Event details
Guest speaker:
Andra Smith has been a professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa for 20 years. She received her BSc and MSc from Carleton University and her PhD from the University of British Columbia. Her main focus for research is using fMRI to understand executive dysfunction in many vulnerable populations. She has studied cancer patients, cannabis use in youth, Multiple Sclerosis, effects of oral contraceptives on the developing brain, concussion, cardiac arrest, childhood sexual abuse, and several others. The highlight of her research has been studying the neurophysiological impact of mindfulness and providing empirical evidence that it works and how.
Presentation in English followed by a bilingual question period.
Online option available here.