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Boris Bernhardt is a cognitive scientist with expertise in neuroimaging, network neuroscience, and statistical learning. He joined McGill University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery in 2016, where he heads the Multimodal Imaging Connectome Analysis Lab. His research group develops integrative analytics to study large-scale brain organization, connectivity, and neurodevelopment. Bernhardt focuses on the study of individual differences in connectome architecture and its relation to variability in high-level cognition and socio-affective competences. His team investigates both healthy and diseased populations, notably those with drug-resistant epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders, which are common persistent conditions of early onset. His research has been funded by organizations such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS), SickKids Foundation, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Bernhardt serves as an Academic Editor for PLoS and Frontiers in Psychiatry. His contributions to neuroimaging and connectome analysis of healthy and diseased brains have been recognized with awards, including the 2017 Michael Prize from the International League Against Epilepsy.
Department: Department of Medicine. Program: Experimental Medicine.