News

Convocation news

Congratulations to our current and former lab members who were recognized for their achievements at StFX's Spring 2023 convocation:

  • Shane Kenny received his BEd!
  • Ethan Draper received his BA (Honours) and was awarded a University Gold Medal for holding the highest average in the final three years of his program!
  • Dr. Erin received the President's Research Award!

Congratulations Chloe!

Congratulations to Chloe Oleksiuk, who received summer research funding via a Scotia Scholar Award from Research Nova Scotia. Chloe will be working on a project to share the relationship between concussion history and dementia risk with athletes. Her project is co-supervised by Dr. Erin Mazerolle and Dr. Sebastian Harenberg (Human Kinetics, StFX).

Funding announcement

The Mazerolle Lab was awarded a Canadian Foundation for Innovation grant to establish neurovascular imaging infrastructure at StFX! A functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) system will be combined with respiratory gas delivery and measurement equipment. We'll use this new gear to study brain changes in conditions such as concussion and dementia. Read the story here.

Spring and summer updates

There's been a lot of news at the Mazerolle lab! 

May 2, 2022 - The Mazerolle Lab welcomed five summer students! Check out their profiles on the "Teams" page.

May 2, 2022 - Erin and collaborators (Erin Austen, Jesse Husk, and Leanne Stevens) were awarded a grant from AtlanticOER to host a hackathon! See the story here

April 28, 2022 - Erin and collaborators (Conor Barker and James Hughes) received a grant from the StFX Students' Union to develop and evaluate an OER for a course on cognitive neuroscience.

April 25, 2022 - Erin, Conor Barker, and Family Service in Mi'kma'ki were awarded MITACS funding to support an intern researching neuroscience knowledge translation strategies for addressing housing instability.

March 31, 2022 - The VAScular Cognitive Impairment Training (VAST) Platform was funded by CIHR! Erin is a member of the leadership team, along with Eric Smith (nominated principal applicant), AmanPreet Badhwar, Bojana Stefanovic, and Steffany Bennett. See the story here

January 20, 2022- Erin, Conor Barker, and Family Service in Mi'kma'ki were awarded CLARI funding to support research on neuroscience knowledge translation strategies for addressing housing instability.

 

Lab Members win Hackathon

Lab members Kathryn Isenor, Haley Keenan, and Tristan Pye participated in the recent hackathon organized by CARET (Collaboration for Analytics Research, Education, and Technology) and Engage Nova Scotia. The team created the winning infographic on education and time use. Congratulations!

NSERC Award

The Mazerolle lab has been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Discovery Grant and Discovery Launch Supplement! See the story here.