Meet the Team

  • Dr. Arlene Astell

    Principal Investigator

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  • Erica Dove

    Assistant Director & PhD Candidate

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  • Christina Commisso

    MSc Student

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  • Shane Avila

    Volunteer Research Assistant

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  • Shivani Patel

    Volunteer Research Assistant

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  • Mansi Bhatia

    Volunteer Research Assistant

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  • Afnan Said

    Volunteer Research Assistant

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  • Savanna Perrin

    Volunteer Research Assistant

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Previous Students and Volunteers

  • TUNGSTEN Chronic Pain Study: Sabiha Meer (M.Sc OT Student) and Isabella Alonso (M.Sc OT Student)

    MIXED REALITY Task Sequencing Study: Ava Favero (M.Sc OT Student) and Eliora Sy Wee (M.Sc OT Student)

    MCI@Work-Accommodations: Katherine Bak (PhD Psychology Student)

    CIRCA Design: Serena Dosanjh (Co-op Student), Anushka Bagga (Co-op Student), Natalie Tam (Co-op Student), Saranjah Kanangarajah (Co-op Student), Shane Avila (Volunteer), Nazihah Alam (Volunteer)

    Dementia Isolation Toolkit: Serena Dosanjh

    RESILIEN-T: Anushka Bagga

    Cog@Work: Anne-Marie Levy (Clinical Research Coordinator)

  • TUNGSTEN Chronic Pain study: Emily Newton (M.Sc OT Student) and Vanessa Tam (M.Sc OT Student)

    Mixed Reality: Katie Newton (M.Sc OT Student) and Erin Kirk (M.Sc OT Student)

    Co-Designing MBT: Julia Lee (M.Sc OT Student) and Verena Mikhail(M.Sc OT Student)

    OT Role in EOD/MCI: Marissa Griffith (M.Sc OT Student) and Alec Rogers (M.Sc OT Student)

    Caregiving Technology: Louisa Tsoukalas (M.Sc OT Student) and Roxanna Kuperman (M.Sc OT Student)

    MCI@Work-Accommodations: Katherine Bak (PhD Psychology Student)

    CIRCA Design: Suha Rabbani (Engineering Student)

    Cog@Work: Anne-Marie Levy (Clinical Research Coordinator)

    DataDay: Melvyn Takri (B.Sc Candidate)

  • TUNGSTEN: Tamara Wong (M.Sc OT Student) & Kellie Lothiaphing (M.Sc OT Student)

    Mixed Reality: Adrienne Baker (M.Sc OT Student) & Nicole Filler (M.Sc OT Student)

    Kinect Bowling: Kaiwen Zhang (B.Sc Candidate)

    Let's Connect: Sukriti Sachdev (B.Sc Candidate)

    AcTo Dementia: Yoobin Cho (B.Sc Candidate)

    Dementia Isolation Toolkit: Shamayal Syed (B.Sc Candidate)

    SMART Goals (Mary Hynes’ M.Sc Project): Saloni Modi (B.Sc Candidate)

  • Let’s Connect: Maria Acenas (Hon. B.Sc, Life Sciences) & Amina Mahmood (B.HSc)

    TUNGSTEN: Abhinayaa Jeyapragash (M.Sc OT) & Thusanthy Gunaseelan (M.Sc OT)

    Mixed Reality: Stephanie Moore (M.Sc OT) & Alison To (M.Sc OT)

    Kinect Bowling: Grace Crolla (M.Sc OT), Labiba Ahmed (M. Sc OT), & Jessica Beatty (M.Sc OT)

    RESILIEN-T: Safa Ali (Hon. B.Sc, Health Studies)