Meet Hamideh Hosseini-Toudeshky, a PhD candidate in the Applied Perception Lab, supervised by Marta Kersten-Oertel, exploring how smartphone- and VR-based MRI simulations can help reduce MRI-related patient anxiety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3gCvWdlBI

#ConcordiaUniversity #GraduateResearch #HealthResearch #VirtualReality #MRI #PatientAnxiety

The Concordian: Concordia’s Visual Collections Repository shrinks services amid funding deficits. “Concordia’s Visual Collection Repository (VCR) has faced significant budget cuts from the Faculty of Fine Arts, making it difficult for the repository to sustainably provide access to its resources. The repository is the custodian of diverse archival moving image collections — housed in […]

Meet Claudine Gauthier, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics. Her lab uses quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the heart brain axis and how menopause and lifestyle influence brain health and aging.

#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaHealthResearch #Menopause #MRI #HealthyAging #BrainHealth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQIypH8VUzM

Meet Ioanna Tountas, a master’s student in #Biology in Dr Alisa Piekny’s lab. Her research explores how the mechanisms that control cell division change as stem cells differentiate into other cell types, and how disruptions in these processes can lead to disease.

#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #CellDivision #StemCells #Microscopy #Disease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk0eVLezhO8

Meet Courtney Blamey, a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Studies. Her research explores emotional game design as a way to develop games about self-esteem, helping players to better understand where their own self-esteem issues might stem from.

#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #SelfEsteem #GameDesign #VideoGames #CommunicationStudies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LFYAWDhqvg