Meet the Team
Graduate Research Students
Rachel Cluett
Rachel is a first-year master’s student in the School and Applied Child Psychology program at McGill University. Rachel’s research focuses on child and family mental health, neurodevelopment, and stress, with an emphasis on using EEG and fMRI to study physiological and behavioural stress responses. She explores mental health equity and improving access to supports for immigrant families and vulnerable populations.
Kayley Leurquin
Kayley is a Master’s student in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Manitoba under Dr. Hai’s supervision. Her research interests include neurodevelopmenal disoders with a primary focus on ADHD, child and family well-being and improving mental health service accessibility. When she is not conducting research or studying, Kayley enjoys camping, hiking and crafting with her friends.
Charlotte Sumpf
Charlotte is a first year Masters student in the Human Development program at McGill University. Charlotte’s research interests center on child and youth mental health, focusing on minoritized populations and processes of risk and resilience. Her current work examines social determinants of health in minorities and Indigenous communities through a strengths-based, developmental lens. She is also keen to expand her methodological training, particularly in functional neuroimaging (fMRI). Outside the lab, Charlotte enjoys long-distance running, reading classic literature, and attending the theatre and opera.
Jamil Hriech
Jamil is an Honours Psychology student at the University of Manitoba and a volunteer research assistant. His research interests include child and adolescent psychopathology with a focus on clinical interventions for anxiety and depression. Outside of the lab, Jamil enjoys reading, boxing, and spending time with his friends and family.
Alexandra Aliferis
Amy Jolin
Amy is a second-year master’s student in the School/Applied Child Psychology program. She completed her B.Sc from Concordia University in honours psychology with a specialization in behavioural neuroscience. She completed and published her honours thesis researching mental health profiles in youth with Intellectual Disabilities. Her research interests are pediatric neuroimaging in youth with ADHD and youth with intellectual disabilities. She is currently using neuroimaging to research academic readiness in children with academic and behavioural problems. She aims to become a school psychologist to help children with ADHD and intellectual disabilities, as well as their families.
Holly Anderson
Holly is an Honours student in Psychology at the University of Manitova. She is a volunteer research assistant at the CAARLab. Her research interests include family dynamics, maternal mental health, and the efficacy of various mental health interventions. Her hobbies outside of academia include cooking, shopping and visiting different cafes around Winnipeg.
Marie-Ange Barthel
Volunteer Research Assistants
Graduate Research Assistants
My name is Alexandra, and I am a first-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Mental Health student at McGill University. In the field of psychology, my research interests include the clinical diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, with a particular emphasis on more common abnormal disorders such as MDD and OCD. Presently at the lab, I am assisting Dr. Hai in her upcoming study which will investigate the link between maternal depression and children’s behavior and academic readiness.
My name is Marie-Ange, and I am currently working as a research assistant under Dr. Hai’s supervision at McGill University. I support Dr. Hai’s research, conducting neuroimaging analysis.
Aderiyike Rogers
Aderiyike is an Honours Psychology student at the University of Manitoba. Her research interests are parental and immigrant mental health, the diagnosis of ADHD in girls and women and the implementation of mental health interventions. During her spare time, Rike enjoys baking, reading, dancing, completing puzzles and spending time with her friends and family.
Alumni
Lilia Lounis
Sebastiano Iacano
Christina Ghaleb
Celine Huang
Sienna Armstrong
Margaux Bouillard
Kaya Costanzo
Dr. Emma Peddigrew