Mariana Brussoni, PhD

Dr. Mariana Brussoni, PhD

Professor

Child development, children’s outdoor play and risky play, parent and educator perspectives of risk, design of child-friendly neighbourhoods

Eric M. Meyers

Assistant Professor

Youth online behavior, information seeking, web search, libraries, public libraries, school libraries, academic libraries, learning, virtual worlds, collaboration, social networks, new media, digital literacy, information literacy

Kiley Hamlin

Kiley Hamlin

Assistant Professor

Infancy, cognitive development, social cognition, moral development

Nicola Hodges, PhD

Professor

Practice, expert performance, motor learning, motor control, expertise, learning and coordination, instructions, feedback, observational practice and learning, self-directed practice

James T. Enns, PhD

Professor

Human cognition, vision, attention, eye movements

Shannon Bredin, PhD

Associate Professor

Human motor learning, expertise and development, physical education, teacher preparation and effectiveness

Martin Guhn, PhD

Assistant Professor

Wellbeing of children and youth, social determinants of developmental health, social and cultural community and neighborhood effects on child development, music and emotion

Ingrid Söchting

Clinical Assistant Professor

Common mental health problems, anxiety, depression, psychological trauma, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, group cognitive behaviour therapy, panic attacks, mental illness

Sheila Woody, PhD

Sheila Woody, PhD

Professor

Psychology, behaviour disorders, hoarding, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety, panic attacks