Staff
Kira Kudar, Ph.D.
Research Coordinator
Kira’s research interests include trauma, aging, and psychotherapy programs. Previously, she worked with populations such as military personnel, children with chronic kidney diseases, and refugees.
Alina Sanina
Research Associate
Alina is interested in researching healthy aging as well as culturally accessible mental health care. In her free time, Alina likes to do crafts, garden, and spend time outdoors.
Students
Lily Pankratz
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Lily’s research interests include mental health service use, trauma, and aging. Lily is involved in several projects in the lab including perinatal health service use and moral injury in long-term care workers during COVID-19.
Sharon Chou
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Sharon’s research interests include perinatal mental health, trauma, and intervention development and evaluation. Her doctoral dissertation is focused on virtual group-based intervention development for perinatal (pregnancy to 12 months postpartum) women with histories of trauma. Her clinical areas of interest include anxiety-related disorders and trauma-related disorders.
Teaghan Pryor
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Teaghan’s research interests include knowledge translation, mental health information evaluation, and caregiver mental health.
Shayna Pierce
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Shayna’s previous work has focused on the information needs of women in the perinatal period. She is interested in researching the unmet mental health support needs of women experiencing various health concerns in the perinatal period, including perinatal mental health concerns, prior traumatic birth experiences, infertility, and endometriosis. Shayna’s long-term goal in the Clinical Psychology Program is to use her research to inform the development of medical practice guidelines for women accessing health services during the perinatal period. When not doing school-related activities, Shayna enjoys spending time travelling, hiking, or camping with friends.
Inga Christianson
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Inga’s research interests including mental health literacy and aging. She try to live my life with curiosity. From a young age, her parents and older brother always challenged her to consider the perspectives of those around her and to be open-minded when solving problems. This curious mindset has been helpful in her studies and research thus far. In Inga’s free time, she enjoys trying local restaurants and exercising!
Kaeley Simpson
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Kaeley’s research interests include family well-being and understanding how to support the mental health and service needs of parents and their children. She is particularly interested in mental health program design and evaluation.
Georgia Gopinath
Ph.D. Student, Clinical Psychology
Georgia’s research interests include mental health service use and accessibility in older adulthood.
Light Uchechukwu
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Light research interests include perinatal mental health and health services. She is currently working on two projects looking at perinatal women’s experience with the online OPA program developed by Drs. Furer and Reynolds.
Jake Ledochowski
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Jake’s research interests include mental health service use, access, literacy, and aging. Jake is involved in several projects in the lab including mental health in long-term care, and Canadian service use during COVID-19.
Bhavya Arora
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Hilary Johnson
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Lovleen Mathode
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Lovleen’s research interests are focused on the intersectionality of older adults with substance use concerns, mental health challenges, and housing instability. Outside of school, you can find Lovleen playing soccer or other outdoor activities!
Alex Ross
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Jessica Loeppky
M.A. Student, Clinical Psychology
Jess’s research interests include mental health service use and outcomes for older adults living in long-term care. She is particularly interested in understanding how to support the mental health and well-being of older adults through research and program development. Outside of the lab, Jess enjoys travelling and spending time at the lake with her family.
Jasmine Dhalla
Honours Student, Psychology