Professor Dr. Robyn Mcquaid

Biography

Robyn McQuaid completed her PhD in Neuroscience at Carleton University. She has worked as a Research & Policy Analyst at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, gaining experience in research that informs policy and knowledge translation. She has also worked with the Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, where she received a position through an international research competition called Emerging Research Innovators in Mental Health. Her work includes supervising undergraduate and graduate students and teaching courses such as Foundations in Statistics for Neuroscience, the Impact of Lifestyle and Social Interactions on Mental Health, and Current Research in Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disease. Her research interests focus on understanding the impacts of stressors and early-life trauma on mental health, specifically depression and stress-related disorders, emphasizing the role of peripheral biomarkers like genetic, epigenetic factors, and inflammation in the stress-depression link. She conducts research with university students and marginalized clinical populations in Canada.

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