Jordana is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at UM and is co-supervised by Dr. El-Gabalawy and Dr. Kristin Reynolds. Her primary research interests are in the areas of perioperative mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder in health contexts. Her dissertation examines postoperative outcomes of preoperative distress among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, and the feasibility of a targeted virtual reality intervention to reduce preoperative anxiety. She previously completed her MA and undergraduate degree under the supervision of Dr. El-Gabalawy. She has received well over a dozen awards and scholarships throughout her graduate training and has published over 45 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Most recently, she was awarded the Women's Health Research Foundation of Canada Graduate Scholarship, UM Sheu L. Lee Family Scholarship in Oncology Research, and the Faculty of Graduate Studies Student Achievement Award. She will be starting her clinical psychology residency in the Clinical Health Psychology program at UM in September 2023. You can also find her on Twitter.
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Megan completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in June 2023. She completed her undergraduate thesis under the supervision of Dr. El-Gabalawy. Her thesis focused on the feasibility of a novel virtual reality program for phantom limb pain among individuals with a lower limb amputations living in the community. She will be starting her MA in Clinical Psychology at UM in September 2023 under the supervision of Dr. El-Gabalawy. She is currently a research assistant in the HATLab where she acts as a co-research coordinator for a National Research Council funded study examining the development of a novel virtual reality program for phantom limb pain. She is also assisting in a project examining the utility of an acceptance and commitment based therapy online treatment program for chronic pain.
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Jori completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in June 2023. She completed her undergraduate thesis under the co-supervision of Dr. El-Gabalawy and Jordana Sommer. Her thesis focused on health anxiety in vulnerable health populations during COVID-19. She is a currently conducting an independent project in the HATLab. She hopes to pursue graduate studies in Clinical Psychology in the future.
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Gabrielle completed her Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2019 where her thesis focused on diagnostic imaging resource utilization for low back pain. Her research interests lie in chronic pain, women’s health, healthcare resource use, mixed methods research, and systematic review. She is currently working as a research coordinator for the HATLab and the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at UM. She is also the research coordinator for an HSC Foundation grant focused on the utility of a novel online intervention for chronic pain (led by Dr. El-Gabalawy and Dr. Brigitte Sabourin), for the SPOR Chronic Pain Network, and for a Tri-Council funded study examining the development and utility of a virtual reality intervention for preoperative anxiety.
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Lily is completing her second year of her MA in the Clinical Psychology program at UM. Her research interests lie in mental health service utilization, trauma, and women’s mental health. She is a co-research coordinator in the HATLab for a project funded by the National Research Council of Canada examining a novel virtual reality intervention for individuals with lower limb amputations experiencing phantom limb pain. |
Jada will be entering her final year of the Bachelor of Arts Honours Psychology Program at UM in the 2023-2024 school year. She was awarded the Psychology Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) award under the supervision of Dr. El-Gabalawy. Her research will examine post-traumatic growth in a perinatal population during COVID-19. She is also involved in assisting with a Tri-Council-funded study examining the utility of virtual reality for preoperative anxiety. In the future, Jada hopes to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology. |
Sarah completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in June 2023. Her research interests lie in health anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, and women’s health. She is currently a volunteer research assistant in the HATlab and has been working on a variety of projects. Sarah hopes to complete graduate training in clinical psychology. |