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Congratulations to Mahsa Sadeghi, who successfully defended her doctoral work in an oral examination today. Mahsa's research consists of three studies examining the interplay of executive functions and motivation in youth, including those diagnosed with ADHD, and includes a version of Goal Management Training that was modified for use with ADHD youth online. Mahsa, the lab is very proud of this wonderful accomplishment - though we will miss you when you leave for your residency.

Congratulations to PhD student Fatima Wasif, who has matched for a part-time neuropsychology assessment practicum at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto this year. Fatima will split her time between the pediatric oncology and liver transplant rotations. Way to go Fatima!

Congratulations to our two senior doctoral students who matched at predoctoral residencies this year! Mahsa Sadeghi will be joining child and youth psychological services at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary and Rebecca Trossman will be heading to Baycrest in Toronto to continue her clinical neuropsychology training. Way to go!!!

Congratulations to second-year MA student Fatima Wasif, who has matched for a full-time neuropsychology assessment practicum in the pediatric epilepsy program at Hamilton Health Sciences this summer. Belated congratulations also to our two senior students, Rebecca Trossman - now nearing the end of a part-time year-long practicum in neuropsychological consultation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Mahsa Sadeghi - now nearing the end of a part-time year-long assessment practicum at Lutherwood Children's Mental Health Centre. Way to go students!

Congratulations to Eleenor Abraham, a PhD student in the CAN Lab who was awarded a CPA Student Reserach Grant to support her doctoral work examining the contribution of rumination, exective functions, and familial factors to depressive symptoms in youth. Way to go Eleenor!

This study, a continuation of our work exploring the interplay of negative affect and cognition (Gabel & McAuley, 2018, 2020), examined the influence of a thinking style induction on participants with high and low levels of emotional reactivity. Our results are consistent with the notion that negative mood engenders analytic thinking which may benefit inhibitory performance provided it does not increase task-incongruent cognitive load.

Results from a randomized clinical trial, undertaken in partnership with the CAN Lab at the University of Waterloo and Cambridge Memorial Hospital, are now available in the Journal of Attention Disorders. This project examined whether our modifications to a commercially available working memory training program, called Cogmed, could improve some of the cognitive and mental health challenges that are commonly experienced by children and teens who have ADHD.

Congratulations to CAN Lab student Dr. Martyn Gabel, who was conferred a PhD in today's convocation ceremony at the University of Waterloo. Martyn recently completed his pre-doctoral residency at the University of British Columbia and is now working in a psychology practice in Ottawa. Martyn, the entire lab is proud of your accomplishments!

We are pleased to share that doctoral student Eleenor Abraham was receintly awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations Eleenor!

Congratulations to Master's student Fatima Wasif, who is the recipient of a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship. Way to go!