Education

Doctor of Philosophy (2015-2020)

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Collaborative Specialization in Addiction Studies

Graduate Professional Skills Certificate

Teaching Fundamentals Certificate

Bachelor of Science (with distinction) (2010-2015)

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Major: Psychology; Minor: Biotechnology

Research Training

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-Present)

Supervisor: Bernard Le Foll

Translational Addictions Research Laboratory, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Research Focus: Human behavioural pharmacology of cannabinoids; qualitative and mixed-methods studies of sex/gender influences on cannabis and other substance use and related harms; randomized controlled trials of cannabinoids and other novel pharmacological interventions in psychiatry

Doctoral Trainee (2015-2020)

Supervisor: Bruna Brands

Driving Simulator Laboratory, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Thesis: Factors influencing the acute subjective and cognitive effects of smoked cannabis in young adults

Project Student and Research Assistant (2013-2015)

Supervisor: Suzanne King

Mental Health and Society division, Douglas Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Research Focus: Effects of prenatal maternal stress exposure and genetics on anxiety- and psychosis-related behaviours in infants and adolescents