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THE TEAM

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SIVANIYA SUBRAMANIAPILLAI

Founder

Sivaniya was inspired to initiate the Wisdom Exchange Project to connect research trainees with older adults to form meaningful intergenerational friendships. These relationships are rare to find but often spark an exchange of different stories, perspectives, and ideas!

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DANIELLE D'AMICO

President

Danielle is a postdoctoral fellow at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest. Her research investigates risk and protective factors across the lifespan for brain health with aging. She is also interested in personalized dementia risk reduction programs. Danielle is interested and actively engaged in knowledge translation and community outreach.

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Giulia is a PhD candidate at McGill University working with Prof. Nathan Spreng. Her research interests lie in understanding mechanisms of inter-regional communication in the brain and their behavioural relevance. Specifically, she is investigating whether and how large-scale network architecture interacts with BOLD signal variability patterns, in healthy aging and preclinical Alzheimer’s populations. Giulia is involved in several community outreach and science communication projects, aimed at getting the public excited and involved in science. WEP is a wonderful opportunity for her to keep sharing the love of science with the community.

GIULIA BARACCHINI

Vice President

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VICTORIA HOSSACK

Recruitment Officer

Victoria is a postdoctoral fellow at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Department of Health Sciences, where her research is focused on determining neural biomarkers for brain fog in cancer patients. The long term goal of this project is to better understand how the brain is influenced by chemotherapy agents, and support research into methods of preventing and treating brain fog symptoms. She is passionate about science communication for all generations, which WEP provides a great opportunity for.

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KELLY PERLMAN

Recruitment Officer

Kelly is a PhD candidate in McGill’s integrated program in Neuroscience, studying the impact of early life stress on the cellular and molecular properties of brain white matter, and how this biological embedding of trauma might predispose individuals to mental illness. Furthermore, she looks at how the lipid profile of brain white matter changes across the age span. She is passionate about promoting evidence-based strategies for mental wellbeing, including fostering social connections in the aging population.

ADVISORY BOARD

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DR. FLORIS VAN VUGT, PHD

Meaningful Social Connections

Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal

JILL HARRINGTON

Community Advisory Member

CEZARA HANGANU, RN

Later Life Mental Health

Geriatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Jewish General Hospital

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JACKIE LAMARCHE

Community Advisory Member

PAST TEAM MEMBERS

 

Emma Conway, Prior Ontario Co-Lead

Lauren Bechard, Former Ontario Co-Lead

Alicia Duval, Former Quebec Co- Lead

Monica Vaillancourt, Former Quebec Co-Lead

Natalie Slavat, Former Toronto Co-Lead

Rhiannon Ueberholz, Former Content Manager

Marlyn Barrett, Former Community Advisory Board Member

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