BrainMatters • Fall/Winter 2021 • 11
Hsi (Tiana) Wei
Hsi (Tiana) Wei is a PhD student in Dr. Jed Meltzer's lab. With a Bachelor
of Arts in English from the National Taiwan Normal University, Tiana is
focused on the psychology and neurobiology of language in aging and
has been working with a team of psychologists and engineers to develop
a gamified assessment for age-related, word-finding difficulties. She is
also interested in analysis models and techniques to assess cognitive
decline in aging through natural speech.
Dr. Zorry Belchev
Former RRI PhD student Dr. Zorry Belchev has just joined British
Columbia's Ministry of Health as a policy analyst. During her time at the
RRI in Dr. Asaf Gilboa's lab, she developed a new cognitive intervention
using Google Streetview to improve memory and navigation in individuals
living with traumatic brain injury and in healthy older adults. She found
the RRI's Research Training Centre (RTC) to be "an invaluable resource
for developing technical and professional skills."
Dr. Derek Beaton
The new Director of Advanced Analytics in Data Science and Advanced
Analytics (DSAA) at St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto,
Dr. Derek Beaton, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Steven
Strother's lab at the RRI and worked with Dr. Malcom Binns as part of
the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI). He
built quality-ensuring tools that make it easier to collect and analyze
large amounts of neuroscience data for research. These tools have
been pivotal to the success of research on the well-being of those with
neurodegenerative conditions and their caregivers.
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