Cortex lab members at the 2nd BC Consensus Building Day! 🧠 So much hard work went into this day, especially from our MSc student, @Cole_J_Kennedy! #mentalhealth #braininjury #addictions #intimatepartnerviolence

The 2nd BC Consensus on Brain Injury is happening now! Today’s theme is the intersection of brain injury, mental health, and addictions with a focus of intimate partner violence @MAGarciaBarrera giving opening remarks #braininjury #intimatepartnerviolence @uvic @UVicEngage

@MAGarciaBarrera served as the Program Chair for the 11th annual @SportsNeuroSoc symposium in Denver with a theme of 'Diverse Perspectives in Athlete Brain & Mental Health'! It's inspiring to see such important conversations being led by dedicated professionals in the field.👏

Some Cortex lab members were at the 11th annual @SportsNeuroSoc symposium in Denver, CO, this past weekend! It was such a great weekend of listening, learning, and laughing! #AcademicTwitter

Cortex lab members (@Cole_J_Kennedy, @M_Doucette_, Taylor Agate, & Bernard Dupriez-Mitchell) presenting their posters at the @SportsNeuroSoc symposium in Denver! #SportsConcussion #ExecutiveFunction

Congrats to our senior member and newly minted Dr. Wong (@revwong) for his successful PhD defence, and thanks to Drs. @chris_abeare, @EikoFried, @JohnSakaluk, and his supervisor @MAGarciaBarrera for their fabulous, thought-provoking questions! 🎉

#ThrowbackThursday to #Thunderfest, where our very own honour's student, Andrew Gibbs, reached new heights! Stay tuned to hear more about his honour's research with soccer players! @uvicvikes #studentathlete #vikes #soccer

Today we said farewell to @JPsico1989 as he finished his 6-month fellowship with the CORTEX lab through the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program! We had a goodbye party with cake, pizza & of course, sparkling juice😉🥳 Best of luck, Juan Pablo, in all your future endeavors!

Can't believe it has been 1 month today since the 1st BC Consensus Building Day on Brain Injury, Mental Health, and Addictions! The 2nd Consensus Building Day with a focus on Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury will be on June 22, 2023! #SaveTheDate #BrainInjury

We're back with our 1st in-person lab meeting since March 2020! What a great way to start off the semester by discussing future projects and plans for the lab! #AcademicTwitter

More photos from @INSneuro in Barcelona 2022!

Our very own @MAGarciaBarrera at @INSneuro in Barcelona this month chairing a symposium on behalf of @ALANNeuropsico1 with Dr. Yaira Chamorro, Dr. Esmeralda Matute, Dr. Mónica Rosselli, and Dr. Gabriela Castillo-Parra (current ALAN president)!

@Baeleighvzwaag & Justin are presenting this weekend at #cpaconv2022! Their study “Cognition and Psilocybin: A Scoping Review” explores the existing literature on the effects of psilocybin on cognition & creativity. For more info, check out their website: onlineacademiccommunity.uvic…

Our honour's student, Nin (@nin_dougall), will be presenting his honour's thesis research tomorrow at Making Waves: the 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference in Psychology! Come see his poster tomorrow from 9am - 12pm at the SUB!

Meet @Cole_J_Kennedy, former BA Honours and now MSc Clinical Neuropsychology student @uvic. Originally from Port Moody, BC, Cole has years of experience working with brain injury. His research focuses on the impacts and management of concussion in athletic and community contexts.

Join us in congratulating our Director, @MAGarciaBarrera, for being the recipient of the @UVic REACH Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision and Mentorship. Anyone who knows Mauricio knows how well deserved this award is. We are so lucky to have him as our director!

Meet Maddy (@M_Doucette_ )! She is a 1st-year PhD student in our lab. She completed her MSc in the Cortex Lab at @uvic and her BSc Honours at @UNBC. Her research interests involve studying the role of concussions, sport, physical activity, and sex hormones on executive functions.

Meet Justin Bonnieux! He is an undergraduate psychology student at @uvic involved with the CORTEX lab on projects seeking to (a) better understand the effects of psilocybin on cognition and (b) optimize the selection of Executive Function tests in research and clinical settings.

Meet Chloe Jensen, a 4th year BSN student at @uvic and research assistant in our lab! She is seeking to specialize in geriatric mental health. In regard to executive functions, she enjoys learning how they translate into her clients' activities of daily living.

Meet Nin, a fifth-year honours student in psychology at @uvic. His honours' thesis evaluates the latent structure of executive functions in remote settings. His research will provide novel evidence for remote assessments of executive functions.