Daniyil Svystonyuk
In middle school, I remember picking up my parents’ human physiology textbooks and being fascinated with the basic concepts of blood flowing through the chambers of the heart.
University of Calgary
Clayton Burles
Clayton’s field is cognitive neuroscience, researching human spatial orientation and navigation. Being a Killam Laureate allows him to fully focus on his studies and projects, thereby increasing his research capacity.
Ian MacNairn
Being a Killam Laureate means I am able to more fully realize my aspirations of research and community engagement. It means the ability to fully pursue my study and my passion.
Yaser Maddahi
Yaser’s research designs and builds a haptic (touch) hand-controller for use in brain surgery in virtual environment. The goal is to study regional brain activity amongst surgeons during the performance of surgery.
Colleen Cuthbert
My doctoral research will explore whether there are common health concerns in cancer family caregivers and test an exercise intervention as a novel way of supporting the health of family caregivers.
Jean-Paul Motta
My research focuses on working to improve the lives of those suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Being a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow is synonymous for me with professional excellence, and a commitment to improving our world.