Resume

• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Thesis: The neural mechanisms mediating the augmentation of heroin seeking induced by chronic food restriction.\n\nNSERC Doctoral Scholarship

  Psychology

  Society for Neuroscience

  Canadian Association for Neuroscience

  Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology

  Concordia University Animal Research Ethics Committee

  CSBN Friday Seminar Organizer

  Concordia University

  GPA 4.3/4.3

• 2010

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  Psychology

  Concordia University

• 2005

  Honours Bachelor of Science (H.B.Sc.)

  Psychology

  University of Toronto Mississauga

• Organizer and host for research seminars in the department

  involved in recruitment of guest scientific speakers

  Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology Seminars

  Graduate Student Representative

  Graduate student representative to evaluate research proposals using animals for research purposes

  Concordia University Animal Research Ethics Committee

  Statistics

  Neuroscience

  in Vivo Microdialysis

  Science

  Higher Education

  Research

  Data Analysis

  Psychology

  Event Planning

  Public Speaking

  Pharmacology

  SPSS

  Teaching

  Critical Thinking

  Microsoft Office

  Experimental Design

  HPLC

  Customer Service

  Scientific Writing

  Research Design

  The effects of chronic food restriction on cue-induced heroin seeking in abstinent male rats.

  Cristina Casola

  Josie Macri

  The effects of chronic food restriction on cue-induced heroin seeking in abstinent male rats.

  Augmentation of Heroin Seeking Following Chronic Food Restriction in the Rat: Differential Role for Dopamine Transmission in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Core

  Effects of an acute cannabidiol treatment on cocaine self-administration and cue-induced cocaine seeking in male rats

  Frederic Levy

  Alison Fleming

  Oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell are involved in the consolidation of maternal memory in postpartum rats.

  Jeff Martin

  Staci Angelis

  Zarish Abbas

  Is it stress? The role of stress related systems in chronic food restriction-induced augmentation of heroin seeking in the rat.

  James Gardner Gregory

  Food restriction-induced augmentation of heroin seeking in female rats: manipulations of ovarian hormones.

  A procedure to study the effect of prolonged food restriction on heroin seeking in abstinent rats.

  Tracey

  D'Cunha

  Concordia University

  EMD Serono

  Inc.

  University of Toronto

  Centre of Forensic Sciences

  Montreal

  Canada Area

  Design course curriculum and teach undergraduate course on the Evolutionary Foundations of Psychology

  Course Instructor

  Concordia University

  Given various groups ranging from high school students to police officers and paramedics a tour of the facilities and descriptions and examples of cases and the types of forensic analysis that could be conducted at the centre.

  Tour Guide

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Centre of Forensic Sciences

  Mississauga

  Ontario

  Canada

  Medical Science Liaison

  EMD Serono

  Inc.

  Montreal

  Canada Area

  Create lesson plans and teach undergraduates to apply theoretical principles to analyses of research using statistical software.

  Teaching Assistant

  Concordia University

  Mississauga

  Canada

  Medical Affairs Coordinator

  EMD Serono

  Inc.

  Designed and conducted various research projects in multiple labs. Including investigating the neural mechanisms mediating maternal bonding and attachment.

  Research Assistant

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  University of Toronto

  Student member

  Canadian College for Neuropsychopharmacology

  Student member

  Society for Neuroscience

  Student member

  Canadian Association for Neuroscience

  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology Entrance Scholarship

  Concordia University

  Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Fellowship

  Concordia University

  Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship

  University of Toronto

  Travel Award

  Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology

  Travel Award

  Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology

  25th Anniversary Fellowship

  Concordia University