KCNI Open House Agenda

The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics Virtual Open House

Details:

Date: Monday June 21, 2021 Time: 10:00 to 5:00pm

WebEx link - Meeting ID: 161 851 1409 PW: KCNI0621 Gathertown link (login at 12 noon) - PW: KCNI

The Itinerary:

10:00 am – Opening Remarks

Dr. Aristotle Voineskos - VP, Research, CAMH
Dr. Sean Hill – Scientific Director, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, CAMH

10:30 am – Computational Genomics

Dr. Shreejoy Tripathy, Independent Scientist, KCNI
Dr. Sonny Chen, Post-Doctoral Fellow. Understanding cellular diversity in the brain using single-cell transcriptomics
Micaela Consens, Undergraduate Student. Robust cellular associations with Alzheimer’s disease within neuronal subtypes
Isabel Kerrebijn, M.Sc Student. Exploring the cellular correlates of changes in cortical thickness
Derek Howard, Research Methods Specialist. Making intracellular electrophysiology datasets open and accessible

11:00 am – Brain Circuit Modelling

Dr. Etay Hay, Independent Scientist, CAMH
Frank Mazza, M.Sc Student. EEG biomarkers of reduced brain microcircuit inhibition in depression
Sana Rosanally, M.Sc Student. Linking brain microcircuit changes to EEG in Schizophrenia

11:30 am – Whole Brain Modelling

Dr. John Griffiths, Independent Scientist, CAMH
Dr. Davide Momi, Post-Doc Fellow. Modelling EEG large-scale brain network dynamics following an external perturbation with single-pulse TMS
Sorenza Bastiaens, Ph.D Student. Neural mass models of large-scale brain dynamics with a focus on alpha oscillations
S. Hussain Ather, Ph.D Student. Toward a spectral theory of large scale brain networks
Taha Morshedzadeh, Undergraduate Student. Modelling brain activity during sleep using neural fields and EEG

12:00 to 1:00 pm – BREAK

Come chat with the KCNI PIs & trainees in our virtual space via Gathertown (PW: KCNI)

1:05 pm – Cognitive Network Modelling

Dr. Andreea Diaconescu, Independent Scientist, CAMH
Gabrielle Allohverdi & Colleen Charlton, Research Analysts. Disruption in perceptual learning under ketamine and its relevance for clinical high risk psychosis
Dr. Povilas Karvelis, Post-Doc Fellow. Neurocomputational modelling of suicidality

1:35 pm – Whole Person Modelling

Dr. Daniel Felsky, Independent Scientist, CAMH
Dr. Peter Zhukovsky, Post-Doc Fellow. The similarity of neural signatures of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and stress-related disorders: impact of polygenic risk
Earvin Tio, M.Sc Student . Testing a polygenic score for microglial activation in three separate cohort studies.
Dr. Mohamed Abdelhack, Post-Doc Fellow. Big Data in the Wild: Modulation of Artificial Intelligence Model Weights in Real Time

2:05 pm - Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

2:20 pm – BrainHealth Databank

David Rotenberg, Director, Data Strategy and Business Intelligence, CAMH & Operations Director, KCNI
Dr. Joanna Yu, BrainHealth Databank Senior Portfolio Manager, CAMH
Dr. Marta Maslej, Postdoctoral Fellow, KCNI. Examining the value of psychiatric notes for clinical prediction and decision support
Dr. Victor Tang, Resident Physician, Clinician Scientist Program – Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Integrated Care Pathways for Mood and Substance Use Disorders: Collaborative Data Collection Across Diagnoses and Clinical Services

2:55 pm – KCNI Education & Knowledge Transfer

3:05 to 3:25 – BREAK

3:30pm to 4:30pm – Panel Discussion

Topic: How can digital health data and brain simulations transform mental health care in the near future?
Moderator: Dr. David Goldbloom
Clinicians: Drs. Stefan Kloiber, Abigail Ortiz, George Foussias
KCNI Team: Dr. Sean Hill, David Rotenberg, Drs. Shreejoy Tripathy, Etay Hay, John Griffiths, Andreea Diaconescu, Daniel Felsky, Abhishek Pratap, Joanna Yu, and Erin Dickie

4:35 pm - Closing Remarks

Have more questions? Meet the KCNI PIs & trainees back in our virtual space via Gathertown (PW: KCNI)

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