Douglas Cheyne received his B.Sc. from the University of Waterloo in 1981 and a PhD in Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 1988, where his thesis was the first to map human motor cortex activity using a single-channel magnetometer. After a postdoctoral fellowship in Vienna, he returned to Canada to help develop the world’s first whole-head MEG system at CTF Systems Inc. Since 2001, he has been a Senior Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children and is currently a Professor in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on neuroimaging, brain development, and the human sensorimotor system, with recent work exploring oscillatory networks as biomarkers of cognitive and motor development.
Our Team
| Name | Job Title |
|---|---|
| Theresa Dudley | Administrative Assistant |
| Cecilia Jobst | Lab Manager |
| Hiu Yan Lai | Research Technologist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ioanna Anastasopoulou | PhD Research Fellow |
| Sima Buchnak | M.A.Sc. |
| Name | Title | Affiliation | Position Title | Active Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erum Syed | BSc | SickKids | Clinical Research Project Coordinator | 2022-2024 |
| Anisha Viswanathan | BSc | SickKids | Clinical Research Project Coordinator | 2021-2022 |
| Stefan Bostan | BSc | Trinity College (Medicine) | Summer Research Student | 2012 – 2018 |
| Marc Lalancette | MSc | SickKids | MEG Lab Manager | 2008 – 2016 |
| Rita Al-Loos | BSc | Ryerson University | Research Student | 2015 – 2020 |
| Kelly Rombough | BSc | SickKids | Clinical Research Project Assistant | Fall 2017 |
| Soonji Kwon | BSc | SickKids | Research Assistant | 2015 – 2016 |
| Vladimir Grouza | BSc | SickKids | Research Technologist | 2015 – 2015 |
| Pierre Boucher | MSc | SickKids | Research Technologist | 2014 – 2015 |
| Zhengkai Chen | MSc | SickKids | Research Technician | 2011 – 2013 |
| Silvia Isabella | MSc | SickKids | Research Assistant | 2012 – 2013 |
| Matt McDonald | BSc | SickKids | Research Technician | 2008 – 2011 |
| Maher Quraan | PhD | SickKids | Research Associate | 2007 – 2009 |
| Sonya Bells | MSc | SickKids | Research Technician | 2006 – 2008 |
| Andreea Bostan | BSc | SickKids | Research Technician | 2005 – 2007 |
| Anthony Herdman | PhD | SickKids | Research Associate | Summer 2005 |
| William Gaetz | PhD | SickKids | Research Associate | 2003 – 2006 |
| Name | Title | Active Years |
|---|---|---|
| Narges Moein | PhD | 2022-2025 |
| Silvia Isabella | PhD | 2020 – 2021 |
| Fatemeh Mollaei | PhD | 2019 – 2021 |
| Sabah Master | PhD | 2013 – 2017 |
| Natasha Alves-Kotzev | PhD | 2010 – 2013 |
| Paul Ferrari | PhD | 2008 – 2011 |
| Fil Cortese | PhD | 2007 – 2010 |
| Colleen Dockstader | PhD | 2003 – 2009 |
| Michael Jurkiewicz | PhD | 2005 – 2006 |
| William Gaetz | PhD | 2001 – 2003 |
| Name | School | Title | Active Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prisca Hsu | University of Toronto | MSc | 2022-2025 |
| Jessica Schultz | Universtiy of Toronto | MSc | 2020 - 2023 |
| Shaquile Nijjer | University of Toronto | IBBME MASc | 2019 – 2020 |
| Silvia Isabella | University of Toronto | IMS PhD | 2013 – 2020 |
| Samantha D’Souza | University of Toronto | Rehabilitation Sciences MSc | 2013 – 2016 |
| André Chevrier | University of Toronto | IMS PhD | 2010 – 2016 |
| Anna Mersov | University of Toronto | S-LP MSc | 2013 – 2015 |
| Richard Wennberg | University of Toronto | PhD | 2006 – 2014 |
| Kim Saliba | University of Toronto / OISE | PhD | 2008 – 2012 |
| Name | Department | University | Position Title | Active Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Hung | Neurosciences | Western University | Summer 2021 | |
| Merron Woodbury | Neurosciences | McGill University | Summer 2019 | |
| Tina Jiao | Kinesiology | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Summer 2019 |
| Samantha Goncalves | Human Biology | U Toronto | Fall 2018 | |
| Sara Taghizadeh | Biomedical Engineering | U Toronto | Summer 2018 | |
| Merron Woodbury | Neurosciences | McGill University | Summer 2018 | |
| Carolina Barrera | University of Mexico City | MITACS Globalink Summer Scholar | Summer 2017 | |
| Tatjana Kay | BSc | U Toronto | volunteer | Summer 2016 |
| Ahmad Mousa | CREMS Scholar | U Toronto | 2016 – 2018 | |
| Candice Meng | Medical Engineering | Toronto | Research Student | Winter 2016 |
| Soonji Kwon | BSc | University of Toronto | IBBME-USRP Studentship | Summer 2015 |
| Stefan Bostan | BSc | University of Toronto | NSERC USRA Studentship | Summer 2015 |
| Ze-chuan He | Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Summer 2011 and 2012 |
| Natascha van Lieshout | Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Spring 2011 |
| Philip McCarthy | Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Fall 2010 |
| Chris Colvin | University of Toronto | IBBME Internship | Summer 2010 | |
| Natascha van Lieshout | Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Summer 2010 |
| Pierre Varache | Biomed. Eng | U. Mediterranee (France) | Internship | Summer 2009 |
| Brad Moores | Computer Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | 2006 and 2007 |
| Patrick McVeigh | Physics | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | 2005 – 2006 |
| Andreea Bostan | Neurosciences | U. of Toronto | Summer student | 2005 – 2006 |
| Timothy Orr | Systems Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Fall 2004/2005 |
| Volker Ressel | Neurology | Tuebingen | visiting PhD student | Fall 2004 |
| Theresa Cooke | Max Plank Inst. Tuebingen (Germany) Lab Rotation | Summer 2003 | ||
| Rebekah Nelson | Biology | McGill University | Summer Stud. | Summer 2003 |
| Benjamin Klösel | Medicine | Karls-Eberhardt U. (Germany) Lab Rotation | Summer 2003 | |
| Kashyap Patel | Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Summer 2003 |
| Kaushik Seethapathy | Engineering | U. Waterloo | Co-op Student | Winter 2003 |